Category: Elephant Stuff

Elephants

[Found here.]

Woolson Morse’s Contribution to the World: Mechanical Elephant Head 1891



DIAGRAM OF THE ELEPHANT’S HEAD
A. Wheels for the eyes.
B. Wheels for the trunk.
C. Cord for drawing trunk inward.
D. Cord for drawing trunk outward.
E. Leather thongs for operating wheels.
F. Hook from which head is suspended.

[Full story here.]

A.I.-Generated Translucent Robot Animals

[Found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 789 – Snow Spooks, Learning to Trunk & A Twurky

[Found here, here and here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 753 – Owl & Pussycat, Little Acid Eater & A Flailin’ Baby Elephant

Found here and here. Little elephants don’t gain trunk control until they’re older [h/t Gord S.].

Elephractals

SHANGHAI, June 8 2021 (Reuters) – A roaming herd of 15 wild elephants is on the move again after resting for a day in a patch of forest on the outskirts of the city of Kunming in southwest China, resuming a year-long, 500-kilometre trek that has captured the public’s imagination.

Drone photographs taken on Monday by the provincial forest fire brigade showed members of the herd sleeping in a clearing in the middle of a forest in the district of Jinning, which has been hit by heavy rain and thunderstorms.

[Found here, story with video here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 539 – Elephant Aholes, Collecting Box Tops, & Horsetrap,

[Found here, here and here.]