Braingle: 'The Elephant's Tree' Brain Teaser

The Elephant's Tree

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Puzzle ID:	#40350
Fun:	(2.74)
Difficulty:	(1.48)
Category:	Trick
Submitted By:	pikamudkip

On one side of a river, there is an elephant. On the other side, there is a peanut tree. The elephant really wants the peanuts, but he is too heavy for a boat, can't swim, there is no bridge, his trunk isn't long enough to reach, the river is too wide to jump across, too deep to walk across and the ends are miles away. How does the elephant get to the peanut tree?

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kratsg Feb 05, 2008	You just said the elephant wants the peanuts, which means it doesn't have to be a tree, but a peanut stand of sorts o_o If you changed the wording around a little bit such that the elephant never recognizes the peanut tree, but you tell US about it, then it's a pretty darn good riddle.
tinaG Feb 05, 2008	kind of a waste of time, not clever
al111 Feb 05, 2008	hmm i don't think it's very clever and it said how does he get to the peanut tree you clearly state theres such ting as a peanut tree
al111 Feb 05, 2008	hmm i don't think it's very clever and it said how does he get to the peanut tree you clearly state theres such ting as a peanut tree
unklemyke Feb 05, 2008	I have to agree - in the set-up you tell us "On the other side, there is a peanut tree." Therefore, making the answer, "There is no such thing as a peanut tree," is a cheat, not a trick. Your set-up tells us to disregard our knowledge that peanuts grow on vines, underground. In this elephant's universe, peanut's DO grow on trees. Sorry, but this one doesn't make it. Better luck next time
lizzard Feb 05, 2008	i got the answer but it was stupid sry try another one
Majher Feb 05, 2008	Don't listen to them, i liked it, who cares if you said he wanted to get to the peanut tree, there better judgement should have helped them sovle this riddle. goo job!
Majher Feb 05, 2008	good*
tpg76 Feb 06, 2008	I think you had it right the first time, Majher - it was a "goo job". A bit sticky and not fun to be stuck in. No offense intended to the writer, but I don't think the discussion about the "peanut tree" matters either way. It's just not an interesting teaser, regardless - in my opinion, of course. Good day to all.
tommysmo Feb 06, 2008	d'oh!!!! good teaser. we weren't asked to suspend reality. we were given statements to evaluate. i did poorly!
luckylefty Feb 06, 2008	Took me a while to get, but I'm proud to say I did get it
yeymehappy Feb 09, 2008	lol... i actually thought it was funny
Holo Feb 10, 2008	Haha. That one got me stumped. Another answer is:A mouse appeared suddenly next to him and he ran, at the speed of light, across the top of the water.
pikamudkip Feb 11, 2008	I like the mouse ending!
Kelby Feb 11, 2008	How cute!
Pathin09 Feb 15, 2008	nice. Elephant: MOUSE!!!!!!!!!! Mouse:
1smart_okie Feb 20, 2008	I liked it!
AshyPikachu Feb 26, 2008	congrats on teaser, I don't know when I'll be able to post one of my own!
The_Big_Cheese Feb 26, 2008	Easy
xoshortie522 Mar 16, 2008	i like that one...dont listen to the ppl who say that you make it sound like there is such thing as a peanut tree bc that is the whole point...you have to trick them into thinking that there is such thing hence the category trick
dachshund2k3 Mar 17, 2008	But you just said there was a peanut tree! So was the elephant imagining the peanut tree? Was it a mirage? If so, then the elephant was probably in a desert. But there are no rivers in deserts! Ha! I win! lol funny
Lita_Lightheart Mar 18, 2008	I liked it I thought it was VERY clever
soccercow10 Mar 22, 2008	well clever in a way. But if you state something in your teaser, then it must be real. like a talking fruit in a joke, they dont exist but in the joke it does. Sorry just doesnt make sense to me :/
amybookbug Mar 28, 2008	i really liked it. don't worry, the people who say it was cheating are just jealous because they couldn't complete it. i think it was funny.
JZumun Apr 01, 2008	I actually got this one, because I know that peanuts grow underground, I think. At leats, not on trees. Still, good one!
JZumun Apr 01, 2008	I'd rather you reword the last sentence: "Is there a way for the Elephant to reach it?" So the people complaining, won't.
pn_16 Apr 27, 2008	my ans. was "Peanuts don't grow on trees" same thing right???
pn_16 Apr 27, 2008	fun teaser by the way
HarryPutter Jul 15, 2008	Not much of a teaser...
changhill Aug 26, 2008	i think it was a pretty good teaser, better than some of the others i've done... good job
Wa11E Sep 23, 2008	Elephants can swim - in the riddle it can't. No such thing as a peanut tree - but in the riddle there can be Jimmy Carter wld have got it!
Wa11E Sep 23, 2008	NB: they may have looked and smelled like peanuts (acorns possibly)
7mi27 Nov 02, 2008	totally fell for that! Good teaser!
Elios Nov 12, 2008	Forget the nay-sayers who are just sore @ getting it wrong - I love this teaser!
zembobo Jan 09, 2009	Sorry I agree with the majority here about stating that there is a peanut tree. Besides, there are peanut trees so the answer isn't even correct. Check out the web site: http://www.storyhouse.org/rherbst2.html Gene splicing at its finest.
fanatizzare Mar 05, 2009	Har.har. You got me. Right after I read another riddle about a potato tree and said, 'Those riddles are silly.'
Lamont_Cranston Apr 11, 2009	LOL I love it!
gothpunk May 07, 2009	It still doesn't answer the question though..How does the elephant go to the other side of the river???
braingle100 May 26, 2009	I didn't know peanuts grew on trees, whaen the teaser said peanut tree, I thought I learned a new fact!
Jayo Jul 08, 2011	Well done, totally caught me out there haha
Benjiboo Nov 18, 2011
Marple Feb 06, 2013	I didn't like this at all! If you state that there is a peanut tree then it's no good saying they don't exist later. That's like saying that the answer is "There wan't an elephant standing there after all".
spikethru4 Feb 07, 2013	Indeed ^^^