Friday, June 27, 2008

Elephant recruited to crush grapes at South Africa Winery

In the South African outback one winery have decided to stretch the boundaries of traditional wine making by employing a new member of staff.

Meet Harry - the world's first elephant grape crusher.



Weighing in at 3.5 tonnes African bull elephant Harry has been specially trained to crush thousands of juicy grapes at the Knysna Elephant Park .

Standing in front of a large metal trough 12 ft tall Harry crushes hundred's of grapes in one fowl thrust with his 2 ft wide feet.

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