Some elephants in Canada are taking advantage of their cold climate in a way that may surprise you.
Deep in the back woods of Rockton, outside Toronto,a project is underway. Trainers are encouragingpachyderms to get to know snow. It's unlikely this creation will end as a front-lawn snowman, but these elephant-sized snowballs are symbolic of a surprising reality: elephants love snow.
An appreciation for a good-old-fashioned Canadian winter is shared by other animals strolling the property of the African lion safari.
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here are temperature restrictions for each species.Heated buildings provide shelter to all herds during extreme conditions.
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he cheetah is known as the fastest animal on earth,but these cats are a little cautious in the freshly formed snow drifts.Like our domesticated pets, they prefer a well shoveled walkway.nder clear skies, these rolling hills show winter at its best,but off in the wooded brush, there's a hint of spring -- the safari's first mouflon lamb of 2008.
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a sure sign this latest snowfall will soon be nothing more than a memory.
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