Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 792
Today’s your birthday?… Read More
Today’s your birthday?… Read More
(Robert chuckles) What did they do to him, the panda?… Read More
We hanged him. No, you did not. But we gave him a reprieve, though, (Janet laughs) since he was black and white. If he’d been a black bear, it’d been psh. I don’t know that’s what you wanna say, Dad. Read More
Yeah, bit his arm off. Holy smokes. Well, he’s messing around with it, and he’s reached up and grabbed him. They’re big, powerful bears. That’s what they are, and sharp, sharp teeth. And just chomped on it and cut it off about here. Wow. Read More
Yeah. Read More
Now, you had mentioned that somebody was injured by the panda?… Read More
Oh, did he take his arm off or something?… Read More
On Memorial Day, the zoo office was livelier than the monkey house. 29 kids were… They are looking for their mothers or fathers. Bean was asked why people came to zoos. ‘I have no idea,’ he said.” (laughs) I know exactly how he feels. Read More
The panda also is a mean,” I guess, not a she, I’m sorry, “crotchety old man, in spite of his angelic countenance. He looks like a doll but would tear a man apart with two swipes of his powerful claws if he could get out. The heat doesn’t bother the… Read More
Yeah. Huh. “Mai-Lei is 11 1/2. ‘Everybody wants to see the panda, too,’ Bean reports” Oh, Mai-Lan, not Mai-Lei, Mai-Lan. That would be a very different story. Mei-Lan. “Mei-Lan was brought to the zoo by ‘The Daily News’ in 1938. She’s 11 1/2 years old, the longest record for captive… Read More
“The two are now constant pals. The little elephant has gained 370 pounds since she arrived a year ago. She now is a neat 910 pounds and cute as a button, as elephants go. The biggest event at the zoo in many years is scheduled for late this month. Ralph… Read More
‘People spend more time watching bears than any other exhibits,’ says Bean. That was a great exhibit. Read More
Which? The polar bears?… Read More
That name sounds vaguely familiar. Yeah, it does. “Attendance at the Brookfield Zoo this year has increased nearly 100% over last year. This brings joy to the elephants, monkeys, seals, lions, hippos, peacocks, and Robert Bean. Bean, the zoo director, is pleased because it is good business. Crowds are averaging… Read More
Now with crowds back, they show off and beg. The rattlesnakes rattle more when people are around. Mike the chimp, who is 22 years old, puts on shows all the time now. Read More
Little Baby Brookfield, the two-year-old elephant, got so lonesome without the kids around during the winter they had to give a pony, Dolly, as a companion.” (laughs) A pony?… Read More
Yeah? It must still be, yeah?… Read More
Mm-hmm. I dunno, that woulda been something to see, if somebody just pulled a baby orangutan outta their coat and started giving it mouth-to-mouth. Janet, take a look at that. Maybe could read that article. It says some things. Mkay. Read More
This is from Tuesday, June 8th, 1948, from “The Chicago Daily News.” Do you know Jack Mably?… Read More
No. Uh-uh. I remember the story because… Yeah, Grandfather had gone to… I don’t know. Was it Sunny… Louis? It may say in this article here. But he went to go pick up these orangutans from another zoo, and he brought them back. I dunno if he brought them back… Read More