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Showing posts with label elephants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elephants. Show all posts
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Friday, 5 September 2008
Elephants on vacation
The elephant family packed up their trunks and headed off to Samburu National Reserve, in remote northern Kenya - a 65 square mile area of rough highlands and rivers.
The kids played in the water and splashed ...
Everyone rolled in the mud ...
They played follow the leader ...
And built sand castles.
Source: Mail Online
The kids played in the water and splashed ...
Everyone rolled in the mud ...
They played follow the leader ...
And built sand castles.Source: Mail Online
Heroin addicted elephant clean after rehab
Referred to as 'Big Brother' or 'Xiguang' in Chinese media reports, the elephant was captured in 2005 in southwest China by illegal traders who fed him heroin-laced bananas.The traders used the spiked bananas for several months to control him before they were arrested by police.
Xiguang was released back into the wild but was soon sent to animal protection center after his behavior appeared to suggest he was suffering withdrawal symptoms from heroin, Xinhua news agency reported.
A year of methadone injections at five times the human dosage helped wean the elephant off heroin.
Gradually, the dosage was reduced until he was completely weaned off the drug.
Now clean, Xiguang is expected to move to a wildlife park in Kunming - the capital of the elephant's home province of Yunnan on the mainland.
Source: Telegraph
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
Monday, 28 July 2008
Elephants: traumatized by humanity
According to researcher Gay Bradshaw, "There are things about elephants that seem so similar to us. Their family life, their emotional life, the fact that they grieve. They stand out from other animals." Elephants are able to recognize themselves in a mirror, a trait shared with humans, apes and dolphins.Field scientists have studied the special bonds of elephant herds for decades. Family members mourn their dead, even gently caressing the jawbones of their ancestors during grieving rituals.
"I think the real shock right now, in terms of the mirror self-recognition tests and their intelligence and their emotions is, they're like us. It's not that they're way up there. It's that they're on level footing with us," said Bradshaw.
But even as science holds a mirror to our similarities, in recent years researchers have observed a violent change in elephant-human relations after decades of peaceful coexistence.
"Humans are regarded as the enemy. You must never, ever be cruel to an elephant because they have an amazing memory. They will remember that for life. And they bear grudges," said Daphne Sheldrick, a renowned wild elephant expert and director of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
Creatures who seem to share the best of what makes us human are now revealing they are also capable of the worst.
Source: ABC News
Saturday, 26 July 2008
Wednesday, 8 August 2007
Joke: Short Animal Jokes - Elephants, Part 3
What's gray, carries a bunch of flowers and cheers you up when your ill?
A get wellephant.
Which is stronger an elephant or a snail?
A snail, because it carries its house, an elephant just carries its trunk.
Who is the most famous singing female elephant?
Elephants Gerald.
Who is the most famous singing male elephant?
Harry Elephante.
Why are elephants wrinkled?
Have you ever tried to iron one?
Why aren't elephants allowed on the beach?
Because they can't keep their trunks up.
Why did the elephant paint himself orange?
So he could hide in the pumpkin patch.
Why did the elephant paint his toenails red?
So he could hide in the strawberry patch.
Why did the Elephant stand on the marshmallow?
So she wouldn't fall in the hot chocolate.
Why do ducks have flat feet?
To stamp out forest fires.
Why do elephants have flat feet?
To stamp out flaming ducks.
Why do elephants eat raw food?
Because they don't know how to cook
Why do elephants rarely travel by plane?
It's tough to get their trunks in the overhead bins.
Why is an elephant big, gray and wrinkled?
Because if he was small, white and round, he'd be an aspirin.
A get wellephant.
Which is stronger an elephant or a snail?
A snail, because it carries its house, an elephant just carries its trunk.
Who is the most famous singing female elephant?
Elephants Gerald.
Who is the most famous singing male elephant?
Harry Elephante.
Why are elephants wrinkled?
Have you ever tried to iron one?
Why aren't elephants allowed on the beach?
Because they can't keep their trunks up.
Why did the elephant paint himself orange?
So he could hide in the pumpkin patch.
Why did the elephant paint his toenails red?
So he could hide in the strawberry patch.
Why did the Elephant stand on the marshmallow?
So she wouldn't fall in the hot chocolate.
Why do ducks have flat feet?
To stamp out forest fires.
Why do elephants have flat feet?
To stamp out flaming ducks.
Why do elephants eat raw food?
Because they don't know how to cook
Why do elephants rarely travel by plane?
It's tough to get their trunks in the overhead bins.
Why is an elephant big, gray and wrinkled?
Because if he was small, white and round, he'd be an aspirin.
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
Joke: Short Animal Jokes - Elephants, Part 2
What did the grape say when the elephant stood on it?
Nothing, it just let out a little wine.
What do you call an elephant wearing pink earmuffs and a dress?
Anything you want, it can't hear you.
What do you do with a green elephant?
Leave it on the tree until it's ripe.
What do you get when you cross an elephant and a fish?
Swimming trunks.
What do you get when you cross an elephant and a skin doctor?
A pachydermatologist.
What do you get when you cross an elephant with a kangaroo?
Great holes all over Australia.
What goes thump, thump, squish thump, thump, squish?
An elephant with one wet shoe.
What happens when you run around in an elephant's stomach?
You get pooped out.
What time is it when ten elephants are chasing you?
Ten after one!
What vegetable do you get when an elephant walks through your garden?
Squash.
Why do elephants trumpet?
They don't know how to play the violin.
Why do elephants wear sandals?
So that they don't sink in the sand.
Why do ostriches stick their head in the ground?
To look for the elephants who forgot to wear their sandals.
Nothing, it just let out a little wine.
What do you call an elephant wearing pink earmuffs and a dress?
Anything you want, it can't hear you.
What do you do with a green elephant?
Leave it on the tree until it's ripe.
What do you get when you cross an elephant and a fish?
Swimming trunks.
What do you get when you cross an elephant and a skin doctor?
A pachydermatologist.
What do you get when you cross an elephant with a kangaroo?
Great holes all over Australia.
What goes thump, thump, squish thump, thump, squish?
An elephant with one wet shoe.
What happens when you run around in an elephant's stomach?
You get pooped out.
What time is it when ten elephants are chasing you?
Ten after one!
What vegetable do you get when an elephant walks through your garden?
Squash.
Why do elephants trumpet?
They don't know how to play the violin.
Why do elephants wear sandals?
So that they don't sink in the sand.
Why do ostriches stick their head in the ground?
To look for the elephants who forgot to wear their sandals.
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Joke: Short Animal Jokes - Elephants, Part 1
How can you tell when an elephant has been in your refrigerator?
Look for elephant tracks in the butter.
How do you know if there is an elephant under your bed?
Your nose is touching the ceiling.
How do you make an elephant float?
Add two scoops of ice cream and a can of root beer to one elephant.
How do you shoot a blue elephant?
With a blue elephant gun, of course.
How do you shoot a red elephant?
No, not with a red elephant gun. You strangle him until he turns blue, and then shoot him with a blue elephant gun.
How do you shoot a green elephant?
Tell him a dirty joke so he turns red, strangle him until he turns blue, and then shoot him with a blue elephant gun.
How do you shoot a yellow elephant?
Don’t be silly, there’s no such thing as a yellow elephant!
How do you stop an elephant from charging?
Take away his credit card.
How you get down from an elephant?
You don't, you get down from ducks.
If you see an elephant in your car, what time is it?
Time to get a new car!
What did the elephant say to the naked man?
"How can you breathe through that?"
What did the elephant say to the naked man?
"It's cute, but can you pick up peanuts with it?"
Look for elephant tracks in the butter.
How do you know if there is an elephant under your bed?
Your nose is touching the ceiling.
How do you make an elephant float?
Add two scoops of ice cream and a can of root beer to one elephant.
How do you shoot a blue elephant?
With a blue elephant gun, of course.
How do you shoot a red elephant?
No, not with a red elephant gun. You strangle him until he turns blue, and then shoot him with a blue elephant gun.
How do you shoot a green elephant?
Tell him a dirty joke so he turns red, strangle him until he turns blue, and then shoot him with a blue elephant gun.
How do you shoot a yellow elephant?
Don’t be silly, there’s no such thing as a yellow elephant!
How do you stop an elephant from charging?
Take away his credit card.
How you get down from an elephant?
You don't, you get down from ducks.
If you see an elephant in your car, what time is it?
Time to get a new car!
What did the elephant say to the naked man?
"How can you breathe through that?"
What did the elephant say to the naked man?
"It's cute, but can you pick up peanuts with it?"
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