18-Month-Old Thai Elephant 'Ming Jung' Plays With A Branch Of An Unused Christmas Tree At The Cologne Zoo
Date: 31-Dec-08
Country: GERMANY
Author: Wolfgang Rattay
Photo: Wolfgang Rattay
Eighteen month-old Thai elephant 'Ming Jung' ('My Boy') plays with a branch of an unused Christmas tree at Cologne zoo December 30, 2008.
The elephants of Cologne zoo are fed with left-over and unused Christmas trees each year - a delicacy for the animals according to the zoo's director.
The elephants eat up to three Christmas trees per day and the trees help them to keep their teeth clean.