Re: O/T - A scientific animal question for Eugene

"La N" <nilita2004NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does this ring true to you, Bud? Have you ever heard of such a thing in
Africa?

One supposes these particular pachyderms were of the species Elephas
maximus as opposed to Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis.
Having no knowledge of the gastric or digestive processes of the
former I feel unqualified to comment. African elephants prove
remarkably versatile in just what their stomachs can handle - but all
African elephants are subject to rather noisy flatulence and,
especially at night, you are far more likely to hear elephant tummy
rumbles than the actual beast moving, which they do astonishingly
stealthily at times.

When you examine elephant droppings - a vertiable cornucopia to
lesser animals and insects - the first thing that strikes one is the
fact that large amounts of food seem to pass through the digestive
system almost untouched indicative of poor absorbtion. However I
would assume that flatulence was a symptom of something more deadly
and not the utlimate killer. Unless torsion had happened. I'll run
the question past the family zoologist when I see her next.

Eugene L Griessel

Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big
a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and aquisitive employers
can make of capitalism.

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