So cute!

I think I now want some popcorn after watching this!

Ohh that is so lovely

wow for an african elephant he sure loves to eat popcorn and i did not realize he loves popcorn but this is a first to me

Renee: Mmm. I hope they added extra butter to the popcorn.

After renee is done with the popcorn Lucas: OH YES!!! LEFTOVERS

That trunk is like a vaccum cleaner

A day in the life of the Toledo elephants. Amidst the fast spread of the ongoing pandemic, the animals are given the best care to survive even in lockdown. Renee, the matriarch of the herd and mother of the little tusker, Lucas, is experienced when it comes to getting popcorn from a tall place. A large cylinder shaped structure with four pipes each containing a piece of spinach and loads of popcorn hovers above Renee who is ready to take a bite. She reaches for it with her trunk and with one good blow into on pipe, one of the spinach pieces as well as a mother-load of popcorn suddenly rains down on her. She instantly uses her trunk to sweep them across the floor like a mop and put it into a large pile before she sucks it all up in her trunk and blows it into her mouth. She repeats this process until she finishes it all. However, a large number of popcorn and even a slice of spinach is left behind but nothing goes to waste as Lucas can come in to finish off her scraps and even blow the remaining popcorn from the pipes.

Renee is such a beauty!!💖🐘🐘🐘

How wonderful to see! She's GREAT!

Elephants eat popcorn 🍿? 😮

Cool ! Thanks for sharing. Love it.

@ToledoZooAndAquarium

9 жыл бұрын

No problem :) We love Renee too!

I didn’t realize elephants ate popcorn. But she really loves it

Forget peanuts, give them popcorn.

I love elephants I might never go to Toledo but thx for giving a taste of what happens at your zoo!

Great, fun video! Strange that it has so few views, but then again it's nice to see trolls haven't latched onto it yet, either. Keep up the good work, ya'll!

Renee is the only african elephant who loves popcorn

Popcrons galore

they are SO smart!💕😁 I love them. If this wasn't cute I'd pay for it!

Did you train her to do this or did she learn it on her own? Love to see interesting enrichment ideas for captive animals.

I like it

Bulwagi: i wish i would do that just like renee

Is there lions at this zoo? Me and my family are thinking about coming here sometime this summer

Subhanallah ,sungguh jenius binatang gajah ini,

Is this healthy for elephants and safe?

@ToledoZooAndAquarium

9 жыл бұрын

scanuso1 In the elephant barn we often pop plain air popped popcorn to be used in some of our enrichment inventions such as the one shown in this video. Popcorn is in no way the main part of their diet and is given in very limited quantities :)

@scanuso1

9 жыл бұрын

Ok Thank You! :)