Wet Animals. Southern Ground Hornbill, Bucorvus leadbeateri, and 'Mafuko' by Cornelia Smit, Amsterdam Zoo ARTIS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

            Yes! It was very wet. ReX and I were as bedraggled as this wonderful Southern Ground Hornbill, hailing from southern Africa. It hasn't melted yet, though, and is unlikely to do so. In its native lands Bucorvus is seen as a harbinger of the Rainy Season, so I suppose it didn't mind the drizzle. And just look at those eye-lashes! to die for!
I suppose you can't say of a statue that it's bedraggled but it too is very wet. The statuette (see inset) is of Mafuko (ca.1911-1916) (also called Mafuka, and Fuka by his human friends). By sculptor Cornelia Smit (1878-1928), it was presented by her to famous dr Portielje (1886-1965), virtuially a denizen of the Zoo himself. The live Mafuko was given to the Zoo in 1911 by H.P. Wertheim of New York City, who'd procured him from the then Belgian Congo. Initially he was thought to be a Chimpanzee; Portielje had his doubts and indeed our Ape was classified as Pan paniscus in 1929. Today famous, of course, as the Bonobo species. For an engaging account of its 'humanism' and ethics, see Frans de Waal's fascinating The Bonobo and the Atheist (2013).
Mafuko was greatly loved by everyone who met him, and there was much sadness on his demise of a liver condition on June 12, 1916. His body was prepared by a master taxidermist, and you can go to see it in Naturalis at Leiden. Or if you're in Amsterdam: the statuette is in Artis.
   

Taken in: Nederland / Noord-Holland / Amsterdam (show map)

Taken on: October 2, 2018

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