Elephant jokes. Why do elephants paint their toenails red? To hide in cherry trees. Have you ever seen an elephant in a cherry tree? Thats because it had its toenails painted. Why should you never walk through the forrest between the hours of 5pm and 7pm? That's when elephants tend to jump out of cherry trees. Why are midgets so short? They tend to walk through the forrest between the hours of 5pm and 7pm Why do ducks have flat feet? To stamp out forrest fires. Why do elephants have flat feet? To stamp out burning ducks.