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These elephants love getting sprayed by fire hoses at Oakland Zoo

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Sunday, August 6, 2017
VIDEO: These elephants love being sprayed with fire hoses

OAKLAND, California -- How does an elephant at the Oakland Zoo beat the heat? With a little help from the fire department.

Oakland firefighters sprayed them with water, shooting out 125 gallons a minute with their fire hoses.

Did the elephants like it? You bet they did!

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