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Elephant Eats Scores of Cookies, Gets Sick

Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:02 PM EDT
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Dilip Ganguly, AP Writer

Sri Lanka's most celebrated elephant, Raja, lies in pain at Gangaramaya temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 11, 2006. Raja, meaning king in both Sinhalese and Tamil languages has fallen ill after eating scores of cookies chocolates and other rich food offered to him as part of Buddhist new year celebrations. Half-a-dozen monks, a veterinarian and the chief of the Zoology Department of the Colombo University attended to him at the temple. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Real

what kinda news is that! GOSH!!!

    Reply#1 - Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:21 PM EDT
    protoolrobot

    its about time some hard hitting stuff hit this site.

      Reply#2 - Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:48 AM EDT
      TAhearn

      Poor guy.

      • 1 vote
      Reply#3 - Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:54 AM EDT
      Walt D

      Not sure how newsworthy this is but I hope the elephant recovers.

      • 1 vote
      Reply#4 - Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:39 AM EDT
      aronoff

      That picture is SOOOOOO SAD!!!!!

      • 1 vote
      Reply#5 - Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:20 PM EDT
      Edward Sebastian

      I wonder what elephant would taste like?

        Reply#6 - Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:04 PM EDT
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