APhoto Of The Day — 4/13/09

Bob Lee, senior elephant keeper at the Portland Zoo, brings Samudra in with trunk in hand as they approach the weighing scales. Mom, who has a tight bond with Samudra follows close behind. The keepers weigh Samudra every day and expect him to hit the 1000 pound mark in about a week. This day he weighed only about 960. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Benjamin Brink - The Oregonian)

Top Cutlines:

• 1. Poor Samudra, he never got over the humiliating memory of the weigh-ins. If only he had noticed the guy had his foot on the scale — Cabbage Boy.
• 2. LCDC trots out the last elephant in CDAs closet, taking over McEuen Field — Red Man.
• 3. Bob explains that the elephants lost thier tusks recently while in the South, noting that in Alabama the Tuscaloosa — JohnA.
• HM: Escapee