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Elephant Car Wash Raises Zoo Cash (Video)

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30 Jul 2009 33 views
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Elephant Car Wash Raises Zoo Cash (Video)
One of the highlight of the Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon is a pay-for-service elephant car wash.

One of the highlights of the Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon is a pay-for-service elephant car wash.

Mom Magazine described it this way:

The boys roared with laughter when, time after time, the elephants dipped their trunks in the water and then squirted it all over our van! Then one of the elepants actually picked up a sponge and scrubbed the car.

And, just like any good car-wash…they followed with a rinse!

Watch a YouTube video below, or watch a BBC video report…

 

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