Sunday, May 31, 2009

Kiev Zoo #1 (From John Goodall)

He might have preferred shocking pink, or a gold that would have twinkled in the sunlight as he lumbered along.

But since Boy the elephant was asleep during his pedicure he had no choice in the colour of varnish smeared on his nails - and ended up with boring dark blue.

His beauty treatment at Kiev Zoo, in the Ukraine, was a truly jumbo task involving a saw, power grinders and quite a few pairs of hands.

Easy does it: Boy has his eyes covered to prevent them being damaged by flying fragments of toenails.

Posted by Buckles at 5/31/2009 06:06:00 AM

2 comments:

Buckles said...

I'm sure the eyes were covered to prevent the possibility of damage from the sun while he is unconscious.

31 May, 2009 06:33
tanglefoot said...

I am sure that the elephants in Tenn. have their pads and nails tended to on scheduled time frame. In my times I have never been around any elephants that had to be rompuned or sedated in order to being attended to. I know of a couple herds that would be difficult. Using a draw knife to trim the pads. Coloring can go from white to light pink to pretty red. Jimmy Reynolds referred it to a "slow walk, step lively and go on."

31 May, 2009 07:55

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