7/19/2002: Elephant play

Undertoad · 07-19-2002, 10:31 AM

It's rough being an elephant. Here you are, just a little baby, born two months ago, and when you meet your father for the very first time, he sticks his tusk into your ribs and tosses you across the yard.

We're told that dad Maxi is not trying to injure his baby Chandra, but that Mom Indi is "shouting her protest" on the right there, so I'm not sure how the elephant family dynamic really works. Seems kinda dysfunctional. In any case, all this is happening at the Zurich zoo, and it's a fine Friday image.

And · 07-19-2002, 03:50 PM

I swear it looks like some sort of promo shot for an elephant sitcom...

Griff · 07-19-2002, 04:14 PM

Spare the tusk, spoil the child.

juju · 07-19-2002, 04:26 PM

I like how all four of it's feet are off the ground. That's a nice touch.

goethean · 07-22-2002, 10:28 AM

It's always fun till somebody breaks a tusk.

07-19-2002, 10:31 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/19/2002: Elephant play It's rough being an elephant. Here you are, just a little baby, born two months ago, and when you meet your father for the very first time, he sticks his tusk into your ribs and tosses you across the yard. We're told that dad Maxi is not trying to injure his baby Chandra, but that Mom Indi is "shouting her protest" on the right there, so I'm not sure how the elephant family dynamic really works. Seems kinda dysfunctional. In any case, all this is happening at the Zurich zoo, and it's a fine Friday image.

07-19-2002, 03:50 PM	#2
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	I swear it looks like some sort of promo shot for an elephant sitcom... __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

07-19-2002, 04:14 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Spare the tusk, spoil the child. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-19-2002, 04:26 PM	#4
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	I like how all four of it's feet are off the ground. That's a nice touch.

07-22-2002, 10:28 AM	#5
goethean ethics evolve. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 60	It's always fun till somebody breaks a tusk.

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