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According to this video [0], it is not something of carbon that the elephant puffs, but a "puffball mushroom". I was very eager to believe in his words when I w
by ThoAppelsin 9y ago
According to this video [0], it is not something of carbon that the elephant puffs, but a "puffball mushroom". I was very eager to believe in his words when I watched that yesterday. It was because that the day before, I had watched another video [1] of from that channel featuring something really similar that he calls "earth star fungi" this time, at 1:35.
Leaving his words aside, it also is much more believable to me that an elephant eats a puffing mushroom than charcoal.
[0] https://youtu.be/V0Lzym6XjoQ https://youtu.be/V0Lzym6XjoQ
[1] https://youtu.be/nyrIKtFZx3s?t=95 https://youtu.be/nyrIKtFZx3s?t=95
- mirimir 9y agoThat makes sense. Charcoal hot enough to make that much smoke would burn. Even an elephant. And to do it three times, that's very unlikely.
- kbutler 9y agoBased on the amount of dust when the human hand pinches the puffball, the elephant would require a /huge/ puffball mushroom to produce that much dust (ash).
- jrlocke 9y agoThis was my first thought as well. It appears the elephant isn't sucking as much as chewing.