cleveland zoo elephant

 duck tape elephant

elephant in training 

 Un elefante se balanceaba sobre la tela de una araña.

The Cleveland Zoo now has five elephants: four cows, Moshi, Martika, Shenga, and Kallie, and one bull, Willy. Recently, they rebuilt the Pachyderm Building. Years ago, the building also housed rhinos (now a separate bldg.), giraffes (same story), hippo (they still have a very aged one in geriatric seclusion), honey bees (gone), tapirs (gone), and warthogs (gone). Now, the other occupants are mole rats. Landscaping has allowed more outside enclosure for these large animals. In the last several years, the trend has been for more elaborate surroundings with less species. The old building had two beautiful colored terra cotta sculptures (1956-2008) by recently deceased local centenarian, Viktor Schreckengost *1906, 2008†. One was of mastodons, and the other mammoths. The sculptures were to reappear on the outside entrance of the zoo in 2010, they have not. The Elephant Crossing exhibit opened in 2011, three (Jo, Moshi and Martika) of the elephants had stayed in Columbus during the interim. Elephants are appealing.