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Old 06-01-2007, 07:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Elephants and long memories

In 1986, Malek Mabembe 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 Malek 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, Malek 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. Malek stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Malek never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Malek was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over near to where Malek and his son, Tapu were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mabembe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Malek couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Malek 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 Malek’s legs, picked him up, and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.
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Old 06-01-2007, 09:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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