TODAY'S BEST MIX » elephants

Elephant Surprises People Enjoying Some Pool Time [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:52:43 +0000

I’m not sure where this video was shot, but it must be in Africa on a safari or something similar, because this is something you don’t see everyday, an elephant poolside! The people seem pretty calm for having a massive pachyderm hanging out at their pool party. The elephant swings by to have a sip [...]

Company Uses Elephant Dung for Eco-Friendly Paper Products

Tony Hart — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Instead of cutting down tons of trees to manufacture paper, a new organization is utilizing something completely revolutionary: animal poop.

Though it sounds zany and quite messy, in this case the whole paper-making process is quite the opposite. That's because elephants have diets high in fiber, which makes for easy paper making. Once the poo is harvested and dried out, what's left is mostly digested grass and leaves.

Baby Elephants Playing In Kiddie Pool

Tony Hart — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:00:19 +0000

Baylor and Tupelo are baby elephants at the Houston Zoo, combined they weigh almost 1,000 pounds, so needless to say the kiddie pools that the handlers give the elephants to play in only last about 5 minutes before they pop, but they sure look like they are having fun