I visited the Indianapolis zoo on June 13th while there for my Izmir, Turkey h.s. reunion.
The underwater walrus male looked me in the eyes from 1 foot away, the female saw me and immediately presented and he mounted her. Whoa big
fella we thought, there are little kids present! And we moved on.
Later I observed the white rhino (I think it was "white" but it was deep in the mud). There were two adults and a juvenile prone and somnolent in the mud without a care in the world. The male saw me out of one eye and immediately from prone position put a big foot on the female who reacted with a universally obvious "forget about it you big lug" look - then she saw me and stood up and presented and he started nuzzling and getting ready, VERY ready!
At that point I was convinced my face (white beard and mustache) had triggered all this horniness! It IS the middle of the season, but don't they normally mate in the evening, not HIGH NOON!? I'm convinced they got it from me, or just from seeing an adult among a sea of kids, or just from eye contact, or what? And if they DID find my presence a trigger, how might they have been rewarded in the past?
I would love to know if any of the staff or researchers at the zoo resemble me (or vice versa).
The underwater walrus male looked me in the eyes from 1 foot away, the female saw me and immediately presented and he mounted her. Whoa big
fella we thought, there are little kids present! And we moved on.
Later I observed the white rhino (I think it was "white" but it was deep in the mud). There were two adults and a juvenile prone and somnolent in the mud without a care in the world. The male saw me out of one eye and immediately from prone position put a big foot on the female who reacted with a universally obvious "forget about it you big lug" look - then she saw me and stood up and presented and he started nuzzling and getting ready, VERY ready!
At that point I was convinced my face (white beard and mustache) had triggered all this horniness! It IS the middle of the season, but don't they normally mate in the evening, not HIGH NOON!? I'm convinced they got it from me, or just from seeing an adult among a sea of kids, or just from eye contact, or what? And if they DID find my presence a trigger, how might they have been rewarded in the past?
I would love to know if any of the staff or researchers at the zoo resemble me (or vice versa).