Re: Sloping terrain Re: Woman against Abelisaur

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

On Tue, Jul 26th, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Don Ohmes <d_ohmes@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Elephants sometimes become trapped in muddy pits that have steep 
> slippery sides -- certainly their remains could be preserved in "mired 
> position" -- and certainly they love mud, and are notably NOT hampered 
> by their large size.

I'm having a hard time finding any pictures of a wild elephant in mud much 
deeper than its ankles.

Even those being forced to walk through mud by humans don't seem to be any 
deeper in the mud 
than their knees (if even that deep).

A YouTube search for "elephant stuck in mud" seems to yeild plenty of results:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMIRREOoSt0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvOY8cSoKus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bYEeHdjtJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5bw3hlUSzQ

The last one is interesting, as the rest of the herd seems to be giving the mud 
a wide berth while 
trying to help the mired individual.

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Dann Pigdon
Spatial Data Analyst               Australian Dinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia               http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj
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