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@smeg Elephants are seriously kewl. I know Ringling Bros. was obnoxious, but when I saw the show (mid 1980s), the elephant trainer would stand on a teeter board, the elephant would run up to the other end, stomp on it with one foot, and the trainer would land on the elephant's shoulders. The elephant was grinning truly evilly as s/he ran up to and stomped the board. My mom, who grew up on an old New England farm, insisted that animals taught their trainers tricks. I think she was right.