Toronto Zoo’s elephants could be guzzling Gatorade on their way to a hot tub party in Cali

With the Toronto Zoo’s three remaining elephants—the all-female trio of Toka, Iringa and Thika—ready to depart for a warmer locale, the Toronto Star offers a look at what the Detroit Zoo did to move two of its own animals to the PAWS sanctuary in California (to which we say, Detroit? Really?). Apparently, the pair of pachyderms was loaded onto a truck equipped with remote cameras and thermometers that enabled zoo staff to monitor the animals and keep tabs on the temperature. Also, the truck contained a healthy supply of Gatorade—the elephants need to be properly hydrated in time to hit the Jacuzzi, after all. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »

(Images: hot tub, Jeannine Cousin; elephants, Thierry)