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Elks are very inclusive. “He’s just a DEI hire” scream the other woodlands animals. “No he’s one of us” said the wise head Elk.

If you read the article, the head Elk is literally the donkey lol. Apparently they suspected he became leader after killing a mountain lion.

meritocratic elk hierarchy ftw

Meritocratic, as in «body count»-based? 😬

elk follow whoevers most badass

Typical donkey behavior. They're fucking brutal. Also way smarter than people suspect.

Literally a badass

If that turns out to be true, I’ll be amazed.

Post the link to the article with this info. None of the ones I read knew much at all.

That’s rude. Manners wouldn’t kill.

Here. This is the original article -- I can see how once the mainstream press picked up the story it get swamped...! www.insideedition.com/beloved-runa...

Runaway Donkey Spotted With Herd of Elk 5 Years After Going Missingwww.insideedition.com “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh there is a donkey in with [the elk]. This is the weirdest thing,’” Max Finnel, who was hunting in Auburn, California, tells Inside Edition.

Thank you for posting. Loved thos lighthearted story.

After seeing your post I’ve read everything about him. He was caught during a round up and adopted by farmers, I think he just wanted to be free again. It’s amazing they adopted him since I can imagine the body languages of donkeys and elks are quite different.

I wonder how much of that is ingrained, though. Equines are good at learning new behaviors, and in the wild will teach their young stuff like "eat this poison plant if you need to throw up something worse".

Yeah I also can imagine that the group benefits from some of the donkeys’ behaviors when it comes to flight instincts and safety. Would love a documentary on how this developed but unfortunately after 5 years it’s too late for that

lif i had to guess, id say its probly the fight side of the adrenaline equation that helped, donkeys love kickin predators hard as all get out

Actually equines are not able to throw up so they have to learn not to ingest poisonous plants in the first place

Oh, yes, thank you! A lot of my memories got fuzzed up enough to become "approximate knowledge of many things". Wild horse packs learn stuff like not to eat oleander from their mothers, domesticated ones have to be kept away from it by their humans.

But they also can learn things that are good to eat to settle their stomachs. And I conflated those two related things into one thing.

Yes they absolutely do. As herbivores they have a good sense of how certain plants make them feel

Actually it's pretty rare that horses poison themselves with poisonous plants, even domesticated ones. It's much more likely they get poisoned from for example rotten apples or carrots. And it can happen when poisonous plants are in their hay because many plants lose their taste but not their poison

That last bit is fascinating. It would make for a good twist clue in a mystery where somebody (for instance) poisoned a race horse in a way that could look accidental

More appropriate would be cats eating grass to throw up. Since horses can't vomit. Now, that's got me thinking - about giraffes.

Lol I just googled it and they do it like cows, they have several compartments of stomach and throw up food to chew it again and digest it better

They're both herd animals and the main source of conflict among elk, competing for females, would not be an issue. Additionally donkeys can be pretty aggressive toward predators so he'd provide some defense for the herd

www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-n... Let’s remember this Polish cow who decided to live with European bison.

"Day 1805: Still blending in flawlessly, my bugle is now perfected. Ate a lot of leaves. Got to spend time next to Janice again, I *swear* she's into me."

i bet the elk love dat ass for keepin the wolves n coyotes off a the fawns

There’s a steer in the elk herd at the wildlife refuge near Reedsport, OR.

Donkeys are sentinels and fierce protectors. Ask anyone with sheep, goats, cattle that have wild predators in the area. Those hooves can kill.

What donkey? All I see is an honorary elk.

Pixar execs, seeing this story: Let's make them all middle managers

Can you imagine going elk hunting and accidentally shooting a fuckin donkey? Not even discussing the ethics just imagine the confusion of suddenly having shot a small horse

"I'll tell you Shrek, it's great! I get to run around with others like me, and make waffles for breakfast!"

This is Dune, isn't it.

He was looking for the mule deer but settled for elk instead

me hanging out with the other girls

this has to be the donkey equivalent of running away to live with the elves

Like when I moved away to University (the first time).

@pajam.bsky.social lass mal machen oder?

Mit Elchen leben?

Ja

Sofort dabei

How do the Elk like it?

I think Elk have no problem dealing with things they don't like

Elk donkey hybrid in near future

It's how asses sneak into our populations and then seize power.

Are elk Republicans?