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Pink elephant is caught on camera
BBC ^
| 20 March 2009
| Rebecca Morelle
Posted on 03/20/2009 5:47:21 AM PDT by SolidWood
A pink baby elephant has been caught on camera in Botswana.
A wildlife cameraman took pictures of the calf when he spotted it among a herd of about 80 elephants in the Okavango Delta.
Experts believe it is probably an albino, which is an extremely rare phenomenon in African elephants.
They are unsure of its chances of long-term survival - the blazing African sunlight may cause blindness and skin problems for the calf.
Mike Holding, who spotted the baby while filming for a BBC wildlife programme, said: "We only saw it for a couple of minutes as the herd crossed the river.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: drunk; elephant; logcabin; nohallucination; pink; pinky; weird
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posted on
03/20/2009 5:47:22 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
To: SolidWood
They should come to my house late in the evening on the weekends....I occasionally see a pink elephant or two......
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posted on
03/20/2009 5:49:53 AM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: nevergore
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posted on
03/20/2009 5:51:41 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
(Palin: "In Alaska we eat therefore we hunt.")
To: SolidWood
Dang...he comes to your house too???
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posted on
03/20/2009 5:55:32 AM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: SolidWood
Whew! What a relief. Pink Elephant. Must mean I'm hallucinating.
What a bad trip. I dreamed we elected a socialist to the whitehouse and he talked down the economy until there was nothing left.
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posted on
03/20/2009 5:55:38 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
(Impeach and Deport)
To: SolidWood
friend of mine saw one in Nam and thought he was seeing things... turned out it was just the red dirt on it made it look pink.
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posted on
03/20/2009 5:59:21 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
To: SolidWood
“Mike Holding, who spotted the baby while filming for a BBC wildlife programme, said: “We only saw it for a couple of minutes as the herd crossed the river”
IF this is so rare, how come the cameraman didn’t follow the herd and get more pictures?
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posted on
03/20/2009 6:47:34 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Are we there yet?)
To: SolidWood
ah this will make a most excellent present...
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posted on
03/20/2009 7:36:11 AM PDT
by
ari-freedom
( Hail to the Dork!)
To: SolidWood
>
Pink elephants,pink dolphins,Oh my !
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posted on
03/20/2009 7:46:06 AM PDT
by
tapatio
To: SolidWood
Looks like a sunburned albino to me. Poor little guy.....
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posted on
03/20/2009 7:48:59 AM PDT
by
r9etb
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