On 13 Jan 2011 at 11:13, Susan Moziar wrote: > Hi Josephine, > > It wasn't until that I actually read this article that I realized that > I had seen this gorilla in the Bristol Zoo on a couple of occasions. > What I remember most about him was that I was with my aunt who was > wearing a broach with a coiled snake inside a red outer frame pinned > to her suit. When Alfred saw my aunt he got hysterical. When she > went away he calmed down but got wild again when she returned. We > never could determine whether it was the broach she was wearing, her > glasses of just what set him off. I can remember the scene as clearly > as though it was yesterday! Thanks for reminding me.> Perhaps Alfred just "fancied" your aunt !!! Was she a very attractive lady? Ooops - instant apologies for any suggestion of bad taste! <b.g.> Could it have been the red brooch perhaps? The colour red seems to have an adverse affect on animals, possibly because's it's so bright and pronounced - hence, red rag to a bull, etc. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE