Friday, May 26, 2006

From KLSDAD


Hello, In regard to the discussion in Hagenbeck Tierpark #2 of May 26, here is a photo I took of two "Zeedonks" leaving NYC with the Blue Show in Mar. 2006.
I don't remember seeing them in the show, they must have used them in the Pre-Show.
I was watchng the elephant.

Posted by Buckles at 5/26/2006 08:22:00 PM

11 comments:

Buckles said...

Personally, I like "Zonkeys" better.

26 May, 2006 20:26
Anonymous said...

"Help, help," cried Piglet, "a Heffalump, a Horrible Heffalump!"

26 May, 2006 21:19
Anonymous said...

I thank you for all the follow up. - Had never seen a horzee(I like that) The zebras in the original picture had the faded markings of a mix like a tiglon or liger. cc

26 May, 2006 22:23
Anonymous said...

Oh, and in our family they are hippydumps! cc

26 May, 2006 22:24
Anonymous said...

Yep, that's about all they do. Since there is NO RING on the blue show the animals can't do much but get lead around and get touched by the kids. The folks at RBBB should read that Carl Hagenbeck catalog and they'd not only see what WAS POSSIBLE but what might be possible with their re$ource$. Most (not all) of those getting a RBBB paycheck think Hagenbeck is just a prop shop and don't realize the name's great heritage.

26 May, 2006 23:08
Anonymous said...

I thought it was the red show that was ringless

27 May, 2006 00:04
Anonymous said...

In my brief Circus World animal adventure the zebras I met were tuff, ornery, it was like they had some sort of chip on their shoulder. Fortunately I knew this before I found myself their stall; earlier that year one of them had bit a groom in the penis requiring stitches and drugs to prevent wood. Armed with this knowledge and some “gypsy tricks” that Frank had taught me I had confidence and got a great up close encounter with these tuff guys in their stall. They were magnificent

27 May, 2006 00:30
Anonymous said...

More years ago than seem possible, Charlie Allen had a zebra that kicked basketballs.I remember you had to give wide berth to both ends for that same reason!cc

27 May, 2006 07:50
Anonymous said...

To Anonymous: The Blue Show is ringless.

27 May, 2006 13:10
Anonymous said...

klsdad here...
In my post of this "zedonks" photo I'm correcting my spelling after I read it on a RBBB site.
Also the departure date of the Blue unit was April 17, 2006..(not March) to keep the record straight. They played the Garden Mar 23 - Apr 17.

28 May, 2006 12:21
Anonymous said...

Zedonks,Zonkeys,white tigers ,golden tabbys,ligers,tiglons all genetic abberations
it seems to me to be the modern 2 headed calves that all these PC people find so offensive
but boy don't they pay at the gate

30 May, 2006 10:15

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