Once upon a time, best beloved, there was a bloke who wrote exceedingly good stories. Any well brought up young gentleman or lady will have read the Just So Stories, which were published about a century ago, and include the story of how the elephant got its trunk. I was looking for a copy of the illustration from the original book (because my copy originally belonged to my grandmother, and was bought about the time of WW1, andis therefore a little faded and tatty. Much to my horror I found a copy on a Creationist website, from whence I stole it. However, I digress.According to Kipling (and I see no reason to disbelieve him) the elephant's trunk first came about as a result of a piece of elephant/crocodile interaction on the banks of the greasy green Limpopo river. BBC Africa news showes a true-life event in which science and art mirror each other remarkably closely.
And if art and science are windows upon the world, this blog is the confessions of the windowcleaner...
The BBC photo-story (courtesy of Richard Freeman, pictured Kippling below)
For those who have had a deprived childhood, herewith `The Elephant's Child`.
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