Karen Darlington > Quotes

“Believe it or not an elephant’s trunk is so sensitive that it can crack a peanut shell without breaking the peanut.”
― Karen Darlington, All About Elephants

“Elephants can swim for six hours straight in lakes and rivers using their trunks as snorkels.”
― Karen Darlington, All About Elephants

“If you were shown an x-ray of an elephant’s foot you would see that their bones actually stand on tip-toes.”
― Karen Darlington, All About Elephants

“If an elephant is sick or injured the other members of the herd will take care of it by bringing it food. When an elephant dies the others cover it with dirt and branches and watch over it in silence for a few days.”
― Karen Darlington, All About Elephants

“Elephants aren’t able to jump but they can do handstands”
― Karen Darlington, All About Elephants

“Grooming is one of the most important monkey activities. They all pick each other’s fur clean of dead skin, dirt and parasites. This is gross, but when monkeys find a tick or flea they pop it in their mouth and eat it. Mmm parasites… what a tasty snack!”
― Karen Darlington, All About Monkeys

“Their trunk, which has around 40 000 muscles in it, does everything from smelling and breathing to sucking up water, trumpeting and even picking locks!”
― Karen Darlington, All About Elephants

“The ears of an African elephant are shaped like Africa!”
― Karen Darlington, All About Elephants