{"id":283,"date":"2011-11-03T18:38:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T22:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/heavenlycreatures\/?p=283"},"modified":"2011-11-03T18:38:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T22:38:51","slug":"worlds-smallest-elephant-photo-making-the-rounds-on-facebook-not-the-whole-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/heavenlycreatures\/2011\/11\/worlds-smallest-elephant-photo-making-the-rounds-on-facebook-not-the-whole-story\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;World&#039;s smallest elephant&quot; photo making the rounds on Facebook not the whole story"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/97\/2011\/11\/elephantbaby.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-284  \" src=\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/97\/2011\/11\/elephantbaby-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a>\n<\/p><p>I saw\u00a0this photo on Facebook\u00a0today of a tiny little elephant baby being held in someone\u2019s hands, the caption of which said, \u201cWorlds smallest elephant but he is fighting for his life so pray for him buy liking &amp; sharing this staus . Express your love to him. . .\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s one small elephant. But is it real?<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that the photo is real, but it\u2019s not the world\u2019s smallest elephant. According to the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsnonsense.com\/view.php?id=1422&amp;keywords=Worlds%20Smallest%20Elephant%20Photo\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">ThatsNonsense.com<\/a>, the photo is of a dead elephant fetus. The elephant mother died, and as a result, so did the baby elephant. You can see the <a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/Prendergastjc\/Nov2007UkDubaiAndJoberg#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">original photos in this Picassa album, <\/a>including the photo of the mother elephant.<\/p>\n<p>At birth, an elephant weighs around 200 pounds.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw\u00a0this photo on Facebook\u00a0today of a tiny little elephant baby being held in someone\u2019s hands, the caption of which said, \u201cWorlds smallest elephant but he is fighting for his life so pray for him buy liking &amp; sharing this staus . Express your love to him. . .\u201d That\u2019s one small elephant. 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