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emmahealy Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:25 PM |
DO ELEPHANTS REALLY HAVE MEMORIES? AN INTERESTING STORY!
I don't usually like these heartwarming stories, but this one is truly interesting...
In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front foot off t he ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't helpwondering if this was the same elephant.
Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
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harry potter Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:29 PM |
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah you got me you langerhead, nice one! |
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la femme qui Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:30 PM |
GUFFAW
*ahem*
I hope this isn't a true story! |
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emmahealy Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:39 PM |
harry potter wrote:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah you got me you langerhead, nice one!
tee hee... hey wheres your crap gigs thread... did you give up! |
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harry potter Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:48 PM |
stone roses 199something. it blew chunks.
what about you lot? there has to be so right doozies in the memory banks. |
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harry potter Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:49 PM |
| there it goes again. it keeps putting a new post into the thread i've just left. |
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kim2007w Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:51 PM |
| you had me gripped then |
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kim2007w Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:51 PM |
harry potter wrote: there it goes again. it keeps putting a new post into the thread i've just left.
time to report to the TWT |
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Andrew Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 6:52 PM |
| Try posting again but with a totally different thread title |
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emmahealy Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 7:02 PM |
Hey Haz.. you'll have to go in and edit to delete those other ones.. ye dont want to look like a spanner
I just wanted to say spanner
:)
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harry potter Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 7:13 PM |
Andrew wrote: Try posting again but with a totally different thread title
i tried that earlier. i'll give it one more go. spanner out. |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 7:37 PM |
| ROFL |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Fri 08 Jun, 2007 7:47 PM |
Hahahaaha
I'm nicking that one, don'y worry I'll give you the credit, hehe |
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