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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.

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ABLE_1
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ROFL! js

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Carl Carlson

Yea me too, so I had to share.

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ABLE_1

Try explaining this

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Mark Leuck

I know how he feels. js

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Carl Carlson

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The elephant or the man????

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ABLE_1

Yes js

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Carl Carlson

Thats funny. Reminds me of a similar story about a young man who was at a carnival. The owner of an elephant offered a prize of $100 to anyone who could make the elephnant sit down. Anyone who wanted to try would pay $1.00. The young man watched as people tugged on its tail, pushed its head but no one could suceed in making the elephant sit. So the young man paid his dollar, walked up to the rear of animal and kicked him in the balls. The elephant sat down and the man won the prize.

Twenty years later the same elephant different place different carnival. This time the prize was $500 to who ever could make the elephant nod his head yes and no. Thousands of people through the years would pay $5.00 to try and fail. The young man twenty years older recognized the animal and the scam, paid the five bucks walked up to the elephant and said," Remeber me?" The elephant nodded yes. " You want another kick in the balls?" Yep, you guessed it. He won the $500.

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allucan8

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