@Fossa dude:
Reg. 4) Do you think we're on equal terms? Cause I don't...And I do think that certain things can be learned in one way only.
Otherwise-merry Christmas also to you and your great father.
Even if this might not reach you, @bongorob, due to being on your infamous "ignore list", I'm sad to read that you have such a disappointingly low image of me. When precisely did I step on your toes? Or is my general attitude antagonising you so painfully to have a chip on your shoulder? One way or another: before dishing out such meddling device, why not contact me in person, to voice your anger over my oh so fiendish wrongdoing, and/or to find a way of mutual agreement? Nevertheless, let's keep up with Fossa Dude's pious attitude: Merry holidays also to both of you meddlers, @bongorob & Shirokuma; even if you might ignore it. (Which makes me wonder-if I'm on your ignore list, how come you still keep track of me and my evil antagonising posts? )
I was wondering about the date too as the book was published in 1967. The author was guided by Dr. Agatha Gijzen who showed her to a cage 'almost entirely occupied by a round pool' noting that "This is something you won't see often".
The author goes on to say:
'A ghostly white creature reared itself from the water, swam over to us, and propped itself up on its front limbs - flippers? - to look yearningly at Dr. Gijzen. She patted its head affectionately. "This is a manatee. I don't know of any other zoo that has one; this one's been with us for ten years..."
...She reached into her pocket and I expected her to bring out... a fish. Instead, she took out a lump of sugar from her pocket, and the manatee accepted it eagerly...'
