Pachyderms beat humans in eating contest

In the fight of pachyderms vs people - the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

Three circus elephants scored a decisive victory over three human competitive eaters at a cross-species eating contest on Friday, chomping down on 505 hot dog buns in six minutes. The humans forced down only 143 buns in the bout at Brooklyn's Coney Island.

Text: AP

Image: George Shea of Major League Eating opens the first-ever Elephants & Humans six-minute hot dog bun eating competition in Coney Island in Brooklyn on July 3. (Photograph copyright AP. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.)

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