Invasion from Outer Space expansion

[Skip Nicholson]

Here is another thought regarding the elephant/bear issue. I used to be a reporter (long long ago in a galaxy far far away) and I did piece on the Ringling Bros Red Unit (they have two touring circuses, the Red and the Blue).

Do you know what the two most dangerous animals are in the circus. Not the lions, not the tigers, not the elephants. It's the chimps and the bears. The saying goes you'll never meet a chimp trainer/handler with all their fingers. It's the first thing the chimp chomps down on when they go berserk.

When we were video-taping with the circus in Houston they had to clear all the passages and get EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE out of sight while the bears were moved from their cages to the arena. Bears are very likely to charge a stranger.

So...now how do you feel about Jumbo the elephant?