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Cool elephant stuff
OP - February 23, 2012, 09:39 PM

Apparently elephants, or at least elephanty things, have been behaving like elephants for around 8 million years. Thought it was interesting. YMMV.

Full article here: Huge set of fossil tracks preserves march of the ancient elephants

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In the desert of the United Arab Emirates, there is an unusual series of flat discs imprinted in the sand. Each one is about 40 centimetres wide, and they snake off into the distance in several parallel lines, for hundreds of metres.

They are tracks. They were made by a herd of at least 14 early elephants, marching across the land between 6 and 8 million years ago. The track-makers are long dead, but in the intervening time, nothing has buried their tracks or eroded them away. Today, their social lives are still recorded in their fossilised footsteps.

The site, known as Mleisa 1, provides the oldest evidence for proboscideans ? elephants and their close relatives ? living in a herd. Covering the area of seven football fields, it?s also probably the largest fossil trackway ever discovered, for any animal. When these beasts strolled across the landscape, the entire area would have been cut through by a river system. Rather than the dry sand of today, it would have been lush and green.

?It?s really an amazing site,? says Brian Kraatz from the Western University of Health Sciences, who was involved in the study. ?I wish we had the ability to transport people there so they can stand in the middle of it at sunset. You can?t help but find yourself looking around to see if you can catch a last glimpse of the herd trotting off.?

Also, a very cool zoomable panorama of the site is here: http://gigapan.org/gigapans/78542

The site is basically just around the corner from Doha, if anyone is in the UAE and wants to check it out.

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Reply #1 - February 23, 2012, 10:11 PM

Elephants suck. If I ever saw one, I'd shoot it.

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Reply #2 - February 23, 2012, 10:16 PM

I like elephants, they are one of the few ginormous animals that can still make it work for them. It's cool that we have this discovery.

And why would anyone dislike elephants or want to kill them? Although I am curious as to how they taste.

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Reply #3 - February 23, 2012, 10:24 PM

They're fuckin assholes, that's why.

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Reply #4 - February 23, 2012, 10:26 PM

Quote from: Sprout on February 23, 2012, 10:16 PM
Although I am curious as to how they taste.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126190/elephants.htm

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It's sense of taste is much like that of other higher animals. It is able to tell the difference between food that tastes good and food that tastes bad, as well as food that tastes preferable.

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Reply #5 - February 23, 2012, 10:27 PM

Quote from: Raccoon Rapist on February 23, 2012, 10:24 PM
They're fuckin assholes, that's why.

*goes to google "elephant buttsex"*

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Reply #6 - February 23, 2012, 10:28 PM

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Quote from: Raccoon Rapist on February 23, 2012, 10:24 PM
They're fuckin assholes, that's why.

That's probably my reason for liking them, plus they're big, fat, and wastes of space. I can relate.

Still, look tasty

Quote from: osmanthus on February 23, 2012, 10:26 PM
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126190/elephants.htm

Lol, should've seen that coming..

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Reply #7 - February 24, 2012, 08:10 AM

Quote from: osmanthus on February 23, 2012, 10:27 PM
*goes to google "elephant buttsex"*

I like that guy who got his head stuck up the elephant's bum ... or was it a lady elephant's front bottom
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Reply #8 - February 24, 2012, 09:00 AM

Quote from: Raccoon Rapist on February 23, 2012, 10:24 PM
They're fuckin assholes, that's why.

fuck you, elephants are awesome.
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Reply #9 - February 24, 2012, 03:42 PM

I like elephants.
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Reply #10 - February 24, 2012, 04:14 PM

Quote from: zoomi on February 24, 2012, 09:00 AM
fuck you, elephants are awesome.

Quote from: Zebedee on February 24, 2012, 03:42 PM
I like elephants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTc3zcnIZOw&feature=related

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Reply #11 - February 25, 2012, 01:44 AM

Well, I still like elephants.
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Reply #12 - March 17, 2012, 03:15 AM

Quote from: osmanthus on February 23, 2012, 10:27 PM
*goes to google "elephant buttsex"*

good one osmanthus

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Reply #13 - March 17, 2012, 05:19 AM

Quote from: osmanthus on February 23, 2012, 10:27 PM
*goes to google "elephant buttsex"*

I actually just did that, and... wow.

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