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IcyPeas

(21,737 posts)
Mon Mar 20, 2023, 08:09 PM Mar 2023

LA Zoo Conservation Carousel features endangered animals... and a dung beetle (*Pictures*)

See the pictures below.



The new Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel is not your everyday merry-go-round. This stunning handmade wooden carousel features 66 artisan-crafted figures as diverse as a komodo dragon, poison dart frog, Sumatran tiger and a dung beetle chariot. Gorgeously constructed, it is set apart by the quality of its exceptional craftsmanship, vibrant color, sense of fun and lively depictions of endangered wildlife and California flora and fauna. Every hand-carved and hand-painted figure on the Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel is a beautiful piece of art, right down to the vivid décor of each saddle. Many represent animals residing at the Zoo.

... and the carousel spins to music by the Police, Go-Go’s, Cat Stevens, Amy Grant, Janet Jackson, Bryan Adams, Joe Cocker, Styx, the Carpenters, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and other recording artists from the A&M label co-founded by Jerry Moss with Alpert.

... figures of endangered animals the Zoo is actively striving to preserve, among them the Asian elephant, snow leopard, mountain tapir, Chacoan peccary, lowland gorilla and peninsular pronghorn. Individual animals commissioned specifically for the Los Angeles Zoo are the peninsular pronghorn, the maned wolf and the serval. Unexpected figures taking a twirl are a blue scarab, honeybee, clownfish, baby rhino, double-wattled cassowary and one of the Zoo’s freeloading night visitors, a skunk. A beautiful peacock chariot is universally accessible.

Mankiewicz was Chairman of GLAZA’s board from 2002 until his passing in 2010, and a staunch supporter of the Zoo’s conservation efforts. The quirky dung beetle chariot was made possible by his individual sponsorship.

https://www.artsbeatla.com/2011/10/carousel-la-zoo/

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LA Zoo Conservation Carousel features endangered animals... and a dung beetle (*Pictures*) (Original Post) IcyPeas Mar 2023 OP
different, creative BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2023 #1
wish there were more views of the dung beetle and the dung ball Kali Mar 2023 #2
oh there are.... just do a google search for "la zoo carousel dung beetle" - it's very popular IcyPeas Mar 2023 #3
oh dur! Kali Mar 2023 #5
here's a bunch more pictures of some of the animals: I like the Praying Mantis IcyPeas Mar 2023 #4
oh yeah! Kali Mar 2023 #6
Tiger,snowleopard I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2023 #7

IcyPeas

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4. here's a bunch more pictures of some of the animals: I like the Praying Mantis
Mon Mar 20, 2023, 09:00 PM
Mar 2023




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I_UndergroundPanther

(12,450 posts)
7. Tiger,snowleopard
Mon Mar 20, 2023, 10:07 PM
Mar 2023

Than dung beetle,mantis then eagle then monarch caterpillar.
Thats the ones I like best.
Cats always come first for me.

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