Elephants and Christmas trees - pics

[Kadie]

ALTERNATIVE CROP - An Asian elephant eats a pine tree in her enclosure at Berlin's Zoologischer Garten zoo, January 13, 2012. The elephants are fed pine trees discarded by Berlin residents after Christmas, once a year.






An Asian elephant throws a pine tree on her back in her enclosure at Berlin's Zoologischer Garten zoo, January 13, 2012. The elephants are fed pine trees discarded by Berlin residents after Christmas, once a year.















pics from news.daylife.com

[FSogol]

1. War on Christmas? I am in UR houz eatin UR Xmas treez

Great pics btw.

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. I went there in 1974 and it's still the coolest zoo I've ever seen.

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"During the Second World War, the zoo area was completely destroyed and only 91 of 3,715 animals survived, including two lions, two hyenas, an Asian bull elephant, a hippo bull, ten hamadryas baboons, a
chimpanzee, and a black stork, among a few others."
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[geardaddy]

3. I think the elephant must be a reincarnated Euell Gibbons

"Ever eat a pine tree. Many part are edible."

[Rambis]

4. I hope it isn't spray painted green

like some of the trees we ran across this Xmas

[warrior1]

5. They're breath

is piney fresh.

[irisblue]

6. wow

pictures 4&5 have a huge smile.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

7. O! Tannenbaum O! Tannenbaum!

Wie true sind deine Blätter
Du grünst nicht nur
zur Sommerzeit
Neine auch im Winter, wenn es schneit!

[font size=5]*****URRRRRRPPP!!******[/font]

[Historic NY]

8. She sure looks like she is having fun.