Elephant Squashes 500-Pound Pumpkin At Oregon Zoo

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAs promised: an elephant at the Oregon Zoo this morning met a five hundred pound pumpkin, and the pumpkin did not win.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a fall tradition.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe zoo hands an elephant a giant pumpkin, and the elephant turns it into a very large snack, which is a lovely way to start a weekend.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFive hundred pounds, gone in a few seconds.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat's heavier than most of the furniture in my flat, and she treated it like a dinner roll.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA dinner roll.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd the pumpkin gets a purpose. Most pumpkins sit on a porch for a month and then end up in a bin.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThis one got a standing ovation and a stomp.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLook at the faith we're putting in a pumpkin's final moments. Nobody asked it whether it wanted a stage.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a pumpkin, Dale.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe pumpkin had a good run. It grew for months, it got weighed, and it ended its career in front of a crowd.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMost of us don't get that.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorVera still isn't over the pumpkin spice candle.