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Elephant takes the world's first elephant selfie |
An elephant at the West Midlands Safari Park in Worcester,
U.K., has apparently taken the world’s first elephant selfie. Yes, an elephant
took a photo of itself.
How did it happen?
Safari park visitor Scott Brierley kicked off this summer by taking
selfies while driving through the elephant enclosure, according to the U.K. MailOnline. You can see the selfie he
took with the elephant below. Unfortunately, he dropped his iPhone while in the
elephant enclosure and keepers instructed him to remain in his car and keep
moving.
So he left his iPhone behind.
Later, a staff member retrieved the phone and returned it to
Brierley, who got the shock of his life when he looked at his photos. There, a close-up
photo of Latabe, a 22-year-old African elephant, stared back at him.
“The elephant was all over it [the phone],” Brierley
explained to the U.K. MailOnline. “I think he thought it was food…I really
couldn’t believe when the iPhone came back, I pressed the center button to
check it was still working and wow, there it was. Me and my friend were in
shock.”
The elephant actually took two selfies, though only the one
you see here turned out.
“Lots of people have dropped their phones at our park, but
I've never seen anything like this,” Andy Plumb, headkeeper, told MailOnline. “What
a picture. We’re very proud of Latabe.”
So there you go, the world’s first elephant selfie. Or as
the MailOnline called it, an elphie.
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Scott Brierley took a selfie with an elephant, which later took the world's first elephant selfie |
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Haha, aww so cute.
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