| abstract | - Brithini Mother of God Learner Emperor Ilotos
* Born in the Ice Age
* Daughter of Manah
* She married Emperor Keralamalos
* Maintained good relations with her family. Source: Middle Sea Empire (Book)
- Somali is a language spoken in east africa
- Somali ist eine afrikanische Elefantenkuh auf dem Elefantenhof Platschow in Mecklenburg (Landkreis Parchim). Sie wurde etwa 1985 in Simbabwe wild geboren und kam über den Tierhändler Munro zusammen mit der etwa gleichaltrigen Mocamba zu dem Schweizer Elefantentrainer Wendel Huber, der mit beiden Kühen bis 2009 insbesondere in der Schweiz umherzog und sie in verschiedenen Zirkussen und bei anderen Gelegenheiten vorführte. Einige Tourneen waren auch Einzelauftritte mit den beiden Elefantendamen, als "Wendel Huber's Elefanten-Show" oder "Elefanten-Theater". Dokumentierte Stationen sind beispielsweise Rümlang oder Schönenwerd. Dabei wurden sie dazu dressiert, Handball und Mundharmonika zu spielen, boten komische Einlagen und führten neben einem Theaterstück auch eine Dressurnummer mit drei Bernhardinern auf. Wendel Huber wirkte mit seinen Elefanten auch bei "Stars in der Manege" mit und zog für den Film Hannibals Elefanten auf Hannibals Spuren mit Mocamba und Somali durch die Alpen. Ende Oktober 2008 zeichnete sich ein Ende der Vorführungen ab. In einem Zirkusbericht des Schweizer Tierschutzes vom Juli 2008 wird die Dressur als unproblematisch bewertet, während die Haltung als "zu klein" und nicht elefantengerecht (ohne Bade-, Suhl- und Scheuermöglichkeiten) kritisiert wird. An anderer Stelle wurde kritisiert, die Tiere würden zu Clowns degradiert, und wegen der engen Platzverhältnisse müssten die beide getrennt gehalten werden, weil Somali und Mocamba seit längerer Zeit miteinander Streit hätten. Aufgrund der Kritik und einer Strafanzeige wegen eines schlechten Winterquartiers für Somali und Mocamba in einem zu schlecht beheizten Zelt in Hüttikon hat Wendel Huber seine beiden Elefanten nach über 20 mit ihnen verbrachten Jahren im Mai 2009 nach Deutschland auf den Elefantenhof Platschow gebracht, wo sie mit den anderen Elefanten des Hofes zusammengeführt werden sollten. Das Unterbringungsproblem für Somali und Mocamba wurde auch scherzhaft von der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung aufgegriffen, die die geplante Unterbringung der beiden in der Schiffsbauhalle des Zürcher Schauspielhauses am 1. April 2009 meldete. Somali wird auf Hubers Homepage als vorsichtig und misstrauisch beschrieben und war die rangniedere der beiden Afrikanerinnen, die mit Kommandos im Schweizer Dialekt trainiert wurden.
- The Somali is a long-haired Abyssinian. The breed appeared spontaneously in the 1950s from Abyssinian breeding programs when a number of Abyssinian kittens were born with bottle-brush tails and long fluffy coats. Abyssinians and Somalis share the same personality (active, intelligent, playful, curious) and appearance. The only difference between them is the fur length and therefore the amount of grooming required. Unlike most long-haired cats, Somalis shed very little excess hair. Their coat is generally shed en masse, or "blown", once or twice a year, rather than constantly shedding like a Persian or other long-haired cat. Somalis have a striking, bushy tail, which, combined with their ruddy coat, has earned them the nickname of "fox cats" in some circles. In addition to the fluffy tail, the Somali breed features a black stripe down its back, large ears, a full ruff and breeches, contributing further to the overall "foxy" look. Their coats are ticked, which is a variation on tabby markings, and some Somalis may show full tabby stripes on portions of their bodies, but this is seen as a flaw, and tabby Somalis are only sold as neutered pets. The only tabby marking on a show Somali is the traditional tabby 'M' on the middle of the forehead. Like Abyssinians, they have a dark rim around their eyes that makes them look like they are wearing kohl, and they have a small amount of white on their muzzles and chins/throats. White elsewhere on their bodies disqualifies them from show-status.
- The Somali is a long-haired Abyssinian. The breed appeared spontaneously in the 1950s from Abyssinian breeding programs when a number of Abyssinian kittens were born with bottle-brush tails and long fluffy coats. Abyssinians and Somalis share the same personality (active, intelligent, playful, curious) and appearance. The only difference between them is the fur length and therefore the amount of grooming required. Unlike most long-haired cats, Somalis shed very little excess hair. Their coat is generally shed en masse, or "blown", once or twice a year, rather than constantly shedding like a Persian or other long-haired cat. Somalis have a striking, bushy tail, which, combined with their ruddy coat, has earned them the nickname of "fox cats" in some circles. In addition to the fluffy tail, the Somali breed features a black stripe down its back, large ears, a full ruff and breeches, contributing further to the overall "foxy" look. Their coats are ticked, which is a variation on tabby markings, and some Somalis may show full tabby stripes on portions of their bodies, but this is seen as a flaw, and tabby Somalis are only sold as neutered pets. The only tabby marking on a show Somali is the traditional tabby 'M' on the middle of the forehead. Like Abyssinians, they have a dark rim around their eyes that makes them look like they are wearing kohl, and they have a small amount of white on their muzzles and chins/throats. White elsewhere on their bodies disqualifies them from show-status. As stated above, the first Somalis were longhairs that appeared in litters of Abyssinian kittens. In the 1940s, a British breeder named Janet Robertson exported some normal Abyssinian kittens to Australia, New Zealand, and North America. Descendants of these cats occasionally produced kittens with long or fuzzy coats, and in 1963, Mary Mailing, a breeder from Canada, entered one into a local pet show. Ken McGill, the show's judge, asked for one to breed from. The official first Somali was Mayling Tutsuta, McGill's cat. An American Abyssinian breeder, Evelyn Mague, also received longhairs from her cats, which she named Somalis. Don Richings, another Canadian breeder, used kittens from Ken McGill, and began to work with Evelyn. As of the late 1970s, the Somali was fully accepted in North America, then later in the 1980s they were accepted in Europe. By 1991 the breed was accepted worldwide. The essence of the Somali cat is ticking - each hair is ticked multiple times in two colours. The Usual or Ruddy Somali is golden brown ticked with black. There are 28 colours of Somali in total (some organisations accept only some of these colours). All organisations accept Somalis in usual/ruddy, sorrel/red, blue, and fawn. Most clubs recognise usual/ruddy silver, sorrel/red silver, blue silver, and fawn silver. Other colours that may be accepted include chocolate, lilac, red, cream, usual-tortie, sorrel-tortie, blue-tortie, fawn-tortie, chocolate-tortie, lilac-tortie, and silver variants of all the above colours. In the 1990s, many purebred Somalis had significant dental problems due to congenital problems magnified by inbreeding. As a result, many Somali cats had to have all their adult teeth removed. (Dental abscesses, especially below the gumline, can cause cats to stop eating, which often leads to hepatic lipidosis, a condition that's often deadly.) As of 2006, the CFA breed standard makes no mention of this, and breeders say they've made much progress in breeding out this unfortunate trait. The Somali breed along with its parent breed the Abyssinian have been found to suffer from Pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKDef), with around 5% of the breed carrying the defective gene. There is now a genetic test to identify this recessive disorder within the breed, and as such all breeding stock should be tested to ensure no more affected kittens need be produced.
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