Note the "guide" the broad has in her hand. Folks would burn her at the stake today for that. At least she is skilled in using it backwards, which has become the trend in recent times.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Dr. Fisher and Staff Welcome Binti to Lincoln Park Zoo--1981
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Wade G. Burck
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Zoo people didn't have access to many blacksmiths that could make an effective hook. They ended up some jerry-rigged hooks that looked like something out of the dark ages. There was a very good zoo trainer that had a large hook at the end of a long "hot-shot". The whole thing made no sense. If it wasn't used at an institution of scientific enlightenment, he'd have been arrested.
Jim,
I think a lot of the "big" hooks which were seen at one time, in a many industries were a bastardization of the ankus used long ago in the teak forests and temples, eventually shortening the prod at the end. Hot shot were standard for most elephant trainers in the circus up until about the mid 80's. The only ones who didn't carry one were the talented few who carried a whip.
To be fair, the larger hooks while looking wicked, were less severe given their end diameter, then the smaller hooks used in recent times, which looked less wicked to the uneducated public. Not unlike spurs. They gag at a Mexican roweled spur with all the points, which distribute the pressure, while shrugging off a more severe dressage spur with just one, which focuses the pressure. That is the insane thing about "public perception." It is for the most part wrong by a mile, and not even close to reality.
Wade
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