White rhino dies in Houston Zoo : Lone Star Times

White rhino dies in Houston Zoo

by Matt Bramanti · 03/31/2006 2:09 pm

Sorry, but it wasn’t Fred Hill. It was Marci:

Marcibit, a 4,000-pound rhinoceros who had resided at the Houston Zoo since the Nixon administration, died Thursday. She was 38.

A Southern white rhino, Marcibit, or "Marci" as she was known to zoo keepers and visitors, came to Houston in 1971 from the Umfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa at the age of four.

A cause of death is not yet known, and zoo officials expect the results of an autopsy within about a month.

Marci was brought to Houston with a male rhino, Samburu, who was a year younger. The pair never produced any offspring and it is rare for rhinos in captivity to do so.

Marci shunned Samburu’s advances, preferring an illicit love affair.

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6 Responses to “White rhino dies in Houston Zoo”

David Benzion on March 31st, 2006 at 2:22 pm

You bastard, Bramanti, mocking me in my hour of grief.
neocon on March 31st, 2006 at 2:25 pm

Dang, Matt, that was Cold! Poor David, we’re here for ya’
Squawkbox Noise on March 31st, 2006 at 2:31 pm

Damn I’m glad I logged in for a moment. Now we know why Benzion was not at the last Brew ha ha.

Wulp back to me rat-killin. See y’all in a week or so I hope.
Rorschach on March 31st, 2006 at 2:49 pm

Given that White Rhino’s are the second largest land mammal (behind Elephants), David must have one of these:
http://lonestartimes.com/2006/03/31/san-fran-is-beside-themselves-in-extascy-just-thinking-about-it/

Mrs. Benzion must be proud (and sore)
Maltboy! on March 31st, 2006 at 3:13 pm

re: illicit love affair

I saw that one coming up 5th Avenue with the Macy’s parade. That thing in front of David even looks like one of the parade balloons!
gregg aka"T-Bone" on March 31st, 2006 at 8:39 pm

Why do we always have to bring race into everything. Can they just say rhino?