Chuckwagon wrote:Living things are fascinating. Did you know that...
- Polar bears are left-handed.
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Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
- A cat's urine glows under a black light.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
- Starfish have no brains. Shucks, some humans have no brains either!

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Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
Hey, CW! I didn't know that about humans and dolphins, but a human and a dolphin... is that legal in Utah? WooHoo! WooHoo!
Speaking of elephants, there was an old man in Utah who used to get up every morning at five A.M. He would then go and sprinkle a white powder on the roads which looked a whole lot like salt. When he was asked what he was sprinkling on the roads, he answered that it was elephant powder.
The person then remarked "But everybody knows that there are no elephants in Utah!" to which he answered "I guess it must be working then!" (And that's how the Great Salt Lake was formed.)
Actually, elephants CAN jump if approached in the proper manner. I heard about this guy who bought an elderly circus elephant; I don't know why. Alas, he couldn't afford to feed it. He'd never seen an elephant jump with all 4 feet off the ground. So he started a contest: entry was $10, and the first person to get the elephant to jump with all 4 feet off the ground would get $50,000.
All sorts of people tried, but nobody could get the elephant to jump. Finally, this little guy arrives in a limousine. He's carrying a baseball bat. He walks up to the elephant, swings the bat, and whacks the elephant's privates pretty badly. Needless to say, the elephant jumps, and the owner pays out the $50,000.
Unfortunately, the owner had barely collected enough to cover the prize, so he ran another contest. He'd never seen an elephant swing its head back and forth as if to say, "no." Same deal as before: $10 per entry, $50,000 prize. Lots of people try and fail.
Then the little guy shows up in his limousine again, pulls out his bat, and walks up to the elephant. He says, "Remember me?"
The elephant nods yes.
The man says holds up his bat and says, "Want me to use this again?"
The elephant nods his head rather emphatically no....
