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Elephants smash giant pumpkins in Oregon Zoo’s 'Squishing of the Squash'

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PORTLAND, Ore. - A herd of elephants got to smash massive pumpkins this week at the Oregon Zoo, a fall activity held each year to usher in Halloween.

The Oregon Zoo’s 23rd annual "Squishing of the Squash" event was held Thursday in which some of the world’s largest land animals pulverized the area’s largest pumpkins.

The zoo said physical distancing and restrictions on large gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic meant the event couldn’t be held in public this year, but that didn’t stop the giant animals from having some fun.

Video shared by the zoo shows its Asian elephant family stomping and chomping on the pumpkins before the zoo opened. "Everything looks a little different for us this year, but the elephants didn’t seem to mind,".

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