Apparently they can.
In a random double blind study, Elephants who were burned with cigarettes leapt over 20 metres.
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dawn_syndrome dawn_syndrome,
Fri 2 May 2003, 13:35,
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noooo
that's really nasty. Poor things.
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pep,
Fri 2 May 2003, 13:38,
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