I Miss The Elephant Keys At The Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo

Does anyone remember the old plastic elephant keys at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo? Most people reading this probably don’t remember, and might not have even been to Omaha, but you used to get these at the gift shop and use them to start up audio boxes that explained each exhibit:

These things have been gone a long time. I remember having one as a kid and loving it. There was just something about having a special item that let you do something at the zoo that was kind of cool. Of course, even when I was a kid in the early eighties, the metal audio boxes by the exhibits were in pretty poor shape. I’m guessing they were kind of old even then. I only remember them being around a year or two at that point before they disappeared forever. Now they are no more, and haven’t been for a very long time.

It’s just kind of sad that they are gone. I miss them, even though I don’t get to Omaha or the zoo very often anymore. I just dug the key and was always excited to use it even if I didn’t care that much about hearing the related audio. It was just something fun as part of going to the zoo.

Does anyone else remember these things?