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Elephants never forget

Sharenator.com Misc Elephants never forget

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 teenaged son.

As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, 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, Mbembe couldn't help wondering 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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Posted: 2009-12-16 03:15:32

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    triclebickle - replied 2010-10-10 10:04:19
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    awesome elephant
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    Dannyl - replied 2009-12-16 03:52:46
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    It might be wrong, but i laughed
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    Kradon666 - replied 2009-12-16 16:02:18
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    wow... epic fail
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      justjim - replied 2010-04-02 23:17:25
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      Ooooo epic... what an overused word
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    CallMeGoogle - replied 2009-12-16 23:59:10
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    Am I going to hell for laughing so hard at this?
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      Dannyl - replied 2009-12-17 00:01:27
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      I'll see you there
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        JoshFFuller - replied 2010-01-18 15:31:59
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        me too, I don't feel bad though, he jumped over the rail into the encloser, he had it coming
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    MikeyNinja - replied 2009-12-17 06:32:36
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    Haha didn't see that coming at all, great ending.
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      justjim - replied 2010-04-02 23:14:54
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      you didn't see it coming... are you blind?
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    DennisDee - replied 2010-04-05 10:54:38
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    i like the happy ending..XD
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    beaverdundee2011 - replied 2009-12-16 16:26:33
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    awww, that was getting peaceful and cool and then...let down.
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    destroyer124 - replied 2009-12-16 16:31:12
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    lol this is like a fairy tale with a bad ending lol
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    Kaeso - replied 2009-12-17 06:39:56
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    Buzz kill man!
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    Zink - replied 2009-12-17 07:19:52
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    lol!!
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    ninjapoptart - replied 2010-01-22 14:26:51
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    ahaha as I was reading, i was like "aww--OH NICE!"
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    Serebus - replied 2010-02-11 04:09:55
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    Just LOL'd in the middle of Information Technology class. The looks were worth it.
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    ember - replied 2010-02-19 15:23:26
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    I was not expecting that.
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    stubbornmarshal - replied 2010-02-19 16:36:34
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    I realy did not expect that ending.
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    Kojira - replied 2010-02-19 18:59:40
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    I was not expecting that. It kinda went in the other direction from what I was thinking, haha...
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    noodle - replied 2010-02-19 19:03:21
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    I'm never looking at elephants the same again
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    MickMarsxx - replied 2010-02-19 20:27:21
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    epic elephant win!
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      justjim - replied 2010-04-02 23:16:21
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      Ooooo epic... what an overused word
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    peace - replied 2010-01-18 15:09:25
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    curiosity killed the cat
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    justjim - replied 2010-01-22 12:45:55
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    Yeah... That'll learn 'im.
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