elephants Archives - Tyler Tork

Canoeing with Elephants

by Tyler Tork
25 January 20124 March 2012

Wesley Deever of Mount Horeb WI, (former) site of the famous mustard museum, asks: Is it safe to canoe near elephants? If you exercise reasonable caution, these gentle giants can actually enhance your canoeing experience.… Canoeing with Elephants

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Dead Elephants Are a Hotter Topic than You Might Guess

by Tyler Tork
28 December 201126 December 2011

A while back I answered someone’s question about whether elephants could stand after death. Well, I didn’t exactly answer it but you know. As it turns out, this is a topic of apparently greater general… Dead Elephants Are a Hotter Topic than You Might Guess

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How to Protect Your Food From Animals when Camping

by Tyler Tork
22 July 201122 July 2011

Earlier, I discussed techniques for obtaining food in the wild. … [But] animals have little regard for private property and will gladly eat whatever looks tasty, with no consideration for the amount of work it took you to extort it from another camper. (more)

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How Long Can an Elephant Stand After It Dies?

by Tyler Tork
8 July 20117 July 2011

…I thought they might actually mean, “How long can you stand an elephant after it dies?” But on consulting prominent elephysiologists, I learned that elephant post-mortem standing is in fact a matter of some controversy in the field…. (MORE)

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