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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsLA Zoo Conservation Carousel features endangered animals... and a dung beetle (*Pictures*)
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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-Gos, 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 Zoos freeloading night visitors, a skunk. A beautiful peacock chariot is universally accessible.
Mankiewicz was Chairman of GLAZAs board from 2002 until his passing in 2010, and a staunch supporter of the Zoos conservation efforts. The quirky dung beetle chariot was made possible by his individual sponsorship.
... and the carousel spins to music by the Police, Go-Gos, 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 Zoos freeloading night visitors, a skunk. A beautiful peacock chariot is universally accessible.
Mankiewicz was Chairman of GLAZAs board from 2002 until his passing in 2010, and a staunch supporter of the Zoos 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
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(7,524 posts)1. different, creative
Kali
(54,990 posts)2. wish there were more views of the dung beetle and the dung ball
IcyPeas
(21,737 posts)3. oh there are.... just do a google search for "la zoo carousel dung beetle" - it's very popular
sometimes I am so slow!
IcyPeas
(21,737 posts)4. here's a bunch more pictures of some of the animals: I like the Praying Mantis
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I like the mantis too. the whole thing is really cool.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,450 posts)7. Tiger,snowleopard
Than dung beetle,mantis then eagle then monarch caterpillar.
Thats the ones I like best.
Cats always come first for me.