# Elephants bust antelope out of jail **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 9, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601 "2003-04-09T17:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/1 "2003-04-09T17:55:03Z")
Or a nature preserve, actually. [story](http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/09/welep09.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/09/ixworld.html/news/2003/04/09/welep09.xml) They completely ignored the food and just unlocked the gate to free the antelope. Pretty freaky. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/2 "2003-04-09T18:05:50Z")
Here is another article, from a different paper, that gives _much more_ detail. A South African business paper. > **[Business Day](https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/)** > > Online coverage from the Business Day of the latest news, opinion, and analysis from South Africa’s business sector, the political economy, companies and financial markets. At first, I thought this was a reporter “creating filler material”–i.e. lying–but it appears to be true. My, my. WWNC? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/3 "2003-04-09T18:08:29Z")
Wait till Disney gets hold of this! ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/4 "2003-04-09T18:23:12Z")
Elephants will take over the world. I, for one, support our new elephant overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/5 "2003-04-09T18:25:12Z")
Another verifying link. [http://www.sabcnews.com/south\_africa/general/0,1009,56655,00.html](http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,1009,56655,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/6 "2003-04-09T18:27:04Z")
The antelope were last seen pulling down statues of the preserve owner. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/7 "2003-04-09T18:36:31Z")
That’s just hysterical. Covert Op Elephant Rescue Squads ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/8 "2003-04-09T18:45:55Z")
The preserve’s information minister claims there are no elephants and the antelope remain safely behind bars. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/9 "2003-04-09T19:38:45Z")
Inter-Species Rescue? Very Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/10 "2003-04-09T19:52:21Z")
That is incredibly cool. Thanks for sharing the links, **Tars** and **Bosda**! Was there an embedded elephant journalist to file a story from the front lines? I’d love to read his/her account. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/11 "2003-04-09T19:58:50Z")
A demonstration of much-vaunted elephant empathy? Or maybe they just like opening things. 🙂 Aren’t elephants cool? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/12 "2003-04-09T20:53:42Z")
Of course, the more cynical side of me notes that if my buddies and I had been knocking back some “refreshment” after a tough day on the veldt and someone had forgotten to lock the gate, a wandering herd of elephants might be just the ticket to “explain” how the antelope escaped. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/13 "2003-04-09T21:52:42Z")
My theory - the elephants got tired of eating plants and “rescued” the antelopes to eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/14 "2003-04-09T22:59:31Z")
Not a chance. Elephants only eat plants because they can’t stand the perpetual screaming of the leaves. Can’t say I blame them. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/15 "2003-04-10T00:20:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DeVena \* > \*\*Inter-Species Rescue? Very Cool! \*\* Oh great. Now I got a picture of an elephant wearing a blue cap & a yellow shash flying Thunderbird 2 stuck in my head. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephants-bust-antelope-out-of-jail/167601/16 "2003-04-10T00:25:08Z")
They’re evolving intelligence. Next, they’ll have firearms, jet skis, neutron bombs, and elephant porn. It’s the end of the world, I TELL YOU!!! Only one thing to do. Must get intoxicated.