Don_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 4 months agoTIL about Tuffi the elephant. In 1950 Tuffi the elephant survived a fall from the suspended railway (Schwebebahn) into the river Wupper 12 meters below with just minor injuries. She died in 1989en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square5arrow-up1108arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Tuffi the elephant. In 1950 Tuffi the elephant survived a fall from the suspended railway (Schwebebahn) into the river Wupper 12 meters below with just minor injuries. She died in 1989en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square5cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkEnglish19•4 months agoJesus… forced to work in the circus from age 4 in 1950 until her death in 1989. Poor thing. Just put through decades of hell.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoWe’ve done elephants dirty. For such intelligent and capable creatures, we’ve probably treated them some of the worst.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoAnd imagone being suspended above a river from a railway. Poor thing.
Jesus… forced to work in the circus from age 4 in 1950 until her death in 1989. Poor thing. Just put through decades of hell.
We’ve done elephants dirty.
For such intelligent and capable creatures, we’ve probably treated them some of the worst.
And imagone being suspended above a river from a railway. Poor thing.