Sentences with phrase «pachyderm who»

It is set in the Jungle of Nool, a variegated island paradise, where dwells Horton the elephant, a benevolent sort of pachyderm who spends his days cheerfully going about his own business.

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A new study suggests that pachyderms can distinguish threatening groups of people from those who mean them no harm.
Researchers working in Kenya presented the animals with identical red garments worn for five days either by Maasai tribesmen, who slay elephants to prove their strength and daring, or by farmers of the Kamba tribe, who leave the pachyderms in peace.
The findings about elephants might also help to explain why these big - brained pachyderms sometimes outwit humans who are trying to study them.
But that farce — about a couple of POWs who abscond from WWII Italy with a pachyderm — struck just about everyone as mediocre and marked the end of their collaborative relationship.That same year, however, Clement took his directorial bow with the James Bond - style spy spoof Otley, with former «angry young man» Tom Courtenay as its lead.
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