Zoo #20 – Elephant

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Elephants never forget,
From January through to December,
But I’m happy to bet,
Although with regret,
There is nothing they need to remember.

The perils of a pampered zoo life.  You don’t need to remember how to cross half a continent in order to find a dry-season water hole when there’s someone to turn a hose on you every day.  Maybe you just need to remember that this is not quite as it should be – and wait for the zoo keeper to leave the gate open… 

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8 thoughts on “Zoo #20 – Elephant”

  5. Those big pachyderms are cool
    Love watching them swim in a pool
    Their babies are adorable
    and poachers are deplorable.
    Hurting them makes you a FOOL!!

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