Sunday, February 24, 2008

From Jim Cole


C-34, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Posted by Buckles at 2/24/2008 06:34:00 AM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Were gorillas a popular attraction because of the Tarzan books and the giant monkey movies? In and of themselves I've never quite understood the huge draw og Gargantua. In a caged setting there are other primates that are more interesting to watch. Even a zoo setting with a large enclosure gorillas tend to disappoint visitors who aren't willing to pull up a seat and get comfortable. Stroll by and they're just big apes. Sit for a couple hours and it's General Hospital.

24 February, 2008 09:51
Anonymous said...

See my long article in the Christmas 2006 Bandwagon. It goes into all the reasons why gorillas were so ballyhooed. And yes such movies as King Kong contributed.
The gorilla's reputation as a demoniacal killer is just bunk. They are certainly powerful animals but mostly placid.

24 February, 2008 17:25
Anonymous said...

I for one am just mesmorized in looking at a big silver backed gorilla and wonder what must be going on inside their brain. To me they are the most impressive of all the animal world.

24 February, 2008 19:52
Bob Karczewski said...

I once saw a Gorilla at the Milwaukee Zoo take something out of its' mouth that it had been chewing and smear it on the glass to see the reaction of people standing there looking at it. It was pretty interesting to see it looking around at the crowd after doing it. They are intelligent and for the most part placid except when they do threat charges when you get too close (just like a wild elephant will do). Look at the time when a young boy fell into a Gorilla enclosure and was picked up gently by a female Gorilla and placed at the service door of the enclosure for the keepers to rescue. They are beautiful animals.

25 February, 2008 05:17
Anonymous said...

I'm puzzled by this image. 80 years after the start of the GSOE places this after the death of Gargantua.
Dick Flint
Baltimore

25 February, 2008 10:14
Anonymous said...

If my memory serves me right, the name of the gorilla at the Milwaukee zoo was Sampson.
Dave,
How am I doing on names?
Oops, almost forgot mine.
Bob Kitto

25 February, 2008 20:11

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