Seven to Ten years in captivity. A little less in the wild, much less near a highway...
Paul Stenquist wrote: > That would be great. I wonder how long they live. I dropped mine off > 34 years ago. > Paul > On Feb 12, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > >> Paul: This is a great story! I'll get you an armadillo shot from >> the zoo. >> Wouldn't it be cool if it was a descendant of yours truly?! Cheers, >> Christine >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:35 AM >> Subject: Re: The Cushman Photos -- watching a photographer progress >> >> >> >>> I've been to Lincoln Park Zoo a number of times, but don't remember >>> the bear. When I was a kid, we most often went to Brookfield. They >>> were about equidistant from the Southeast side. >>> >>> My best memory of Lincoln Park Zoo comes from the days when I worked >>> on the race car. We were driving back from Miami with our truck and >>> trailer one Sunday night and saw some armadillos poking around near >>> the road. The guy who was driving decided to stop, and one of the >>> guys, who was a bit of a lunatic, jumped out and chased an >>> armadillo. He caught him and put him in the truck, thinking we'd keep >>> him in our shop as a pet. Well, when we got back to Chicago that >>> Armadillo was very unhappy. Couldn't get him to eat. (Don't know why >>> he didn't like cheeseburgers), and the cold was making him sluggish. >>> So we decided to take him to Lincoln Park Zoo. After smoking a bit of >>> weed. (The armadillo didn't like that any more than the >>> cheeseburger.) >>> >>> At the zoo, we managed to find the administration building. We went >>> into the office with the armadillo in a box and told the receptionist >>> we wanted to donate an armadillo. Well, it seems the curator had been >>> hoping to get an armadillo for some time. Just the day before they >>> had tricked him with some kind of object made from an armadillo >>> shell. They had wrapped a blanket around it and presented it to him. >>> So, he of course assumed this was another trick and refused to come >>> out to the reception area. So we took the armadillo out of the box. >>> The office was quite warm and that seemed to please him. He (or she >>> as the case may have been) began scampering around the office and the >>> receptionist screamed. That got the curator out there. In short, he >>> was thrilled. We lied and told him that the armadillo must have >>> crawled into our trailer while we were racing. Since they're an >>> endangered species, we didn't want to end up in the clink. He pointed >>> out that armadillos are very timid and would never come near a >>> trailer, but he wanted an armadillo bad enough that he didn't press >>> the issue. So the armadillo moved into Lincoln Park Zoo, and we went >>> back to our cold shop, cheeseburgers and weed. >>> >>> And that's my Lincoln Park Zoo story, the only one I have:-). >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> On Feb 11, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Paul: Thanks for the link below. I didn't get through all of >>>> them, but >>>> seeing the zoo shots made me think of something I hadn't thought of >>>> in a >>>> long time. Coming from the south side, I don't know if you spent a >>>> lot of >>>> time at Lincoln Park zoo, but at LP zoo you used to be able to get >>>> your >>>> photograph taken while standing next to a stuffed medium sized >>>> bear. My >>>> parents made this an annual ritual. Somewhere, there are BW >>>> photographs of >>>> me & my sister sitting or standing next to this bear. I have to >>>> find those >>>> photographs. Sound familiar? >>>> Anyway, I love the circus & beach shots. >>>> >>>> Cheers, Christine >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 12:24 PM >>>> Subject: The Cushman Photos -- watching a photographer progress >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I've made it through 118 pages of the Chicago pics with no end in >>>>> sight. >>>>> This has taken me from some of his first work in 1937 all the way >>>>> to 1958. >>>>> It's fascinating to see how he progressed in terms of >>>>> composition and >>>>> creative perspective. I also noticed that his camera developed a >>>>> sticky >>>>> shutter in 1958 or thereabouts. Seems he had it fixed fairly soon. >>>>> It's >>>>> also interesting that he threw very little away -- end of roll >>>>> shots, >>>>> sticky shutter shots, overexposed and underexposed shots -- >>>>> they're all >>>>> here. >>>>> >>>>> The Chicago area pics start here: http://tinyurl.com/2lsrlo >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>>> and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and follow the directions. >>>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> > > > -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. 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