[He nods agreement, then points along the way.] The fence post by the garage wall is set wide. That's another place we'll want to fill in.
[He contemplates the dog house.] That's too close to the fence, too: an actual full sized elephant can't rappel up walls using its trunk as an anchor, but the little fellas can: they're not so heavy in proportion to the strength of the trunk. All he has to do is find a way up to the roof, grab the upper cross bar of the fence, and pull himself up. I've even seen the little mimmoths use their tusks as pitons...
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Date: 2012-02-13 11:00 pm (UTC)[He contemplates the dog house.] That's too close to the fence, too: an actual full sized elephant can't rappel up walls using its trunk as an anchor, but the little fellas can: they're not so heavy in proportion to the strength of the trunk. All he has to do is find a way up to the roof, grab the upper cross bar of the fence, and pull himself up. I've even seen the little mimmoths use their tusks as pitons...