No Jumping Allowed

...for Elephants. Poor dears, *they can't even run. Nope. These non-jumping, non-running giants can walk briskly, swim and gore the living day-lights out of enemies. That's it. (Thanks to Paul, btw, for the tidbit.) Truth be told, if elephants could jump they would damage their own bodies. Their weight makes jumping a physical impossibility. They would squish their internal organs or break their legs. Also, if all the African Elephants were to join trunks and jump at the same time they'd put a crack in the earth's crust resulting in earthquakes, tidal waves, mayhem, etc. So, it's a good thing they can't jump. Doncha think?

So, don't worry. They may crush you, sit on your head, shit on you to death, gore you, beat you with their trunk, but an Elephant will never jump on you. No never. So rest easy! Elephants are our Friends!

Here's something else interesting about elephants: they can paint. And their pictures can sell for a tidy bundle. Even more interesting to me is the fact that most painting elephants will choose to paint only with yellow and their trainers have to step in and "suggest" other colors. Why is that, do you think?

Here's a couple fun things to do with Elephants:
Dollar-gami (Here's how)
Robotics
Simpler Robotics
Voting

There's a short list. Have a blast!

*(creds to El Fid for that tidbit)