Animals Buzz Remember the friendly bears who were waving to you? Well here are elephants that love to wave too!
Is this a sign that elephants are aliens and they're being summoned back home to Mars?
You don't see this every day. An elephant named Baby escaped from his keepers and went for a run through a parking lot in Ireland.
This is all real, no film trickery, post-production or hidden cuts — Peter's just a very clever elephant.
Culture Buzz Reason one: See video. Reason two: See reason one. (via The Daily What)
http://www.thesuperficial.com/olivia-munn-naked-peta-elep...
Misuse of the power of breasts?
Culture Buzz They just kind of awkwardly put their butts on each other until one of them falls down. Aww. (via ziza.qip.ru)
Meet Motala. She lost her leg after stepping on a land mine in Thailand in 1999, but learned to walk again with a temporary prosthesis. Her keepers have just given her a new longer-lasting leg. I hope it last for ears! (Much more at The Huffington Post.) (via huffingtonpost.com)
Elephants helped move vehicles in Joplin, MO on Saturday after the Picadilly circus was forced to cancel their show. Elephants fucking rock!!!!
Culture Buzz In Malaysia they use trained elephants to convince wild elephants to relocate to safer locations. Here are some pictures from a recent elephant rescue.
Footage of sickening abuse at Bobby Roberts Super Circus. The footage shows 48 individual cruel beatings of Annie, Britain's last remaining circus elephant, all while she was shackled and in chains. The footage also revealed abuse of other animals over a two-month period. You can help here!
This is so messed up. GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons went on a hunting trip to Africa last month where he shot and killed an elephant because it was “eating villagers' crops.” I don't know about you, but I'm having a hard time believing him.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1949805
Just chillin'. You know how baby elephants do.
Culture Buzz Oh good. this isn't disturbing at all. Good way for kids to learn.
The most adorable 600lb babies you will ever see. (Via)
An elephant at a South Korean zoo can talk, apparently. According to zoo officials, 20-year old “Kosik” can say seven different words in Korean.
Culture Buzz You know, before soulless CGI was the norm. Via
Culture Buzz Happy Elephant Appreciation Day! If I could genetically engineer an elephant to stay a baby forever, I'd totally keep one as a pet. These guys are just too cute!
Best friends forever. [Jack's note: This went around a little while back when the story was first reported. However, if you haven't seen it, you should watch it, because it's kind of wonderful. And The Elephant Sanctuary is a kickass charity, btw.]
If you liked the Monkey Raping a Frog you'll probably enjoy this video too.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/443133
Finally, a game which addresses the REAL issues, irrational hatred of elephants (that's speciesism!) Game Battle tiem nao? Can it be?