January 22, 2003

This evening Bunny was observed wearing an unusual decoration on her back...for hours. It began when Scott brought a small pine tree inside the barn for the elephants. Bunny claimed it and proceeded to devour the needles. Once stripped she began to consume the small branches. Then when it appeared that the mangled tree could serve no further purpose Bunny casually flung it up onto her back. There it balanced for hours as Bunny gingerly glided around the barn. Was this Bunny's version of a fashion show, we will never know? 

How a pine tree started out as browse and ended up a fashion statement.

January 22, 2003

Tennessee is preparing for some cold weather which means the elephant will most likely decide to spend more time inside the barn over the next few days. Our keepers do their best to devise interesting distraction to keep the elephants for getting bored while inside. Today Sissy was the official toy tester. The newest toy was a flexible plastic tubing with several holes along the sides, capped at both ends and filled with grains and raisins. As she moved the tubing around the grain fell out onto the ground. The toy kept Sissy occupied for several minutes. It appears that the toy past the boredom fighter test, Sissy loved it!