tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6381004204328559832..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: milk-fed zebras - Michelle LovricMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-80919899508913196782014-02-12T15:46:17.877+00:002014-02-12T15:46:17.877+00:00I've come late to this lovely post Michelle. I...I've come late to this lovely post Michelle. I've a postcard of two zebras 'inspanned' to draw a cart. Not your two I'm sure. <br /><br />Interestingly in 1825 the Pasha of Egypt sent a giraffe to Charles X of France... the first ever giraffe seen in France and she walked from Marseille to Paris accompanied by 3 cows who supplied her with 25 litres of milk a day. And two sheep as well... maybe they were milked too to add variety, I'm not sure. She's the subject of my new picture book – Zeraffa Giraffa coming out in April and illustrated by Jane Ray. <br /><br />What a find to have seen that letter! <br />Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91537909129314641922014-02-10T17:22:16.541+00:002014-02-10T17:22:16.541+00:00Lovely! Is milk really good for adult zebras, thou...Lovely! Is milk really good for adult zebras, though? Perhaps it made them more docile. I have always been fascinated by the image of Lord Rothschild driving zebras, and have just made a brief excursus onto the Web and found loads of pictures of and stories about zebras being used like horses - and even cross-bred with horses and donkeys. Apparently they were favoured in Africa because they were immune to tse-tse fly. They look such cool mounts! I wonder if your pair were ever saddled or harnessed, Michelle?Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-53970465692979254962014-02-10T13:13:32.701+00:002014-02-10T13:13:32.701+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8941142220525584952014-02-10T13:13:30.070+00:002014-02-10T13:13:30.070+00:00How wonderful, I love this.
How wonderful, I love this. <br />Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62465715742605512012014-02-10T11:09:50.397+00:002014-02-10T11:09:50.397+00:00An intriguing letter and a wonderful story, both t...An intriguing letter and a wonderful story, both the Known Facts account and the one they start running in the imagination. Thank you for sharing this treasure.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.com