Barcelona’s over 100-year old, and amazingly compact (many would argue too compact) zoo has a new elephant.
After her long-time companion, Alicia died, experts and laymen alike became concerned with her welfare when she began rocking back and forth and eating her own waste.
A second female elephant, Yoyo was eventually purchased to keep Susi company, but to no avail, as the two females appear to be incompatible, i.e., like so many females of the human persuasion, couldn’t get along.
Now that the two females are finally starting to get along, Barcelona’s Zoo has added a third female elephant to the mix, Bully.
Whether or not that proves to be a good idea is yet to be seen. Of course, many elephant experts now argue that zoos shouldn’t keep elephants at all, because of space and noise issues.
We wouldn’t mind. Our favorite Barcelona Zoo attraction are the aggressive emus and ostriches (hilarious).
Watch a brief video about Bully below”.
Chris Ciolli is a Barcelona-based writer, translator and artist with Midwestern roots. She shares her escapades as a Missourian in the world at Midwesternerabroad.com, and writes about Barcelona from a guiri-gone-native perspective at Barcelonaforidiots.com. A closet foodie and self-proclaimed art addict, Chris typically blogs about the drinks, eats and other cultural attractions she encounters on her travels. In her spare moments, she reads obsessively, slurps excessive quantities of coffee and tea, and plays with art supplies and kitchen tools. Oh, and travels as much as humanly possible.
