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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DREDIOCK on May 31, 2007, 12:48:12 AM
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DO ELEPHANTS REALLY HAVE MEMORIES?
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 the 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 help wondering 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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Every party's got to have a pooper. (http://www.snopes.com/critters/malice/elephant.asp)
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Huh?
:)
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That was great!
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Originally posted by Sandman
Every party's got to have a pooper. (http://www.snopes.com/critters/malice/elephant.asp)
LOL I posted it as a joke
I never claimed nor thought it to have any validity
Or didnt you notice the punchline?
Sheesh
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Forget Norway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPAwHE8_rs&NR=1)
Mac
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hehehe funny.
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
DO ELEPHANTS REALLY HAVE MEMORIES?
I think I can clear this up for for you.
I asked an elephant about this and the answer he told me was "yes'.
He also said that he remembered me asking him this same question the last couple of times this joke was posted here.
There you have it.
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man ya got me!!!!!
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Originally posted by Jackal1
I think I can clear this up for for you.
I asked an elephant about this and the answer he told me was "yes'.
He also said that he remembered me asking him this same question the last couple of times this joke was posted here.
There you have it.
Curious if you have ever posted anything there that has been posted before.
And if so why?
Or dont you remember?
OR
Are you one of these people with so little a life that you have both the time and the inclination to do searches on everything you post just to make sure that something you might put up has never ever been posted before?
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Curious if you have ever posted anything there that has been posted before.
And if so why?
Or dont you remember?
OR
Are you one of these people with so little a life that you have both the time and the inclination to do searches on everything you post just to make sure that something you might put up has never ever been posted before?
Talk about your time.
It was a joke. Chill Francis.
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oh man, that was GOOD :aok
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Originally posted by Jackal1
Talk about your time.
It was a joke. Chill Francis.
My apologies
I woke up a bit cranky this morning for some reason.
Wrong side of the bed and all that.
Sorry I took it out on you