Comments on: Elephant Odyssey is OPEN! http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:43:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-497536 Ryan Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:32:23 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-497536 Have any of the Odyssey elephants ever had calves? Have any of the Odyssey elephants ever had calves?

]]> By: lin http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-462216 lin Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:47:49 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-462216 Exactly how much free room do the elephants have to roam....I keep looking at pictures and videos and I still can't tell......is there grass for them to walk on?? that dirt looks really hard....... Exactly how much free room do the elephants have to roam….I keep looking at pictures and videos and I still can’t tell……is there grass for them to walk on?? that dirt looks really hard…….

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-452173 Mark Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:21:05 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-452173 "Hey! I was on the elephant cam at around 6:30pm EDT (3:30pm PDT), and I saw some of the elephant kids with a couple of adult elephants, and then I saw something a little odd walking by! Was that a deer that was on the cam?? I didn’t know that there were other animals in the yard with the elephants! Moderator, can you please let me know what that was that I saw on the cam? Would love to know what other animals are in the elephant yard!" "Moderator’s note: Native mule deer often jump into the elephants’ exhibit." Chari, also see this blog post: Sound the Alarm! Posted at 10:36 am October 6, 2008 by Emily Rothwell "...As some of you have seen and commented, wild mule deer will occasionally wander in and out of the elephant enclosure. This is not a concern because the interactions between the animals are friendly, and they mostly pay little attention to one another. However, one morning, a deer crept close to little Khosi without her noticing. Boy, was she surprised! When she turned around and saw the deer, she gave a 'trumpet' alarm..." “Hey! I was on the elephant cam at around 6:30pm EDT (3:30pm PDT), and I saw some of the elephant kids with a couple of adult elephants, and then I saw something a little odd walking by! Was that a deer that was on the cam?? I didn’t know that there were other animals in the yard with the elephants! Moderator, can you please let me know what that was that I saw on the cam? Would love to know what other animals are in the elephant yard!”

“Moderator’s note: Native mule deer often jump into the elephants’ exhibit.”

Chari, also see this blog post:

Sound the Alarm!
Posted at 10:36 am October 6, 2008 by Emily Rothwell

“…As some of you have seen and commented, wild mule deer will occasionally wander in and out of the elephant enclosure. This is not a concern because the interactions between the animals are friendly, and they mostly pay little attention to one another. However, one morning, a deer crept close to little Khosi without her noticing. Boy, was she surprised! When she turned around and saw the deer, she gave a ‘trumpet’ alarm…”

]]> By: Chari Mercier http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-452114 Chari Mercier Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:35:40 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-452114 Hey! I was on the elephant cam at around 6:30pm EDT (3:30pm PDT), and I saw some of the elephant kids with a couple of adult elephants, and then I saw something a little odd walking by! Was that a deer that was on the cam?? I didn't know that there were other animals in the yard with the elephants! Moderator, can you please let me know what that was that I saw on the cam? Would love to know what other animals are in the elephant yard! Still need a good long update about the new calf, his name, and how he's been doing lately. You also need to get a picture of the elephant calf and his bio info on the Meet the Elephants page! The other 3 elephant kids need to have updates done on theirs as well. Hope to hear from you all soon with new updates! Chari Mercier :) St. Pete, FL <em>Moderator's note: Native mule deer often jump into the elephants' exhibit.</em> Hey! I was on the elephant cam at around 6:30pm EDT (3:30pm PDT), and I saw some of the elephant kids with a couple of adult elephants, and then I saw something a little odd walking by! Was that a deer that was on the cam?? I didn’t know that there were other animals in the yard with the elephants! Moderator, can you please let me know what that was that I saw on the cam? Would love to know what other animals are in the elephant yard!
Still need a good long update about the new calf, his name, and how he’s been doing lately. You also need to get a picture of the elephant calf and his bio info on the Meet the Elephants page! The other 3 elephant kids need to have updates done on theirs as well.
Hope to hear from you all soon with new updates!
Chari Mercier :)
St. Pete, FL

Moderator’s note: Native mule deer often jump into the elephants’ exhibit.

]]> By: Carol http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-451674 Carol Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:11:11 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-451674 Mark, #24 & #27, and Nancy, #26.....Some good points, agreed, but okay, enough already.....give it a rest, would ya??? Jeez Mark, #24 & #27, and Nancy, #26…..Some good points, agreed, but okay, enough already…..give it a rest, would ya??? Jeez

]]> By: Teresa from Tustin, CA http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-451657 Teresa from Tustin, CA Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:48:10 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-451657 Rick, I was so excited to visit Elephant Odyssey on opening day and was so happy to see the elephants now have a much larger exhibit to enjoy. I have one concern though. I was a little disappointed the Lions, M'bari and Etosha, had not yet arrived but once I saw their exhibit I'm not sure it's big enough for them nor did it seem to have enough shady areas. Was their exhibit planned to be this small? I'm more concerned for their well being than for my opportunity to finally see them in person. The Jaguar, Nindiri, also seemed to have a small area with not much shade which I'm sure she is used to coming from her old enclosure. I love these cats so much and just want to be sure they are well taken care of. Other than that you have a wonderful new exhibit I will enjoy every time I visit. Rick,

I was so excited to visit Elephant Odyssey on opening day and was so happy to see the elephants now have a much larger exhibit to enjoy. I have one concern though. I was a little disappointed the Lions, M’bari and Etosha, had not yet arrived but once I saw their exhibit I’m not sure it’s big enough for them nor did it seem to have enough shady areas. Was their exhibit planned to be this small? I’m more concerned for their well being than for my opportunity to finally see them in person. The Jaguar, Nindiri, also seemed to have a small area with not much shade which I’m sure she is used to coming from her old enclosure. I love these cats so much and just want to be sure they are well taken care of. Other than that you have a wonderful new exhibit I will enjoy every time I visit.

]]> By: Rich--faithful zoo member http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-451136 Rich--faithful zoo member Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:36:54 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-451136 I did not care what or when they named the new calf. I'm just happy that it is healthy and doing fine. Sure frequent updates are nice but I find it more important that the keepers are aware that their primary responsibility is to the animals in their care and not to satisfy our curiosity. GREAT WORK KEEPERS!!!!!!! Also for those of you that like to hear through the blogs, I hear the WAP is expecting 3 more calves next year. HOORAY!!!!!!! I did not care what or when they named the new calf. I’m just happy that it is healthy and doing fine. Sure frequent updates are nice but I find it more important that the keepers are aware that their primary responsibility is to the animals in their care and not to satisfy our curiosity. GREAT WORK KEEPERS!!!!!!! Also for those of you that like to hear through the blogs, I hear the WAP is expecting 3 more calves next year. HOORAY!!!!!!!

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-450634 Mark Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:20:25 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-450634 "goodnes people, have you no patience at all? the zoo and wap is very busy and does not always have time to cater to every one of our whims whenever we want them! I know no other zoo that accomadates it’s bloggers with so many up-dates and answers so many of our questions which are sometimes repeated over and over again!! many zoos do not even have a blogger site and only give zoo news from their paper!" As for Antwerp Zoo's online updates and info about Kai-Mook (there seems to be a lot in both Dutch and French, but I can't read those languages), I doubt there will be as much about the next baby in her herd - he or she won't be the First Elephant Ever Born In Belgium, after all. ""be happy! we are very lucky and spoiled to get so much information from this wonderful zoo. we will not die from curiousity if we do not know the name of a baby elephant right away, or when we think we should be told!! there is always a reason why! all in due time!" Yeah! "I don’t think we could pronounce the name anyway!" N-Gad-Zee “goodnes people, have you no patience at all? the zoo and wap is very busy and does not always have time to cater to every one of our whims whenever we want them! I know no other zoo that accomadates it’s bloggers with so many up-dates and answers so many of our questions which are sometimes repeated over and over again!! many zoos do not even have a blogger site and only give zoo news from their paper!”

As for Antwerp Zoo’s online updates and info about Kai-Mook (there seems to be a lot in both Dutch and French, but I can’t read those languages), I doubt there will be as much about the next baby in her herd – he or she won’t be the First Elephant Ever Born In Belgium, after all.

“”be happy! we are very lucky and spoiled to get so much information from this wonderful zoo. we will not die from curiousity if we do not know the name of a baby elephant right away, or when we think we should be told!! there is always a reason why! all in due time!”

Yeah!

“I don’t think we could pronounce the name anyway!”

N-Gad-Zee

]]> By: nancy from michigan http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-450436 nancy from michigan Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:51:02 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-450436 goodnes people, have you no patience at all? the zoo and wap is very busy and does not always have time to cater to every one of our whims whenever we want them! I know no other zoo that accomadates it's bloggers with so many up-dates and answers so many of our questions which are sometimes repeated over and over again!! many zoos do not even have a blogger site and only give zoo news from their paper! be happy! we are very lucky and spoiled to get so much information from this wonderful zoo. we will not die from curiousity if we do not know the name of a baby elephant right away, or when we think we should be told!! there is always a reason why! all in due time! I don't think we could pronounce the name anyway! goodnes people, have you no patience at all? the zoo and wap is very busy and does not always have time to cater to every one of our whims whenever we want them! I know no other zoo that accomadates it’s bloggers with so many up-dates and answers so many of our questions which are sometimes repeated over and over again!! many zoos do not even have a blogger site and only give zoo news from their paper!
be happy! we are very lucky and spoiled to get so much information from this wonderful zoo. we will not die from curiousity if we do not know the name of a baby elephant right away, or when we think we should be told!! there is always a reason why! all in due time! I don’t think we could pronounce the name anyway!

]]> By: Margaret http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2009/05/26/elephant-odyssey-is-open/comment-page-1/#comment-449878 Margaret Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:45:56 +0000 http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/?p=4453#comment-449878 Re Barbara, #18, comment about the government wanting to cull 60,000 elephants. Since that is how the rapidly growing herd came to WAP, does that mean there might be a change in US wildlife policy and allow more animals due to be culled into the US to responsible and caring organizations dedicated to their survival. Since reproduction of captive elephants is almost as tricky as that of pandas, and therefore with the current import restrictions in place and extremely low birthrate (except at WAP and Ringling Bros), it would seem a win-win for both elephants and institutions that can house and care for them. Once the combination of the WAP Asian elephants and the SDZ Asian and one African elephant is successful, it will be a stellar example of how such efforts can be done, and benefit both animals and institutions that house them. Bringing the WAP elephants to SDZ allows them to have the state of the art environment they need, and allows the WAP growing herd the room it needs to be as natural as possible and continue to grow. Re Barbara, #18, comment about the government wanting to cull 60,000 elephants. Since that is how the rapidly growing herd came to WAP, does that mean there might be a change in US wildlife policy and allow more animals due to be culled into the US to responsible and caring organizations dedicated to their survival. Since reproduction of captive elephants is almost as tricky as that of pandas, and therefore with the current import restrictions in place and extremely low birthrate (except at WAP and Ringling Bros), it would seem a win-win for both elephants and institutions that can house and care for them.

Once the combination of the WAP Asian elephants and the SDZ Asian and one African elephant is successful, it will be a stellar example of how such efforts can be done, and benefit both animals and institutions that house them. Bringing the WAP elephants to SDZ allows them to have the state of the art environment they need, and allows the WAP growing herd the room it needs to be as natural as possible and continue to grow.

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