Associated Press report:

The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers' crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time a mobile phone card inserted in his collar sent rangers a text message. Lesowapir, an armed guard and a driver arrived in a jeep bristling with spotlights to frighten ( Read more... )

Tipped off by Making Light, I found my sense of wonder tickled by pictures of the Small Giantess of Nantes and the Sultan's Metal Elephant. Would be wonderful to have them visit my city.

Jean-Luc Courcoult says:

“In the year 1900, Professor SAHIB started work on the phenomenal construction of an elephant to be used as a time machine. ( His project... )