Elephants - what do they like to eat? Dispute with dd

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Mice like cheese
Bears like honey
PMT women like chocolate
Elephants like....
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Dd (22)and her bf don't know this obvious (to me when I grew up) fact

Leaves from trees, I would have thought ( at least that's what the circus elephant snaffled when they came though my Oz country town many years ago)

Bananas

Current bums.

That was autocorrected but I'm sticking with the new version, I like it better.

Peanuts. Obviously. Widely known for it.

Peanuts?

Peanuts. Dumbo anyone?

Frickin prize puntastic!
It's so obvious (to me) It's sticky buns!!

( where did this come from)

Peanuts

At Colchester zoo, they eat bits of vegetables, like cabbage and carrots.

But DH always does a silly thing about elephants asking for more buns, so I guess that's what you are thinking of?

No, peanuts, of course!

In my local safari park if some visitors had their way it would be Doritos.

However, I think it is grass and leaves and green shit

Actually my first thought was peanuts, but I've just remembered the saying 'trunky want a bun?' for when someone is being nosey, so it could be peanuts or buns.

Yaaaaaaaaaaay I win (which is of course the main thing )

I think you used to be allowed to take a paper bag of sticky buns to the zoo to feed to the elephants, back in the days when zoos didn't get grumpy about you feeding things to the animals.

But, yes. The argument for peanuts is very persuasive. You could make peanut butter buns, maybe?

More recently, I think they have developed into wider food stuffs and it's not uncommon for them to have linguine, Caesar salad or Cornish pasties. Scallops they don't like.

Trunky say what now? That's a new one on me! But I like it...

I know for me (at age 49) It's the FIRST thing that came to mind
(why?)
Johnny Morris?

Sllepsoftly - good 1!!

Definitely currant buns!

"but I gave my buns to the elephant when I went down to the Zoo"

Did AA Milne feature in your childhood?

Iced Curranty Buns

Well yes I read winnie the pooh ( got mother to buy me a powerball AND a winnie the pooh book in wh smiths !!

peanuts

It's one of his poems called At the Zoo. I've loved his poems as a child and I now read them recite from memory to my DC.

both of them now don't step on lines only squares

I've just googled it
( don't know that poem but like it)
It actually reinforces me thinking it's a Johnny Morris esque type thing

• Definitely of my age

Whereas I honestly thought it was a ubiquitous 'thing '!!

I speak with authority here but not much humour . DD has just come back from looking after elephants in Thailand. They eat banana trees, corn, watermelon, pineapples and some grass. True fact.