Friday 11 May 2007
Elephant Talk/King Crimson
And talking about elephants: Murphy’s Oil Soap is used to clean elephants. Vasectomies and immuno-contraception are used to control the elephant population in parts of Africa. Elephants are the only mammal other than humans that can stand on their head. By flapping its ears, an elephant can lower its blood temperature by 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Farenheit). Due to a process of unnatural selection, elephant tusks are getting smaller and smaller, and about 30% of elephants are now tuskless.
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I liked it when the elephants rescued Tarzan.
I got a new eBay password and the hacker apparently did no harm.
Wow. Lots of interesting information about elephants. My kids wanted to know, the other day, if an elephant can jump.
Cedar: They can't actually. Something about the bones in their feet being too close together.
Deloney: That's a relief, I'm sure...
A nearby small city used to have a solitary elephant living in squalid close quarters. It was the city's disgrace. After years of outcry, she was finally moved to a nice setting in California. Good thing elephants have long lives.
I love seeing them on Africam.
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