Mini Myth
Are elephants really afraid of mice?
Both Adam and Jaimie actually think that this myth is absolutely true and that elephants are really afraid of mice.
To prove their hypothesis the go to an African Animal sanctuary. While their the plan is to create a reverse mousetrap. Adam takes elephant dung (not fresh, that’s another myth), pops a mouse inside its hollow, and attaches a string so it can be pulled over from a distance.
They then set the trap and wait for the elephant. I was really shocked to see what happened after this. When they trigger the trap the elephant actually backs off!! Not scared acting, but enough to the point where he’s like, “no way am I going near that”.
They then tried it again thinking it was just the movement and not the mouse that caused the elephant to move. So they do it again without the mouse…and whadda know…the elephant IGNORES it!!! What!
One more test makes this one plausible. When they add the mouse back in, the elephant sees it and moves away.
Outcome: Elephants may not be afraid of mice, but they sure don’t want to be near them. Plausible!
Well i may be 9 but my grandmother says that elephants are not afraid of mice.Instead of crying they would step on the little mouse!
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