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The objective here is that one can always find the peculiar in the familiar. en 40 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:58:08 -0700 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:58:08 -0700 http://www.odeo.com/episodes/241887-The-Fat-American-Elephant tag:odeo.com,2005-09-17,241887 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 18:58:08 -0700 no NanoGlobe http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22030753-The-Fat-American-Elephant These days you never know what you'll find in the news. If is isn't about politics, or news of mass destruction, it's about health, or why Americans are so fat. But what about animals? Do animals that live on American territory also abide the fat characteristics? See for yourself. If there is such a thing as a fat American elephant. Than there is such a thing as an American elephant diet. ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Anchorage zookeepers are installing a 16,000-pound (7.3-ton) treadmill to keep an isolated elephant from getting fat during the long, cold Alaskan winters. The 20-foot (6-meter) long treadmill was designed specifically for Maggie, a 23-year-old female African elephant that has become the subject of a national debate over the proper care for captive pachyderms. "It looks just like a big people treadmill," said Patrick Lampi, assistant director of the Alaska Zoo. Because this is the first treadmill ever built for an elephant, zoo officials and an Idaho company studied mining equ... These days you never know what you'll find in the news. If is isn't about politics, or news of mass destruction, it's about health, or why Americans are so fat. But what about animals? Do animals that live on American territory also abide the fat characteristics? See for yourself. If there is such a thing as a fat American elephant. Than there is such a thing as an American elephant diet. ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Anchorage zookeepers are installing a 16,000-pound (7.3-ton) treadmill to keep an isolated elephant from getting fat during the long, cold Alaskan winters. The 20-foot (6-meter) long treadmill was designed specifically for Maggie, a 23-year-old female African elephant that has become the subject of a national debate over the proper care for captive pachyderms. "It looks just like a big people treadmill," said Patrick Lampi, assistant director of the Alaska Zoo. Because this is the first treadmill ever built for an elephant, zoo officials and an Idaho company studied mining equipment and treadmills used for race horses and racing camels. Zookeepers said Zimbabwe-born Maggie would start using the treadmill in about two months. The zoo is remodeling her indoor and outdoor spaces, making both about twice as large as before and adding a sandy area. In addition, the floor has been heated and the zoo is evaluating ways to make it softer. Critics from Anchorage and around the nation have urged the zoo to send Maggie to an elephant sanctuary in a warmer climate and away from the near-Arctic zoo. Elephants, particularly females, are herd creatures and need company, critics have said. But Maggie's companion, an Asian elephant named Annabelle, died in 1997. Maggie's weight-loss program started more than a year ago, Lampi said, "She was slightly heavy for an elephant." With diet modifications and new exercise inducements, such as hiding food in baskets and other sites that require some work to reach, Maggie has slimmed down a bit and is now believed to weigh a little over 8,000 pounds (3.6 tonnes). Lampi states, "We estimate that she lost maybe 1,000 pounds (454 kg)." *FYI: The hairier human species began shedding body hair as a result of gradual evolutionary climatic temperature changes in the earth's environment. The modern elephant, which is related to wooly mammoth, lived in some of the most coldest regions in the world when they were still in existence. Gosh forbid if they ever gained too much weight, where was Jenny Craig when they needed her? These days you never know what you'll find in the news. If is isn't about politics, or news of mass destruction, it's about health, or why Americans are so fat. But what about animals? Do animals that live on American territory also abide the fat characteristics? See for yourself. If there is such a thing as a fat American elephant. Than there is such a thing as an American elephant diet. ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Anchorage zookeepers are installing a 16,000-pound (7.3-ton) treadmill to keep an isolated elephant from getting fat during the long, cold Alaskan winters. The 20-foot (6-meter) long treadmill was designed specifically for Maggie, a 23-year-old female African elephant that has become the subject of a national debate over the proper care for captive pachyderms. "It looks just like a big people treadmill," said Patrick Lampi, assistant director of the Alaska Zoo. Because this is the first treadmill ever built for an elephant, zoo officials and an Idaho company studied mining equipment and treadmills used for race horses and racing camels. Zookeepers said Zimbabwe-born Maggie would start using the treadmill in about two months. The zoo is remodeling her indoor and outdoor spaces, making both about twice as large as before and adding a sandy area. In addition, the floor has been heated and the zoo is evaluating ways to make it softer. Critics from Anchorage and around the nation have urged the zoo to send Maggie to an elephant sanctuary in a warmer climate and away from the near-Arctic zoo. Elephants, particularly females, are herd creatures and need company, critics have said. But Maggie's companion, an Asian elephant named Annabelle, died in 1997. Maggie's weight-loss program started more than a year ago, Lampi said, "She was slightly heavy for an elephant." With diet modifications and new exercise inducements, such as hiding food in baskets and other sites that require some work to reach, Maggie has slimmed down a bit and is now believed to weigh a little over 8,000 pounds (3.6 tonnes). Lampi states, "We estimate that she lost maybe 1,000 pounds (454 kg)." *FYI: The hairier human species began shedding body hair as a result of gradual evolutionary climatic temperature changes in the earth's environment. The modern elephant, which is related to wooly mammoth, lived in some of the most coldest regions in the world when they were still in existence. Gosh forbid if they ever gained too much weight, where was Jenny Craig when they needed her? tag:odeo.com,2005-09-17,22030753 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:58:08 -0700 no NanoGlobe http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24172222-The-Fat-American-Elephant These days you never know what you'll find in the news. If is isn't about politics, or news of mass destruction, it's about health, or why Americans are so fat. But what about animals? Do animals that live on American territory also abide the fat characteristics? See for yourself. If there is such a thing as a fat American elephant. Than there is such a thing as an American elephant diet. ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Anchorage zookeepers are installing a 16,000-pound (7.3-ton) treadmill to keep an isolated elephant from getting fat during the long, cold Alaskan winters. The 20-foot (6-meter) long treadmill was designed specifically for Maggie, a 23-year-old female African elephant that has become the subject of a national debate over the proper care for captive pachyderms. "It looks just like a big people treadmill," said Patrick Lampi, assistant director of the Alaska Zoo. Because this is the first treadmill ever built for an elephant, zoo officials and an Idaho company studied mining equ... These days you never know what you'll find in the news. If is isn't about politics, or news of mass destruction, it's about health, or why Americans are so fat. But what about animals? Do animals that live on American territory also abide the fat characteristics? See for yourself. If there is such a thing as a fat American elephant. Than there is such a thing as an American elephant diet. ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Anchorage zookeepers are installing a 16,000-pound (7.3-ton) treadmill to keep an isolated elephant from getting fat during the long, cold Alaskan winters. The 20-foot (6-meter) long treadmill was designed specifically for Maggie, a 23-year-old female African elephant that has become the subject of a national debate over the proper care for captive pachyderms. "It looks just like a big people treadmill," said Patrick Lampi, assistant director of the Alaska Zoo. Because this is the first treadmill ever built for an elephant, zoo officials and an Idaho company studied mining equipment and treadmills used for race horses and racing camels. Zookeepers said Zimbabwe-born Maggie would start using the treadmill in about two months. The zoo is remodeling her indoor and outdoor spaces, making both about twice as large as before and adding a sandy area. In addition, the floor has been heated and the zoo is evaluating ways to make it softer. Critics from Anchorage and around the nation have urged the zoo to send Maggie to an elephant sanctuary in a warmer climate and away from the near-Arctic zoo. Elephants, particularly females, are herd creatures and need company, critics have said. But Maggie's companion, an Asian elephant named Annabelle, died in 1997. Maggie's weight-loss program started more than a year ago, Lampi said, "She was slightly heavy for an elephant." With diet modifications and new exercise inducements, such as hiding food in baskets and other sites that require some work to reach, Maggie has slimmed down a bit and is now believed to weigh a little over 8,000 pounds (3.6 tonnes). Lampi states, "We estimate that she lost maybe 1,000 pounds (454 kg)." *FYI: The hairier human species began shedding body hair as a result of gradual evolutionary climatic temperature changes in the earth's environment. The modern elephant, which is related to wooly mammoth, lived in some of the most coldest regions in the world when they were still in existence. Gosh forbid if they ever gained too much weight, where was Jenny Craig when they needed her? These days you never know what you'll find in the news. If is isn't about politics, or news of mass destruction, it's about health, or why Americans are so fat. But what about animals? Do animals that live on American territory also abide the fat characteristics? See for yourself. If there is such a thing as a fat American elephant. Than there is such a thing as an American elephant diet. ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - Anchorage zookeepers are installing a 16,000-pound (7.3-ton) treadmill to keep an isolated elephant from getting fat during the long, cold Alaskan winters. The 20-foot (6-meter) long treadmill was designed specifically for Maggie, a 23-year-old female African elephant that has become the subject of a national debate over the proper care for captive pachyderms. "It looks just like a big people treadmill," said Patrick Lampi, assistant director of the Alaska Zoo. Because this is the first treadmill ever built for an elephant, zoo officials and an Idaho company studied mining equipment and treadmills used for race horses and racing camels. Zookeepers said Zimbabwe-born Maggie would start using the treadmill in about two months. The zoo is remodeling her indoor and outdoor spaces, making both about twice as large as before and adding a sandy area. In addition, the floor has been heated and the zoo is evaluating ways to make it softer. Critics from Anchorage and around the nation have urged the zoo to send Maggie to an elephant sanctuary in a warmer climate and away from the near-Arctic zoo. Elephants, particularly females, are herd creatures and need company, critics have said. But Maggie's companion, an Asian elephant named Annabelle, died in 1997. Maggie's weight-loss program started more than a year ago, Lampi said, "She was slightly heavy for an elephant." With diet modifications and new exercise inducements, such as hiding food in baskets and other sites that require some work to reach, Maggie has slimmed down a bit and is now believed to weigh a little over 8,000 pounds (3.6 tonnes). Lampi states, "We estimate that she lost maybe 1,000 pounds (454 kg)." *FYI: The hairier human species began shedding body hair as a result of gradual evolutionary climatic temperature changes in the earth's environment. The modern elephant, which is related to wooly mammoth, lived in some of the most coldest regions in the world when they were still in existence. 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