TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, October 19, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Let's start off the week with some fun facts about elephants, because...well, why not?

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense."

HINT: (1939-2008), was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many new age books.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Female elephants undergo a 22 month pregnancy, which is the longest gestation period of any mammal.

The closest living, land-based relative to the elephant is the rock hyrax. These small, furry mammals can be found in sub-Saharan Africa and along the Arabian peninsula.

Elephants can get sunburned and throw sand on their backs and head to protect themselves.

One study found that elephants avoided eating a certain tree that's home to ants. The study suggests that elephants want to avoid getting ants inside their trunks.

Asian elephants don't run. It doesn't mean they're lazy - running requires lifting all four feet at once, and Asian elephants were found to keep at least two feet on the ground at all times.

Contrary to your favorite elephant cartoon character, these animals aren't fond of peanuts. They don't eat them in the wild and aren't fed them in captivity.

(Fox Boston)

*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense."

ANSWER: Lyall Watson.

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