Animals have to be neighborly too

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The photo caption possibilities here seem endless. But in truth, what we have here are Orpington chickens picking corn under the surveillance of African elephants at the zoo in Duisburg in western Germany. The hens and a rooster of the breed, normally used for the production of meat and eggs, recently moved into their new home behind the elephant’s enclosure.

--Francisco Vara-Orta