hucar3z (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

maybe elephants don't afraid of mice, but rather elephants care enough to not step on mice

spiketamara2007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

LOL tiny little mouse vs BIG elephant and the mouse wins lol.

suppressedconfusion (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ithinking it's more that the mouse is white... pretty sure there isn't tons of lab mice where elephants are.

soccom8341576 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It's possible that the elephants are cautious of the mythbusters nearby with their mouse placed right there to scare them.

soccom8341576 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hey I'm afraid of rats too. I had one crap on my hand. Small creatures are capable of a lot of annoyance.

serenity778 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Do elephants afraid of mice? wtf?

cmilla646 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i dont know why ppl are saying it wasnt startled. it didnt freak out, but it definitely avoided the mouse, not just avoid walking on it, but stopped completely(the first time), and walked away. the second time, almost stopped, but walked over like 2 body lengths to avoid it. very interesting. they're so cute :P

SHOWTiiME93 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

elephants r pussy

tquid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

A simple test would be to test it with other small critters that have no hope of harming an elephant. Hedgehog, lizard, gopher, whatever. There seems to be a general happy genetic predisposition in most animals to avoid messing with other critters that aren't doing them any harm. Elephants are highly intelligent, it's not greatly surprising that they would be aware that they can crush other animals easily and avoid it.

RascalCoyote (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

EXACTLY!