Thursday, November 17, 2016

#10 Zoos

Jim Alexander.

3 comments:

Jim Alexander said...

A short-lived Bird and Reptile show at the St. Louis Zoo in August 1968. Floyd Smith's lead elephant, Alice, was ill and the Elephant Show was down.

Wade G. Burck said...

Jambo,

You don't see a lot of King Vultures used in Raptor/Bird of Prey show's. Why is that? They are sure a beautiful bird. Is their nature/temperament/train ability difficult or much different from other similar species?

Best wishes from China,

wade Burck

Jim Alexander said...

Wade, I was waiting for a comment from you. I figured it would be about all the empty seats and the few bored customers (and half of them would leave before the show was over.) It wasn't much of a presentation, just a shady spot to sit down was the main draw. We just gathered some available animals and put a show together that looked like we spent about three days on it. The King Vulture didn't do much but it was cooperative sitting on a glove. Don't know why they aren't used more in shows. They've been bred in zoos and they look good.