this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2024
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[–] kabi@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

#6 shows the biweekly occurrence when the elephant sheds its inner tusk and needs to regurgitate it

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

4, 8, and 9 are my favorites. Honestly, those are what elephants SHOULD look like.

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The last one reminds me of King Caesar from Godzilla. :D

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago

These are pretty good considering

[–] rollmagma@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I like the one that is "taller than mushrooms or something"

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's funny how almost everyone gets the trunk, but almost nobody does the ears right.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Might be an African/Indian elephant thing. The Indian elephants' smaller ears may make them less noteworthy to the teller of this story... assuming they were a primary source themselves.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

#5 looks kinda like a tapir.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Native americans used to ride these babies for miles