Re: OT Elephants

["Carl Carlson" <Carl@xxxxxxxxx>]

ABLE_1 wrote:
> DO ELEPHANTS REALLY HAVE MEMORIES? AN INTERESTING STORY!
>
> I don't usually like these heartwarming stories, but this one is truly
> amazing .
>
> 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 teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of
> the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his six
> year old son Tapu were standing. The large bull elephant stared at
> Mbembe, lifted its front foot off the ground, and then put it down.
> The elephant did this several times then trumpeted loudly, all the
> while staring at the man.
> Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wonder 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.

ROFL!
js