tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post1438357095489455811..comments2024-03-16T16:21:55.763-05:00Comments on The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": The old Elephant exhibit at the Taronga Zoo.Casey McCoy Cainanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611037918797096687noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-56096211918229083352009-01-26T07:09:00.000-06:002009-01-26T07:09:00.000-06:00Thanks Steve, and I mean it!Mary AnnThanks Steve, and I mean it!<BR/>Mary AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-40359706246389918742009-01-26T00:10:00.000-06:002009-01-26T00:10:00.000-06:00Heman lost his left tusk while still at Taronga. ...Heman lost his left tusk while still at Taronga. I am told that he fell into the dry moat surrounding the exhibit, the tusk snapped off, the root became infected and finally had to be surgically removed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-90722391174723077772009-01-24T21:17:00.000-06:002009-01-24T21:17:00.000-06:00Thanks Mr. Burck and I mean it!RebeccaThanks Mr. Burck and I mean it!<BR/><BR/>RebeccaRebecca Ostroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01290321679756590510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-64928188480043648802009-01-24T19:19:00.000-06:002009-01-24T19:19:00.000-06:00Dan, Thank you. Do you know who it was got in ...Dan,<BR/> Thank you. Do you know who it was got in trouble just a few years ago over in Europe, for supplying illegal dolphins to marine parks?<BR/>WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-29761367061430046682009-01-24T19:14:00.000-06:002009-01-24T19:14:00.000-06:00Mary Ann, Look God Dammit, I can sensor you all ...Mary Ann,<BR/> Look God Dammit, I can sensor you all night, if I want, but as you asked, show me where Casey said that on that thread. I believe it was you that said it and I let it pass once. Second time I cut it, as I cut Rebeccas comment for content. Now what were you saying about defamation of character. There is very little I am afraid of or worried about.<BR/>WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-26250315941183176422009-01-24T19:08:00.000-06:002009-01-24T19:08:00.000-06:00Wade, again all I said was "ass", and you let Case...Wade, again all I said was "ass", and you let Casey get away with it. I think that you did not like the message. And accusing me of worse than I said is defamation of character.<BR/>Mary AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-46105130651504161062009-01-24T19:05:00.001-06:002009-01-24T19:05:00.001-06:00Mary Ann, I did not say he was a fish monger, I ...Mary Ann,<BR/> I did not say he was a fish monger, I was told by a women that women who use that language were fish mongers wives.<BR/>WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-69828544043876051082009-01-24T19:05:00.000-06:002009-01-24T19:05:00.000-06:00elephants in Dubbo: >> http://www.elephant.s...elephants in Dubbo: >> http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=76<BR/><BR/>and herman >> http://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1301 <BR/><BR/>(with photo where he has two tusks...)<BR/><BR/>As you see he was 50 years by his death in 2006-12-28<BR/><BR/>and on this link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1818875.htm is to read:<BR/><BR/>Australasia's oldest male asian elephant has died at a zoo in central-western New South Wales.<BR/><BR/>The one-tusked elephant affectionately known as Heman was found dead by his keepers at Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo this morning.<BR/><BR/>Heman moved from Sydney's Taronga Zoo in 2005 to a custom built elephant exhibit at the Western Plains Zoo with his long term partner, Burma.<BR/><BR/>Believed to be just over 50, Heman came to Australia from Singapore in the 1960s.<BR/><BR/>Western Plains Zoo manager of life sciences Maria Finnegan says he was loved by generations of Australians and will be sadly missed.<BR/><BR/>"He was just such a gentle demeanoured bull. He was a really lovely bull to work around.<BR/><BR/>"The elephant staff knew him very well and are just saddened. Those really close to him are really saddened by what's happened."<BR/><BR/>The female Burma mentioned above is the animals who came from Bullens circus to Taronga in 1982.<BR/><BR/>List of elephants at Bullens circus >> http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=558DanKoehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245638586616063380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-15490176488101177312009-01-24T18:24:00.000-06:002009-01-24T18:24:00.000-06:00Wade, Joe is not a fish monger, he is a financial ...Wade, Joe is not a fish monger, he is a financial systems analyst.<BR/>Mary AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-81063354609138190632009-01-24T18:18:00.000-06:002009-01-24T18:18:00.000-06:00Mary Ann, Where is a trick question, and only co...Mary Ann,<BR/> Where is a trick question, and only comments with nasty words, I would want the world to think there are ladies on this blog, and not fish monger's wives. <BR/>WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-35170505897319423972009-01-24T17:37:00.000-06:002009-01-24T17:37:00.000-06:00Rebecca, yes he does, and he censors comments that...Rebecca, yes he does, and he censors comments that guys who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.<BR/>Mary AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-76141242778609932009-01-24T17:00:00.000-06:002009-01-24T17:00:00.000-06:00Wade,well sometimes you do trick questions. Rebecc...Wade,<BR/>well sometimes you do trick questions. <BR/>RebeccaRebecca Ostroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01290321679756590510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-21458343525610355512009-01-24T16:29:00.000-06:002009-01-24T16:29:00.000-06:00Rebecca, When I said, "does anybody know how old...Rebecca,<BR/> When I said, "does anybody know how old he is, or what happened to his left tusk", that meant I didn't know how old he was, and was hoping somebody could tell me, and it also meant I didn't know what happened to his tusk(the long white chalky thing), and was hoping someone could tell me. <BR/>WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-61874900487721532942009-01-24T13:13:00.000-06:002009-01-24T13:13:00.000-06:00Wade,OK OK OK ! It says what is a foot?I will use ...Wade,<BR/>OK OK OK ! It says what is a foot?<BR/>I will use more nouns and verbs.<BR/>Do you know where the other tusk is? I know you sometimes know the answer.<BR/>RebeccaRebecca Ostroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01290321679756590510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-75783768436783988512009-01-24T13:07:00.000-06:002009-01-24T13:07:00.000-06:00Rebecca, the foot? What does that say to you?W...Rebecca,<BR/> the foot? What does that say to you?<BR/>WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-14593150949973875632009-01-24T12:57:00.000-06:002009-01-24T12:57:00.000-06:00Wade,I know what a tusk is !!gee whiz.I didn't jus...Wade,<BR/>I know what a tusk is !!gee whiz.I didn't just fall off the turnip truck!!I was wondering if you knew the story of the missing tusk.I was skimping on words<BR/>RebeccaRebecca Ostroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01290321679756590510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-66856743966434640152009-01-24T11:31:00.000-06:002009-01-24T11:31:00.000-06:00Rebecca, "Tusk" The long white thing that stick...Rebecca,<BR/> "Tusk" The long white thing that sticks out the front of a male elephants face. Ferrel pigs have a curved one(as do Muntjac deer and others), and hippo teeth are also referred to as "tusks", but in this case we are talking about elephant tusks.<BR/>WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-65846327254638325962009-01-24T10:14:00.000-06:002009-01-24T10:14:00.000-06:00the tusk?the tusk?Rebecca Ostroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01290321679756590510noreply@blogger.com