Interview 25868 – Caption Index: 797
Bob, you had some drawing skills that you used in your professional career as a draftsman for exhibits and things to help?… Read More
Bob, you had some drawing skills that you used in your professional career as a draftsman for exhibits and things to help?… Read More
I guess. Well, I’m looking at the caricature of the elephant, the drawing. Read More
Is that the deal here?… Read More
Yeah. Today, I get outta the army, on the 29th of April. And that’s your birthday. (laughs) Yeah. All right. Oh, this Dumbo. Wait, is this the Dumbo named after the…… Read More
Did Disney give this or something, this Dumbo elephant?… Read More
What?… Read More
Today’s your birthday?… Read More
(Janet laughs) Ah, today’s my birthday. 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
(Robert chuckles) What did they do to him, the panda?… 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
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
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
“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
Which? The polar bears?… Read More
‘People spend more time watching bears than any other exhibits,’ says Bean. That was a great exhibit. Read More