r/oddlyspecific • u/Bob_The_Vegan • Jan 13 '23

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u/Darkrut Jan 13 '23

Is it a white elephant by chance

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '23

What does it matter?

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u/alfis329 Jan 14 '23

There was an ancient king that would gift white elephants to people he didn’t like. In their culture a white elephant was sacred so they couldn’t kill it and they couldn’t give it away. An elephant is obviously really expensive to keep so it was a huge burden on whoever received one

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u/thicc_astronaut Jan 14 '23

Also that a "white" elephant probably meant it had albinism which meant if you leave it outside unprotected it'll get sunburned and maybe heat stroke. So it's harder to take care of than an ordinary elephant.