Sunday, December 04, 2005

Australian engenuity #4


Appearantly this truck won't start and hoping that if she can get it started by giving it a shove from the ground, she won't have to climb back up on the flat car this time.

D.R. had an elephant like this named "Tina" that had a natural talent for doing these type things. When the Cuneo leopard and dog act was with the show she would push the cages up a much steeper ramp into the back of the truck. When unloading they would have to be backed out and I remember Tina with her head against each cage making sure they didn't come down the ramp too fast while Gene Garner steered from the top. Occasionally a leopard might slap at her but she never blinked an eye.

Posted by Buckles at 12/04/2005 06:47:00 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tina was the only elephant that I saw attack a human. She chased him to our truck. Eugene went in one door and out the other as both doors were open . It was like an UPS truck. I could not believe my eyes. Eugene came around the back and lead her to the line. Really it was kind of funny. I always heard praise for Tina from the men who handles her yet she had hurt quite a few. She was also the ugliest elephant I ever saw. But she sure was smart and a hard worker. I said something about her to Okie and he bit my head off.

07 December, 2005 19:13
Anonymous said...

What ever became of Tina? She was pretty old in 1961.

16 December, 2005 15:52

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