A black elephant and an Egyptian obelisk

Fontana dell’Elefante, Piazza del Duomo, Catania, Sicily, September 2021

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sustainabilitea says:

October 21, 2021 at 01:06

That’s quite a load to be carrying around even for an elephant! 🙂 I think it would be pretty easy to overbalance.

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- Debbie Smyth says:
  
  October 21, 2021 at 10:35
  
  Indeed. Rather a strange combination.
  
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Sue says:

October 20, 2021 at 20:17

Ah, I don’t think I got a photo when I was there!

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- Debbie Smyth says:
  
  October 20, 2021 at 21:21
  
  I compensated 🙂
  
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  - Sue says:
    
    October 21, 2021 at 13:36
    
    😊😊😊
    
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BeckyB says:

October 20, 2021 at 07:11

Intriguing . . .

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- Debbie Smyth says:
  
  October 20, 2021 at 07:19
  
  There’s quite a story behind him, I think. Probably dating back to Roman times with an older story of magic and predictions of Etna eruptions.
  
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  - BeckyB says:
    
    October 20, 2021 at 07:21
    
    ooh sounds like a great tale
    
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  - Sue says:
    
    October 20, 2021 at 20:18
    
    That sounds like the story I heard….
    
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margaret21 says:

October 20, 2021 at 07:07

Gosh. A Dumbo doppelgänger. Lovely!

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- Debbie Smyth says:
  
  October 20, 2021 at 07:21
  
  not a common sight, is it. And it was really useful for setting me off in ether right direction on my wanderings – follow that trunk!
  
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  - margaret21 says:
    
    October 20, 2021 at 07:32
    
    😉
    
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