My Elephant is looking quite raggedy and threadbare at the moment..I should have never bought an Elephant off a gypsy in the pub that one time...but he's mine now so I have got to make the best of it.
I am thinking it would be a nice treat for him (His name is Wilberforce) if I make him a squirrel coat, let him fantasise a bit more about climbing trees and he is wont to do...
How many squirrels will I need? 10 points to whomsoever shows me their workings out of how to get to that number
2006-09-13 22:49:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Depends on the size of the squirrels and the elephant. Did you drink one more cup of coffee yesterday and go all Rambo on the little tree rats?
If it is one of those little ceramic elephants the rrom sell, one pelt should do it.
2006-09-13 22:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you have an Asian elephant (which would fit better into a pub and is tusk less) here is how I calculate you are going to need approximately 300 pelts.
Each pelt assuming perfect condition, stretched properly, no trap or shot damage will be maybe a foot worth of pelt.
An Asian elephant is about 13' tall and 9' long in the sides so 13 x9=104 x2=208 (this does include the legs.)
head sides, top and bottom
3'x3'(sides) plus top and under jaw (3)(3)=24 more pelts
Nose
3' long - 10 pelts should do bearing in mind the nose is wider at the top
So! This all adds up to 242. You are gonna cover the tail with all 242 tails from the pelts.
What do you need 300 for? just to cover general screw ups that occur with projects like this and to make sure the tail is extra good and bushy, since if the suit part goes awry, he'll probably be just as happy with the tail portion of th suit
alone.
2006-09-13 23:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by turtle girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I do hope you're talking about grey squirrels here. They're more obnoxious, they're slightly bigger than the reds, and I don't fancy a red coat on an elephant. As a squirrel weigs roughly 1.5 pounds and an elephant weighs some 13.500 pounds, you'll need about 9000 squirrels I think. I'm leaving their tails out of the equation, they're too fluffy and hot to make an elephant jacket anyway. Of course I could calculate more precisely, based on skin surface and volume rather than weight, but my basic calculation is quite close you'll find. Unless squirrel skin is stretchy material, I wouldn't know.
2006-09-13 23:20:55 · answer #3 · answered by McAtterie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is very funny...
I don't believe in fur coats so I will have to tell you off for this Ichi!
Do not cover your elephant unless you are wanting to make a Mammoth, and I think that it is against the law to make extinct creatures out of existing one...so don't do it....
LOL
Love
Perfected..x
2006-09-14 02:01:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
id just find him a nice fur coat It would save u the trouble of shooting squirrels and pelting them.....besides I dont do math and the easiest way out is usually the best way to go
2006-09-14 01:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by trxr4kdz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1elephant=lots of squirrels
2006-09-13 22:52:56 · answer #6 · answered by Be nice, or at least funny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋