Tuesday, March 26, 2019

JRN #4


Posted by Chic Silber at 3/26/2019 11:13:00 AM

5 comments:

Chic Silber said...


The angled cable is a support

for the swinging gate & is not

tied to the giraffe's neck


26 March, 2019 12:04
Richard King said...

I love giraffes. They never try to eat you. Although we had one that always tried to eat my hat. Made plenty of trips into the pen to get it back. Did you know that if a giraffe slobbers all over your hat it will dry and look normal until it rains. Then it becomes giraffe slobber again and will wind up hanging off the brim of your hat.

26 March, 2019 12:21
Larry Louree said...

The interesting stuff I learn from this Blog.

26 March, 2019 19:04
Paul Gutheil said...

Bad enough to fall off a horse , but . . .

27 March, 2019 09:55
Richard Reynolds said...

This is he female giraffe Edith (named for Mrs. Edith Ringling).

She came to RBBB in 1936 and died in Sarasota around 1956. Before "Edith" she was named "Soudana" after the land of her birth. She was broken to lead early on. I don't believe she ever carried a rider in the show but was led around in the big top in the specs of 1939 and 1948.

This photo was taken in Sarasota quarters. She would be led around the quarters from time to time.

She was a fine breeder and produced viable calves in 1940, 1946, and 1951.

27 March, 2019 16:42

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