On the off chance you read that George Orwell elephant-killing essay I linked to the other day, you might remember that he had to shoot the elephant because it had "gone must." I didn't think much about this, assuming it was just some sort of elephant crazies.
Well, kinda. In a strange coincidence, the Mental Floss blogs today posted a piece from their archives about "musth," which is like a male elephant PMS that only comes up once a year.
So there you go. The Floss again lives up to its goal of filling our heads with random but occasionally useful information.
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Aw, story made me sad. I have trouble with fiction that kills off animals.
I had for some reason heard of the testosterone-surge elephants, though I don't know why and I didn't know the name.
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