Tunde Odesola
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Eripa is a sleepy town in Osun State with indigenes wide awake to the nuances of good-naturedness and diplomacy. The town’s name asks a question, meaning: “Did you succeed in killing it?” Killing what? Hold on, please. The myth of Eripa’s evolution is steeped in the communal self-preservation battle waged by the rocky town against a ghastly elephant that tormented the populace several years ago. This particular rogue elephant periodically escaped from the pit of hell, swooping on the town, destroying mortals and materials.
Scientifically, nothing best illustrates the brainpower of the average elephant than its 5kg brain size in comparison to the whale’s 2.5kg brain size despite the largest whales being 20 times the size of an elephant. In truth, the tongue of the blue whale is the size of an elephant! In acknowledgement of the…
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