Elephants smash pumpkins at the 2016 Squishing of the Squash

The giant pumpkins for this year’s Squishing of the Squash were provided by Pacific Giant Vegetable Growers Club members Larry and Christy Nelson of Albany, Ore.

[@njvabchgrl1384]

Elephants Halloween! 🎃🐘 Too cute! Elephant ❤️

[@annedwyer797]

0:35 I thought the camera was gonna get squashed! But it's always fun to watch elephants smashing pumpkins and then eating them 🐘

[@epicfromepicgames8222]

HAPPY 2017

[@AnimationEddie]

That's so cool!

[@rydstromdecarolis3087]

Why eat it when you can rub your face in it. This is adorable.

[@Kinsella_Finn]

The babies!

[@rebeccaburke9009]

First you can squash it, then you can eat it.❤

[@boataxe4605]

Does Billy Corgan got a royalty for that?

[@rebeccaburke9009]

And play in it. 😊

[@user-xd6ib5nl3l]

😊🐘🐘😍😍

[@ajitraj4932]

lot of dust in this place ,pumpkins mix with black sand , totally sand witch ,

[@MrStarofTruth]

They could not put those on the grass so that they would not eat all that dirt..

[@VfletchS]

Too bad they had to eat them with sand all over them.

[@Felamine]

Elephants actually do eat sand and rocks in the wild, either directly, or from it being stuck to their food like here. It helps with digesting their food, and they also get some of their minerals this way.

[@essexkeify]

Using endangered animals for silly tricks, not so cool to me. Sad perhaps.

[@JDBenavidez]

They're having fun though.

[@essexkeify]

J.D. Benavidez Bet they would have more fun in their natural habitat

[@essexkeify]

J.D. Benavidez Let's put it this way, what would you rather be, kept in bonds against your will or be free to be with family and friends and deal with the risks that come with it? I'd take my freedom any day.

[@JDBenavidez]

Kevin Evans That's kind of silly. Elephants aren't people. Also, I have never been hunted by people or, really, other animals.

[@essexkeify]

J.D. Benavidez why is that silly, elephants are extremely intelligent and emotional animals. It's been proven. They openly mourn the deaths of other elephants, etc. Why should they be held to a lesser standard? The notion they should be is what's silly or more accurately short sighted and cruel.