# A dog and an elephant go for a friendly swim

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-and-an-elephant-go-for-a-friendly-swim/669238>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-and-an-elephant-go-for-a-friendly-swim/669238 "2013-09-19T16:12:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-and-an-elephant-go-for-a-friendly-swim/669238/1 "2013-09-19T16:12:35Z")

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Love this:

[http://www.dogheirs.com/misst/posts/4063-elephant-and-dog-best-friends-love-playing-in-the-water-together-video](http://www.dogheirs.com/misst/posts/4063-elephant-and-dog-best-friends-love-playing-in-the-water-together-video)

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**Author:** ![half-elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-and-an-elephant-go-for-a-friendly-swim/669238/2 "2013-09-19T16:26:06Z")

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Aaaaawwwwww!

How cute! I must forward this to everybody I know!

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-and-an-elephant-go-for-a-friendly-swim/669238/3 "2013-09-19T17:01:03Z")

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Cute! The big ears peg it as an African elephant.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dog-and-an-elephant-go-for-a-friendly-swim/669238/4 "2013-09-20T02:41:19Z")

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[Here’s an elephant trying to wake a sleeping dog](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2423555/Baby-elephant-tries-desperately-wake-sleeping-dog-trunk-video.html).