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Mythbusters: Are Elephants Afraid of Mice?

Posted November 26, 2007 4:50 PM

From Neatorama:

You've seen Dumbo, and you've heard the myth about elephants being afraid of mice, haven't you? Mythbusters takes a look at what happens when an elephant encounters a mouse. No animals were harmed in this experiment.

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Re: Mythbusters: Are Elephants Afraid of Mice?

11/30/2007 5:06 PM

I would not have believed that this myth had anything to it, but there you go.

Maybe the elephant just doesn't want to step on something that is moving/alive... they must have a pretty big blind spot underneath themselves.

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