Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Baraboo #2


"Toto" and Myself.
People would ask why his face was faded out and I had no answer. I heard my father once say that in India it was a sign of Good Luck.

Posted by Buckles at 11/24/2015 05:35:00 AM

4 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Looks like you renamed him Museum

24 November, 2015 08:34
Jeff said...

I too would have asked that question, Buckles. This is what I found on the internet and also what I was told by a zoo vet years ago -

Occurs just as much in captivity as it does in the wild. It is nothing more than pigmentation in the skin... kinda like how humans can have freckles. It can also change as they age just as our skin pigmentation can change as we age.

Nothing is wrong with them

24 November, 2015 10:03
Unknown said...

What a great looking elephant. I adore his fuzzy little ears. This is a great looking pic of you Buckles.

24 November, 2015 18:53
Bob Momyer said...

Isn't this pink pigmentation, in excess, what Barnum tried to pass off as his White Elephant?

25 November, 2015 11:11

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