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Posted on 10/26/10 at 9:44 pm to crimsonsaint
That's an African elephant. Tigers are not native to the savannas of Africa. And they DO occasionally take adult Indian elephants as prey (though not often--you can eat 'em, but they taste like shite).
Posted on 10/26/10 at 10:00 pm to CapstoneGrad06
That's actually pretty cool.
You won this round Bama!
You won this round Bama!
Posted on 10/26/10 at 10:29 pm to Akit1
That was back when Cherokee had cool animal cages where you dropped in a nickel and a duck would play the piano or a chicken would peck drums. Ah the good ole days of awesome animal tricks and no PETA.
Posted on 10/26/10 at 10:36 pm to CapstoneGrad06
The Dekes at UA have had live elephants at their house...although I don't think they have since the house was moved.
Posted on 10/27/10 at 12:07 am to NBamaAlum
Oh, how disappointing.
I thought it was going to be a Crimson Tide.
I thought it was going to be a Crimson Tide.
Posted on 10/27/10 at 12:17 am to auburnu008
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Does PETA give ya'll shite about Mike?
They wanted us to get a Robot tiger.... That tiger lives better than most of those fart sniffers, I bet his house costs more as well
How many tigers get a 3 million dollar habitat?
Posted on 10/27/10 at 12:18 am to NBamaAlum
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The Dekes at UA have had live elephants at their house...although I don't think they have since the house was moved.
Still haven't woken up huh?
Posted on 10/27/10 at 12:19 am to memphisplaya
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memphisplaya
Alabama had a live mascot in 1958...
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Does PETA give ya'll shite about Mike?
They wanted us to get a Robot tiger....
Posted on 10/27/10 at 12:23 am to joeyb147
Posted on 10/27/10 at 1:15 am to joeyb147
I've actually had to do what Ventura did there....wasn't fun
Posted on 10/27/10 at 1:17 am to joeyb147
Posted on 10/27/10 at 1:37 am to crimsonsaint
yeah... umm...
The Elephants in India and Thialand are considered precious and an important part of their cultures. To them Elephants are quite expensive and can cost "at least" $10,000.oo US dollars. An African Elephant, and only females are workable (bulls are far too aggressive) are probably financially beyond reach. (We are talking million dollar animal, b/c of their endangered status)
As a private individual in the USA, you cannot buy an Elephant. They are far, far too hard to take care of in captivity to warrant private ownership.
Also to boot, LSUs Vet School (one of the best in the nation) is on Campus and Dr. Baker (Mike's personal M.D.) and 2 vet students take care of him year round. However, all of the money to take care of Mike comes from the Athletic Department.
So you see it would be a very difficult, 7-10 year process for Bama to get a live Elephant mascot again. Also the Enclosure for the Elephant would have to be quite substantial.
The Elephants in India and Thialand are considered precious and an important part of their cultures. To them Elephants are quite expensive and can cost "at least" $10,000.oo US dollars. An African Elephant, and only females are workable (bulls are far too aggressive) are probably financially beyond reach. (We are talking million dollar animal, b/c of their endangered status)
As a private individual in the USA, you cannot buy an Elephant. They are far, far too hard to take care of in captivity to warrant private ownership.
Also to boot, LSUs Vet School (one of the best in the nation) is on Campus and Dr. Baker (Mike's personal M.D.) and 2 vet students take care of him year round. However, all of the money to take care of Mike comes from the Athletic Department.
So you see it would be a very difficult, 7-10 year process for Bama to get a live Elephant mascot again. Also the Enclosure for the Elephant would have to be quite substantial.
Posted on 10/27/10 at 1:50 am to Analyze That
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Also to boot, LSUs Vet School (one of the best in the nation) is on Campus and Dr. Baker (Mike's personal M.D.) and 2 vet students take care of him year round. However, all of the money to take care of Mike comes from the Athletic Department.
I have had a personal tour of that place.... pretty damn nice. Didn't know they had an underwater treadmill for Animals too.
I LOVED the wildlife rehabilitation part too. MY family is greatly involved in all that. One time I came home for a weekend and there was a Red tail hawk in my room.... I was like WTF?
Posted on 10/27/10 at 1:59 am to Analyze That
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The Elephants in India and Thialand are considered precious and an important part of their cultures
I see them every night while eating, walking with kids on the streets. The kids are selling food so you can feed the elephants. There is an abundance of elephants here, especially in the north. I doubt it would be cost prohibitive to get one.
Posted on 10/27/10 at 4:09 am to bona fide
Yeah, we had three at the old DKE house in like '04. Big ol' bastards with tusks, and the whole nine yards.
The kids and families walking into the stadium got a kick out of it. They got pictures taken and got to pet them.
If a bunch of slap dicks could make it work perfectly one weekend, I see no reason why the university couldn't.
The kids and families walking into the stadium got a kick out of it. They got pictures taken and got to pet them.
If a bunch of slap dicks could make it work perfectly one weekend, I see no reason why the university couldn't.
Posted on 10/27/10 at 7:24 am to Analyze That
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bulls are far too aggressive
Sounds like the football team.
I don't see any reason to purchase one when you can borrow one from the zoo for a couple of home games a year.
Posted on 10/27/10 at 8:30 am to crimsonsaint
Nama should get a live bear in a houndstooth hat to walk the sideline. Then ole miss could get one dressed in a seersucker suit and they could fight it out for the claim to "the bear."
Posted on 10/27/10 at 2:46 pm to Tawanda
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Maybe the fact that they lost to Auburn that day is the reason they haven't had one since.
Upon further research, the elephant died. It was a pygmy elephant and the people who donated it, didn't take all that much care of it.
Posted on 10/27/10 at 10:41 pm to crimsonsaint
quote:You would be causing that animal undue stress... Besides doesn't AU have the better Vet school?
Sounds like the football team.
I don't see any reason to purchase one when you can borrow one from the zoo for a couple of home games a year.
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