| Re: [I] Elephant baby born [message #250429] |
Di, 04 April 2006 23:04 |
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in article 1TkYf.2769$i41.2617 [at] newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net, Aggie at
aggieangst [at] yourway.com wrote on 03/04/2006 7:30 PM:
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> "Lesley Weston" <brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:C056EF23.45149%brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk...
>> in article r5gYf.2629$i41.1590 [at] newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net, Aggie at
>> aggieangst [at] yourway.com wrote on 03/04/2006 2:04 PM:
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>>>
>>> "Lesley Weston" <brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:C0540239.44F93%brightly_coloured_blob [at] yahoo.co.uk...
>>>> in article 1143886722.563915.204670 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, CCA at
>>>> sphira9343 [at] aol.com wrote on 01/04/2006 2:18 AM:
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>>>>> Arthur Hagen wrote:
>>>>>> Thomas Zahr <ThomasZahr0604 [at] geekmail.de> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> after a roughly 2 year pregancy Khaing Lwin Htoo gave birth to a
>>>>>>> lively elephant calve. Gender is as yet unknown.
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a bleeping HUGE baby, and they can't see its genitals? (*scratch
>>>>>> head*)
>>>>>
>>>>> It's entirely possible that they can't get near enough, due to not
>>>>> wanting to upset its mother, the maternally protective huge elephant...
>>>>
>>>> Probably. Just now, she wouldn't even let one of the auntie elephants
>>>> talk
>>>> to the baby for more than a few seconds, let alone humans.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Lesley Weston.
>>>
>>> Anti-elephants?! Anti-elephants! I've never heard of such a thing! What
>>> sort of horrible person would be anti-elephant? I am outraged!
>>>
>>> I am writing my congress person.
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>> You do that if you like, but no baby elephant would grow up mentally
>> healthy
>> and physically safe without it's aunties. Not uncles - they're not welcome
>> at all, apparently.
>>
>> --
>> Lesley Weston.
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> In other words, it takes a village to raise an elephant?
Well, half a village, anyway.
> 8o
> Apparently their social structure is the opposite of your average Feegle.
> There is an inverse proportional relationship joke in there somewhere, but
> I'm not smart enough to make it. ;)
Me neither, so let's just consider it made.
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Lesley Weston.
Brightly_coloured_blob is real, but I don't often check even the few bits
that get through Yahoo's filters. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca,
changing spelling and spacing as required.
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