they can't jump
but they can bounce. Interesting.
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butchbint,
Tue 29 Apr 2003, 15:34,
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elephants can't jump?
why was i not informed of this?
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new_matt,
Tue 29 Apr 2003, 15:39,
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Someone obviously forgot to tell you.
Oh the irony.
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Baz Fuck off,
Tue 29 Apr 2003, 15:43,
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the only mammal
that can't apparently.
"The bones in an elephant's foot are more closely packed together than other mammals so they do not have the flexibility or spring mechanisms that would enable them to jump."
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butchbint,
Tue 29 Apr 2003, 15:45,
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What ......
.. even if you sneak up behind them and shout "Boo!!" really loudly ?
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btb01 Laughing on Judgement Day,
Tue 29 Apr 2003, 15:46,
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so that means
a blue whale can jump?
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JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks,
Tue 29 Apr 2003, 15:47,
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Of course
Whales breach, which is a leap out of the water.
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butchbint,
Tue 29 Apr 2003, 15:59,
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