"Elephants are the only animals that can't jump"
I read this in the newspaper today, and thought 'yeah right'. And for obvious reasons of course (well, from my point of view...) - it's complete nonsense
Let's demonstrate a few examples:
I just randomnly chose the two animals above at a whim. But I'm sure there are many more.
I'm sure we can all agree that the two pictures above represent animals. And that neither of them can jump. But if we do take the assumption that they can jump, we would be looking at a whole new breed of animals here. Jumping whales, perhaps.
I'm sure we've all heard of the flying fish - the ones that glide (which incidentally, can normally glide for 30-50 metres, but can go on for hundreds on updrafts - isn't that amazing?). If whales were to suffer sudden burst of violence, they would be practically unstoppable.
Let us envision a situation where you were on a yacht, sitting on your deck, sipping a glass of orange juice , a fishing rod balanced comfortably by your chair, when a giant blue mass jumps out of the sea to your left. You're trying to calculate whether its whale PMS time whilst 170 tonnes of biomass rapidly descend upon you. It is only as you recall reading somewhere (a newspaper perhaps?) that elephants are the only animals that can't jump that you realise that you should never have placed your unwavering trust in tabloids.
We've learned a few good lessons from this (well I have anyway...)- Don't trust tabloids
- Don't trust tabloids
- Don't trust whales
