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2012-10-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Australian Elephant Keeper Crushed By 'Mr Shuffles'

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Posted by Fred 2012-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 That is so depressing. May she recover. There is no such thing as a domestic cat, much less elephant.

Posted by Perfesser 2012-10-20 03:22|| 2012-10-20 03:22|| Front Page Top

#2 I've had a domestic horse pin me against a stable wall with attitude, things changed for heem.

Posted by Shipman 2012-10-20 03:59|| 2012-10-20 03:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Male elephants occasionally get aggressive. It's a condition called pesth and doesn't seem to be connected with mating. I heard some fairly funny stories of narrow escapes when I was in Thailand.

Posted by Fred 2012-10-20 09:18|| 2012-10-20 09:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Male elephant musth. It's why circuses went to all-female herds.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-10-20 09:44|| 2012-10-20 09:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Musth, Thailand, tourism....could there be zoonotic connection ?

Posted by Besoeker 2012-10-20 09:54|| 2012-10-20 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 There's got to be a Far Side cartoon about this.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-10-20 11:40|| 2012-10-20 11:40|| Front Page Top

#7 I can't be the only one who harkened back to the "Chuckles the Clown" episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show, can I? It stands out to me as one of the more memorable episodes.

Posted by JonC 2012-10-20 15:46|| 2012-10-20 15:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Bollards, why do they hate us?

Posted by BrerRabbit 2012-10-20 16:36|| 2012-10-20 16:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Jon, I almost posted about the woman wearing a peanut suit, but then I developed an inexplicable moment of good taste.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2012-10-20 17:29|| 2012-10-20 17:29|| Front Page Top

#10 "give me a hug, Mr. Shuffles....."

Posted by Frank G 2012-10-20 17:30|| 2012-10-20 17:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Looks like Mr. Shuffles needs a new name...

Posted by tu3031 2012-10-20 17:41|| 2012-10-20 17:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Mr. Snuffulaligaus gets real pissy when you threaten to take Big Bird out!

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-10-20 18:46|| 2012-10-20 18:46|| Front Page Top

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