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elephants

And Now For Something Completely Different

Chitwan Kali Wins Elephant Beauty Contest (Also is Elephant)

by Susana Polo | 9:29 am, January 2nd, 2013

I can guarantee nobody here is fasting, dieting, cleansing, or investing in anti-wrinkle cream. On the other hand, the acceptance speeches are generally harder to understand.

(via Digital Spy.)

Awwwwww

Monday Cute: Baby Elephant Rescued From Well

by Susana Polo | 9:34 am, October 22nd, 2012

Ad this to the list of videos that you might otherwise be able to get through, emotions intact, until they slap just the right music on it. Where’s the shipping address for these people, so that I can send them all my excess feelings?

(via CuteOverload.)

Awwwwww

There is Nothing on the Internet, Please Accept This Video of a Baby Elephant Playing Soccer

by Susana Polo | 5:45 pm, May 31st, 2012

Just keep at it, Donna the Baby Elephant. You’ll get to the Olympics some day!

(via Best Week Ever.)

Heffalumps and Woozles

Zookeepers Order Booze For Elephants, Zookeepers Drink Booze For Elephants

by Jamie Frevele | 4:23 pm, May 14th, 2012

Here’s a funny story for your late afternoon enjoyment: Zookeepers in Pakistan regularly purchase alcohol for the zoo’s elephants for when the animals get a little keyed up during mating season. Or so they claimed. For twenty years. If that isn’t funny enough for you to begin with, try this one: Someone thought it was strange that elephants were basically being “prescribed” booze, so they asked a veterinarian, “Hey, can elephants drink booze?” And the vet said, “No, elephants cannot drink booze. God, I hope they haven’t been drinking booze.” Don’t worry! The elephants never drank any of the booze. It was for the zookeepers, who bogarted all that elephant-relegated booze for all those years.

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An Elephant Playing the Harmonica

by Susana Polo | 10:13 am, May 8th, 2012

Because we all need a pickup this morning after the news about Maurice Sendak, and the tiny fingers on the ends of elephant trunks are just the ticket. Meet Shanthi, a thirty-six year old Asian elephant mom who really does seem to like playing the harmonica.

(via The Frisky.)

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Almost Totally Excellent

Biology 101: Robot Elephants

by Susana Polo | 10:18 am, March 18th, 2011

(notes on) biology from ornana films on Vimeo.

This video takes a while to get going but then BAM robot elephant so we don’t even know what you’re complaining about.

Discussion question: Does the mention of etoecology here refer to the robot elephant’s cybernetic enhancements, or the artist’s own attempts to survive biology class?

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