The postcard of the walrus ‘Antje’ at Hamburg Zoo that has recently been added to the gallery, prompted me to load my photograph of her in the Hamburg University Zoology Museum.
The first walrus I ever saw was “Alice” in the elephant’s bathing pool inside the Elephant & Rhino Pavilion at London Zoo.
I too saw “Antje” several times Hamburg Zoo; unusually for a zoo walrus, she had impressive tusks. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good photograph of “Antje” while she was alive.
Incidentally, if anybody goes to Hamburg to visit the zoo and has a spare afternoon, the Zoology Museum is very interesting and well worth a visit too.
The first walrus I ever saw was “Alice” in the elephant’s bathing pool inside the Elephant & Rhino Pavilion at London Zoo.
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Didn't that walrus come as pup to London Zoo and only live briefly? It may have been discussed earlier in another thread, but if not, I would love to get more info about this animal. They would have had her by coincidence as it seems they were not prepared for her arrival, otherwise they would hardly have housed her in the indoor pools of the elephant house.
From my old UK guidebooks, I hardly recall any walruses, while walruses were housed here and there, perhaps a result of the Chipperfield family in the Falkland Islands, as Jimmy Chipperfield recalls in his autobiography.
Didn't that walrus come as pup to London Zoo and only live briefly? It may have been discussed earlier in another thread, but if not, I would love to get more info about this animal. They would have had her by coincidence as it seems they were not prepared for her arrival, otherwise they would hardly have housed her in the indoor pools of the elephant house.
Yes, the walrus ‘Alice’ has been mentioned on various other threads.
In summary, 'Alice' was purchased as a youngster in 1966; the elephant bathing pool was only intended as temporary accommodation for her. Sadly she did not live long; the ZSL Annual Report for 1967 states that she died “as the result of an accident” but gives no further details.
@Tim May Thankyou Tim. I didn't know how to find that fact myself. I must have seen Walrus there as well as the one in London Zoo- though I can't recollect either.
