Slog - Comments on Cute Baby Elephant Death http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death This story about whether to artificially inseminate one of the elephants at Woodland Park Zoo is days old, but I'm just catching up. Briefly, there is a lady elephant, named Chai, whose daughter Hansa died in June from elephant herpes. Here's a photo of the cute little Hansa: And here's a photo of a cute little kid crying over Hansa's death (courtesy of KOMO): Now the zoo wants Chai knocked up again (they say because breeding is good for the worldwide elephant population; cynics say because baby animals are good for ticket sales). The zoo wants to import semen from... Copyright 2008 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:44:02 -0800 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:56:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV It comes from dirty elephant toilet seats.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873613 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873613 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:47:46 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I'm guessing they get the semen the same way they get it from other large animals: electrically jolt their prostates.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873617 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873617 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:50:02 -0800 Comment by tsm And from those crazy elephant swinger parties, too. Just stay out of the hot tub. Seriously.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873619 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:50:59 -0800 Comment by Lake Oh my gosh! that link!

That elephant is totally trunking the other one!


The onlookers are funny too

]]> Lake http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873620 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:51:12 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi How do people masturbate elephants?

Fisting.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873622 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873622 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:51:38 -0800 Comment by Jason Petersen Well, I think either Scientific American covered exactly how masturbating an elephant worked a few years back (complete with picture of necessary apparatus installed on elephant + 6 technicians to hold it and use it). I remember it taking a couple of hours.

Too lazy to search for the issue though; someone else not taking finals might have the time.

]]> Jason Petersen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873645 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873645 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:08:40 -0800 Comment by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com Sounds like a job for the Stranger Public Intern!

]]> Jake of 8bitjoystick.com http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873646 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:08:47 -0800 Comment by Scottie 2Elephants1Trunk.com

HOTT!

]]> Scottie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873664 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:18:53 -0800 Comment by Baby Batter Donor @2:

Well, that's how they get it from me.

]]> Baby Batter Donor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873744 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:03:20 -0800 Comment by Elephants semen collectors take note. I once had the good fortune to visit a donkey semen farm, and they would lead the boy donkey into a barn and show him a girl donkey in heat. Once he had an erection, the handlers led the boy donkey over to a dummy of a girl donkey (complete with an artifical vagina) and the boy donkey got up on her and had sex and then everything was neatly contained right there in the AV. Everybody wins.

]]> Elephants semen collectors take note. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873766 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873766 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:16:45 -0800 Comment by COMTE @10:

Boy, they sure know how to take the romance out of it, don't they...

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873845 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873845 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:54:10 -0800 Comment by Fnarf HO-kay, here's pictures of how they collect from a boar. NSFW.
http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/swine/porkpage/repro/pubs/basic212.htm

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873846 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873846 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:54:28 -0800 Comment by Fnarf More ace pictures, this time a bull (did you know that the "teaser" is usually a steer (castrated male), not a cow (female)? Them cow's're gay!
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/reprod/semeneval/bull.html

Alternate methods, including a picture of the electroejaculator probe (including one for ferrets): http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/reprod/semeneval/collection.html

"Sucessful electoejaculation of an animal demands skill. It is not simply a matter of punching buttons and turning knobs, but requires finesse in determining the proper timing and amplitude of pulses to apply to a given male".

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873854 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:01:21 -0800 Comment by Whoa That is sooooooooo gay.

]]> Whoa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873858 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873858 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:05:22 -0800 Comment by Fnarf If you want one, it's going to cost you. This one is $950 for the device, and the probes run up to $245, depending on whether you want the 1-inch (ram and goat) or the bull probe, 2.5 or 3 inch. Heh. God knows what size an elephant uses.

http://www.beltroninst.com/ac1parts.htm

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c873873 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:15:35 -0800 Comment by me there should be no elephants in a zoo.

]]> me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c874014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cute_baby_elephant_death#c874014 Sex Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:56:00 -0800