I should probably give credit where credit is due. The jokes appear in “The Giant Book of Cool Stuff.”

(1) Q: What’s the difference between an elephant and a flea?
A: An elephant can have fleas but a flea can’t have elephants.

(2) Q: What steps would you take if a bull chased you?
A: Big ones.

(3) Q: Why do giraffes have long necks?
A: Because their feet stink!

(4) Q: Why did they cross a homing pigeon with a parrot?
A: So if it got lost it could ask for directions.

(5) Q: Why do gorillas have big nostrils?
A: Because they have big fingers.

(6) Q: When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
A: When you’re a mouse.

(7) Q: Ten cats were on a boat, one jumped off, how many were left?
A: None, they were all copycats.