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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElephant seal takes a leisurely stroll across a pedestrian crossing in Brazil
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/20/elephant-seal-traffic-brazil-videothen plops back in the water
Solly Mack
(90,819 posts)Very smart of him!
malaise
(269,534 posts)I know dogs and goats who use the crossing but this is a first
Solly Mack
(90,819 posts)He just wanted to see stuff.
malaise
(269,534 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,386 posts)And it was crossing in the pedestrian walkway! So I stopped my car, picked it up and walked it to the edge of the street and set it down. It promptly made a left and started off down the sidewalk, as if it knew exactly where it was going and had an appointment to keep!
malaise
(269,534 posts)marmar
(77,150 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Sorry, something came over me. It's gone now.
malaise
(269,534 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)There was no way to move the elephant out so...the heavy duty chainsaws were brought in. Needless to say, the Elephant House was closed that day but as a curious employee, I snuck in.
Most...enlightening.
malaise
(269,534 posts)frightening
eppur_se_muova
(36,319 posts)Big and ill-tempered.
Tyrs WolfDaemon
(2,289 posts)You can just see it in those beady little headlights and that brush guard bumper. What did that truck expect? Did he really think that Elephant Seal would let him park where ever he wanted? The nerve of some vehicles.
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