Happy, the elephant, is soooo vain!
I read an article in “The Oregonian” newspaper on Halloween that made me laugh out loud which is a way I like to start the day. It was about Happy, the elephant, who lives at the Bronx Zoo. It seems that after testing, it was proven that pachyderms are self-aware and can recognize themselves in mirrors. At least Happy can. It has always been thought that we were the only ones who could distinguish ourselves from others along with chimps and possibly dolphins. But the tests proved otherwise.
Happy and two other elephants peeked behind a huge mirror, touched it with their trunks and rubbed against it. They moved around to see if their reflections did the same thing they were doing. Don’t all women do that? Maybe not the trunk part. The elephants began spending more and more time in front of the mirror. Joshua Plotnik, one of the researchers stated, “In the morning, they would run out to get some hay and bring it back to eat in front of the mirror.” Now haven’t we all done that from time to time?
The researchers pressed on further and painted an X on the elephants’ hides in places they couldn’t easily see. Happy found the X in the mirror and immediately began picking at it as if it were a big zit! I can certainly identify with that!
This must prove that not only are elephants smart but also like to spend time in front of mirrors. I can imagine Happy, while viewing herself, having the following conversation with her friend, Smiley:
Happy: Does my butt look big?
Smiley: No way!
Happy: Do you think it’s time for another dermabrasion?
Smiley: Possibly, but I’d like to have the zit removed from my cheek first.
Happy: What about a brow lift?
Smiley: And maybe some liposuction?
Happy: Totally! What do you think about trunk reconstruction?
Smiley: Uh . . . . . not so much.
This sounds a lot like a bunch of young women chatting over cocktails and finger food at the neighborhood bar. It’s comforting to know that maybe there are elephants someplace having the same conversations over some hay and pond water.
I read an article in “The Oregonian” newspaper on Halloween that made me laugh out loud which is a way I like to start the day. It was about Happy, the elephant, who lives at the Bronx Zoo. It seems that after testing, it was proven that pachyderms are self-aware and can recognize themselves in mirrors. At least Happy can. It has always been thought that we were the only ones who could distinguish ourselves from others along with chimps and possibly dolphins. But the tests proved otherwise.
Happy and two other elephants peeked behind a huge mirror, touched it with their trunks and rubbed against it. They moved around to see if their reflections did the same thing they were doing. Don’t all women do that? Maybe not the trunk part. The elephants began spending more and more time in front of the mirror. Joshua Plotnik, one of the researchers stated, “In the morning, they would run out to get some hay and bring it back to eat in front of the mirror.” Now haven’t we all done that from time to time?
The researchers pressed on further and painted an X on the elephants’ hides in places they couldn’t easily see. Happy found the X in the mirror and immediately began picking at it as if it were a big zit! I can certainly identify with that!
This must prove that not only are elephants smart but also like to spend time in front of mirrors. I can imagine Happy, while viewing herself, having the following conversation with her friend, Smiley:
Happy: Does my butt look big?
Smiley: No way!
Happy: Do you think it’s time for another dermabrasion?
Smiley: Possibly, but I’d like to have the zit removed from my cheek first.
Happy: What about a brow lift?
Smiley: And maybe some liposuction?
Happy: Totally! What do you think about trunk reconstruction?
Smiley: Uh . . . . . not so much.
This sounds a lot like a bunch of young women chatting over cocktails and finger food at the neighborhood bar. It’s comforting to know that maybe there are elephants someplace having the same conversations over some hay and pond water.
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