Images: Brett Coomer
[ed. Very cool (and apparently for sale).]
The cows (female elephants), bulls (male elephants), tuskers (male elephants with tusks) and a few little calves arrived in Houston earlier this spring. And they're for sale: prices range from $8,000 for babies to $26,000 for tuskers with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Hermann Park Conservancy.
"They're all based on real elephants, and they all have names," shared Roslyn Bazelle Mitchell, conservancy board chairman. "We got the largest tusker making his debut in Houston; his name is Matt." (...)
They're made from dried Lantana plants and weigh between 800-900 lbs. a piece. Placing and securing all 100 took roughly five days. "You can touch them," Mitchell said. "Just don't climb on them."
