Re: Sauropod Energetics (Peristaltic pump)

[Michael Skrepnick <palaeopaint@dinosaursinart.com>]

In fact, one of these is likely available at your local liquor outlet, 
distilled into a cream liqueur that goes by the trade name "Amarula".  If 
you haven't tried it, it is tastier than "Baileys Irish Cream" by an order 
of magnitude. . . those elephants know a good thing when they see it. 
Definitely worth rearing up for!

MIke Skrepnick

> There is one other set of conditions whereby elephants will rear on
> their hind legs that I forgot to mention: that is when certain trees are
> fruiting. Some of these fruits are sweet and do ferment. At such times
> elephants do rear up to reach fruits once the lower fruits are eaten.
> These elephants also get incredibly drunk too.
> Ken
>
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> Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D.
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