A jolly post-holiday

As has become tradition, Christmas came a little later for elephants at Germany’s Berlin Zoo. On Jan. 3, zoo employees piled up surplus Christmas trees in the elephant enclosures to make a feast for the animals. Some pachyderms nibbled on the greenery while others grasped branches in their trunks and waved them around. “They don’t just serve as food,” zoo curator Florian Sicks said, “they are also used to keep the animals occupied.” The zoo obtains the Christmas trees from local vendors that were unable to sell their entire inventory.