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Photos: 4 elephants call former citrus farm home

Photos: 4 elephants call former citrus farm home

At the newly opened National Elephant Center in Fellsmere, Fla., the pachyderms have discovered how to pluck the fruit from the trees with their trunks and pop it into their mouths.

 
  • NEW YORK, NY - JULY 14: People wear hoodies during services honoring Trayvon Martin at Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan on July 14, 2013 in New York City. George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of Martin July 13 and some congregants wore hoodies during the service to honor Martin. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - JULY 14: People sit during services honoring Trayvon Martin at Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan on July 14, 2013 in New York City. George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of Martin July 13 and some congregants wore hoodies during the service to honor Martin. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  • SANFORD, FL - JULY 14: Eighteen-year-old Kenya Moore performs a dance tribute to Trayvon Martin at Allen Chapel AME church in the historic black neighborhood of Goldsboro on July 14, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Seventeen-year-old Martin was shot and killed in February 2012 by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Yesterday Zimmerman, who claimed he shot the teen in self-defense, was found not guilty of murder following a jury trial. Pastor Valarie Houston at Allen Chapel compared Martin to civil rights icons Medgar Evans and Emmitt Till. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  • MIAMI GARDENS, FL - JULY 14: Miami Gardens police officers stand guard outside the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church a day after the verdict to the George Zimmerman murder trail July 14, 2013 in Miami Gardens, Florida. Slain teenager Trayvon Martin and his family were members of this church. A jury found neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman not guilty of shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin after an altercation in February 2012. (Photo by Angel Valentin/Getty Images)
  • NEW YORK, NY - JULY 14: People hug during services at Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan honoring Trayvon Martin on July 14, 2013 in New York City. George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges in the shooting death of Martin July 13 and some congregants wore hoodies during the service to honor Martin. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
  • SANFORD, FL - JULY 14: Parishioners attend Sunday service at Allen Chapel AME church in the historic black neighborhood of Goldsboro on July 14, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. During the service Pastor Valarie Houston compared seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed in February 2012 by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, to civil rights icons Medgar Evans and Emmitt Till. Yesterday Zimmerman, who claimed he shot the teen in self-defense, was found not guilty of murder following a jury trial. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  • People watch a news ticker in Times Square deliver the news that George Zimmerman was found not guilty on Saturday, July 13, 2013 in New York. Jurors have found George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/AP)
  • Erika Rodgers looks up at the Seminole County Courthouse moments before the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial was given, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was cleared of all charges Saturday in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. (AP Photo/Mike Brown)
  • Darrsie Jackson, center, reacts after hearing the verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Zimmerman with her children Linzey Stafford, left, 10, and Shauntina Stafford, 11, at the Seminole County Courthouse, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had been charged with the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, was cleared of all charges in the shooting of Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  • Demonstrators react after hearing the verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Zimmerman at the Seminole County Courthouse, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was cleared of all charges Saturday in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. (AP Photo/Mike Brown)
  • A mother holds and sits with her children after hearing the verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Zimmerman at the Seminole County Courthouse, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was cleared of all charges Saturday in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. (AP Photo/Mike Brown)
  • Demonstrators outside the Seminole County Courthouse react after hearing the verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Zimmerman, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had been charged with the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  • SANFORD, FL - JULY 13: Tanetta Foster is comforted by Erika Rodgers (L) after she breaks into tears in front of the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center after learning George Zimmerman had been found not guilty in the Murder of Trayvon Martin on July 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed 17-year-old Martin after an altercation in February 2012. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  • Kat Crowell (L) of Ocala and Malinda O'Neal of Deltona react to the verdict at Seminole County Court where George Zimmerman was found not guilty on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Sanford, Florida July 13, 2013. A Florida jury on Saturday found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in a case that sparked a national debate on race and guns. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)
  • Syed Shamsuzzaman shouts in anger after hearing a verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Zimmerman at the Seminole County Courthouse, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had been charged with the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  • Tennetta Foster cries after hearing a verdict of not guilty in the trial of George Zimmerman at the Seminole County Courthouse, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had been charged for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
  • SANFORD, FL - JULY 13: Melinda O'Neal (L) breaks into tears and hugs Shedrick Burfect in front of the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center after learning George Zimmerman had been found not guilty in the Murder of Trayvon Martin on July 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed 17-year-old Martin after an altercation in February 2012. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  • Diane Whitaker (R) comforts Carmen Taylor as they react to the verdict outside Seminole County Court where George Zimmerman was found not guilty on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Sanford, Florida July 13, 2013. A Florida jury on Saturday found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in a case that sparked a national debate on race and guns. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)
  • Demonstrators react to the verdict outside Seminole County Court where George Zimmerman was found not guilty on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Sanford, Florida July 13, 2013. A Florida jury on Saturday found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in a case that sparked a national debate on race and guns. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
  • Onlookers react to the verdict outside Seminole County Court where George Zimmerman was found not guilty on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in Sanford, Florida July 13, 2013. A Florida jury on Saturday found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in a case that sparked a national debate on race and guns. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW)
  • SANFORD, FL - JULY 13: Kat Crowe (L) and Melinda O'Neal comfort each other in front of the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center after learning George Zimmerman had been found not guilty in the Murder of Trayvon Martin on July 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot and killed 17-year-old Martin after an altercation in February 2012. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  • SANFORD, FL - JULY 13: Kat Crowe (L) and Melinda O'Neal react in front of the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center after learning George Zimmerman had been found not guilty in the Murder of Trayvon Martin on July 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot and killed 17-year-old Martin after an altercation in February 2012. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
  • SANFORD, FL - JULY 13: Melinda O'Neal (L) breaks into tears and hugs Shedrick Burfect in front of the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center after learning George Zimmerman had been found not guilty in the Murder of Trayvon Martin on July 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, shot and killed 17-year-old Martin after an altercation in February 2012. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
 

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