You say that elephants are so heavy that they can’t jump and the wild they keep at least three feet on the ground at all times. But a t-rex was as big as an elephant and it had only two legs, so presumably it often had only one foot on the ground. How did that work?
It’s not actually a matter of weight. Animals of all different sizes, on average, all have about the same jumping ability. Some animals just aren’t built for jumping.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=baby+elephant+jump
(Your definition of “jump” may vary)
Only the white ones.
No, clearly white elephants can’t jump.
Remember don’t go into the jungle between 3 and 5.
I can honestly say I have never seen an elephant jump.
So is the Nairobi Elephant Jumping Festival a real thing?
I googled that for all of us. Found a half-dozen or so mentions of it – most of them, tracing the links back, lead to . . . wait for it! . . . One or both of Jillgat’s columns! Found several other mentions of the Nairobi Jumping Elephant Festival, all of them suggesting in one way or another that it’s just a running joke of some sort. At least one of them even included a photo of an elephant not jumping. Assuming that isn’t photoshopped, I think that proves it.
I see the hand of Mark Twain lurking here somewhere.
As for T-Rexes (Reces?) jumping: Hey, did you know that whales and dolphins can jump too? And they don’t have any legs at all! Photo sequence of orca jumping. (ETA: K-Roos jump, don’t they?)
My take is juvenile elephants can jump, so elephants can jump.
Not sure, but give your bank details to reserve a seat anyway.