Elephant's rope romp in the surf is 100 seconds of pure awesome

This young elephant is all grown up now, and he'll probably never have as much fun as he did in this 2008 video that's received new life on the Internet. Having made his way into the surf on the beaches of Thailand, the youngster comes across a scraggly length of rope and proceeds to do what any kid would: turn it into a toy 12 different ways. So what if no one told him that elephants can't jump, much less jump rope? No matter. He's going to get all there is to get out of this chance encounter, even if he has to sit down and take a breather once in a while.

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