A 10,000 Pound Elephant Can Be Restrained by a Puny Rope.
(Pssst, Your Development Team Can Be Too.) Elephants can easily
grow in excess of 5 tons each, tearing through trees, brush, and
even houses if they get in their way. These lumbering giants are
roamers by nature, and typically care very little about what
obstacles are in their way, as most obstacles they find in their
environment are no match for their own gigantic size. Keeping an
animal like this in captivity can be quite a challenge. Perhaps
a zoo that has the proper facilities and staff can keep these
gentle giants confined, but when an elephant is born to a poor
farmer on the plains of Africa, the challenge would seem to be
much greater to do the same. But in reality, it is actually
quite easy. When an elephant is born in captivity in Africa (and
I am using the word ‘captivity’ very loosely here, as there are
no pens, no cages, and no fences on the majority of these
properties), the owner of the newborn elephant ties the animal
to a tree or post w