oh, cool.

Apr. 11th, 2003 05:40 pm
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Elephant sets antelopes free

Lawrence Anthony said that a private game capture company had rounded up the antelopes at their camp near Empangeni to relocate them for a breeding programme.

The team were settling in for the night when the herd of 11 elephants approached, he said.

"The herd circled the enclosure while the capture team watched warily, thinking the herd were after lucerne (alfalfa) being used to feed the antelope," he said.

The herd's matriarch, named Nana, approached the enclosure gates and began tampering with the metal latches holding the gates closed.

She carefully undid all the latches with her trunk, swung the gate open and stood back with her herd.

"At this stage the onlookers realised this was not a mission for free food, but actually a rescue," Anthony said.

The herd watched the antelope leave the camp before they walked off into the night.

Ecologist Brendon Whittington-Jones said: "Elephant are naturally inquisitive - but this behaviour is certainly most unusual and cannot be explained in scientific terms".


via [livejournal.com profile] deliriousraven

Date: 2003-04-11 06:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vuzh.livejournal.com
elephants are astounding.
it's too bad republicans have sullied their image by using them as a mascot,
because i think they're my favorite animal.

Date: 2003-04-13 11:51 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Fantastic. Thanks for posting this. Maybe the elephants are even now preparing to take over the world (and incidentally remove Bush from office).

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