No, you 港／避難所’t had too much to drink… it really is a pink elephant

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Pink elephants were on parade in a Burmese zoo today and they were 原因（となる）ing やめる a splash.

The mother and baby 明確に loved having a good wallow and tooted with delight when their 管理人 dowsed them with the 靴下／だます. Usually their 肌 is a 赤みを帯びた brown colour but they turn a light pink when wet. They also have fair eyelashes and toenails.

にもかかわらず their unusual 外見, the rare 巨大なs, which are 公式に known as white elephants, are not a 際立った 種類 to grey elephants nor are they albinos.

The animals are treasured in Buddhist countries where their 外見 is said to bring good fortune and can 先触れ（する） political change.

And in Burma, after １０年間s of 軍の 支配する, political change does 徐々に appear to be taking place with the 解放（する） of iconic 対立 leader Aung San Suu Kyi last year and 選挙s 予定 to take place in the 資本／首都 this 週末.

In the pink: A caretaker bathes two rare pink elephants in Burma's capital city Naypyidaw

In the pink: A 管理人 squirts two rare pink elephants with the 靴下／だます as they enjoy a bath in Burma's 資本／首都 city Naypyidaw

Despite their unusual appearance, the rare jumbos, which are officially known as white elephants, are not a distinct species to grey elephants nor are they albinos

Drinks break: にもかかわらず their unusual 外見, the rare 巨大なs, which are 公式に known as white elephants, are not a 際立った 種類 to grey elephants nor are they albinos

Bath time: Kings and leaders in the predominantly Buddhist nation have traditionally treasured white elephants, whose rare appearances are believed to herald good fortune, including power and political change

Bath time: Kings and leaders in the predominantly Buddhist nation have 伝統的に treasured white elephants, whose rare 外見s are believed to 先触れ（する） good fortune, 含むing 力／強力にする and political change

Easy rider: Normally the elephants' skin is a reddish brown colour but they turn a light pinkish colour when wet. They also have fair eyelashes and toenails

平易な rider: 普通は the elephants' 肌 is a 赤みを帯びた brown colour but they turn a light pinkish colour when wet. They also have fair eyelashes and toenails



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