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Sep 22, 2010 5:56 AM CST Did you know
Boban1
Boban1Boban1bigplace, Central Serbia Serbia144 Threads 5 Polls 18,789 Posts
leostartingover: pachyderm?


thats a new word .... didn`t know that...bouquet
Sep 22, 2010 6:00 AM CST Did you know
jonnt
jonntjonntLost in the Woods, East Sussex, England UK47 Threads 3,691 Posts
plainlyjune: that's one olympic cow


Its definately true ,,

my mum and dad never told lies laugh
Sep 22, 2010 6:00 AM CST Did you know
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
Boban1: thats a new word .... didn`t know that...


Will it come in handy, in Serbia?

Jac xxx
Sep 22, 2010 6:01 AM CST Did you know
musicfreak
musicfreakmusicfreakParadise City, British Columbia Canada20 Threads 1 Polls 670 Posts
Did you know elephants can swim? Amazing.

Sep 22, 2010 6:02 AM CST Did you know
Boban1
Boban1Boban1bigplace, Central Serbia Serbia144 Threads 5 Polls 18,789 Posts
jac379: Will it come in handy, in Serbia?

Jac xxx


well due to the clima change , in some 800 years , we are gonna have a safari in Serbia....grin
Sep 22, 2010 6:02 AM CST Did you know
leostartingover
leostartingoverleostartingoverSandton, Gauteng South Africa33 Threads 1 Polls 1,685 Posts
jac379: Will it come in handy, in Serbia?

Jac xxx


I certainly hope not!!! laugh Not even as an insult! rolling on the floor laughing
Sep 22, 2010 6:02 AM CST Did you know
jonnt
jonntjonntLost in the Woods, East Sussex, England UK47 Threads 3,691 Posts
As its getting out of the Car
Sep 22, 2010 6:07 AM CST Did you know
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
musicfreak: Did you know elephants can swim? Amazing.



Wow.

Elephants are cool.

Jac xxx
Sep 22, 2010 6:08 AM CST Did you know
musicfreak
musicfreakmusicfreakParadise City, British Columbia Canada20 Threads 1 Polls 670 Posts
jac379: Wow.

Elephants are cool.

Jac xxx


Aren't they!!
Sep 22, 2010 6:08 AM CST Did you know
jonnt
jonntjonntLost in the Woods, East Sussex, England UK47 Threads 3,691 Posts
musicfreak: Did you know elephants can swim? Amazing.



Thats why you dont see Swimming Trunks for them in the shops .
Sep 22, 2010 6:12 AM CST Did you know
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
leostartingover: I certainly hope not!!! Not even as an insult!


What like, you low down, dirty pachyderm, you!
Sep 22, 2010 6:15 AM CST Did you know
leostartingover
leostartingoverleostartingoverSandton, Gauteng South Africa33 Threads 1 Polls 1,685 Posts
jac379: What like, you low down, dirty pachyderm, you!


Or referring to weight or wrinkly skin?!!! Not to give anyone ideas! laugh
Sep 22, 2010 6:15 AM CST Did you know
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
jonnt: Thats why you dont see Swimming Trunks for them in the shops .


Go on.

Go stand in the corner and think about your behaviour.

pointing

Jac xxx
Sep 22, 2010 6:19 AM CST Did you know
jonnt
jonntjonntLost in the Woods, East Sussex, England UK47 Threads 3,691 Posts
leostartingover: Actually they are remarkably intelligent animals and apparently have the most amazing memory! My absolute favourite along with tigers. Did you know that they mourn their dead? One story I read about them which stayed with me was in the book "I dreamed of Africa" by Kuki Gallman. It was about one of her staff who while tracking elephant (not to hunt) in the bush, came across a herd with their young. He was charged by a bull elephant and screamed in fear - while running away, he fell over a log and knocked himself out. When he awoke, he was surrounded by the herd - who were sitting around him protecting him from other wild animals and helping to keep him warm. A few of them gently stroked him with their trunks. He passed out again and in the morning when he woke up, most of them had moved on apart from one or two who'd been left behind to "guard" him. Not to say one can't get hurt by elephants, but in my view only when they have that memory of being harmed by humans before, which they apparently share with their herd and pass on to their offspring. Many Indian elephants are kept as pets and they are wonderful, affectionate animals.


I think there Stupid

I sent one to the shops once on a message ,, i didnt even come back ,,
Sep 22, 2010 6:23 AM CST Did you know
jac379
jac379jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK25 Threads 3 Polls 12,293 Posts
leostartingover: Actually they are remarkably intelligent animals and apparently have the most amazing memory! My absolute favourite along with tigers. Did you know that they mourn their dead? One story I read about them which stayed with me was in the book "I dreamed of Africa" by Kuki Gallman. It was about one of her staff who while tracking elephant (not to hunt) in the bush, came across a herd with their young. He was charged by a bull elephant and screamed in fear - while running away, he fell over a log and knocked himself out. When he awoke, he was surrounded by the herd - who were sitting around him protecting him from other wild animals and helping to keep him warm. A few of them gently stroked him with their trunks. He passed out again and in the morning when he woke up, most of them had moved on apart from one or two who'd been left behind to "guard" him. Not to say one can't get hurt by elephants, but in my view only when they have that memory of being harmed by humans before, which they apparently share with their herd and pass on to their offspring. Many Indian elephants are kept as pets and they are wonderful, affectionate animals.


I heard on a nature programme once, a long time ago, that the longer the gestation period, the more emotionally attached and animal is to its off-spring.

How true that is, I don't know, but my thinking went something like:

Humans = 9 months

Elephants = 22 months

Poachers sometimes kill baby elephants.

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