I don’t know what you’d expect, but after seeing these pictures, it’s obviously true that elephants get their “nails done”, too.

Boy, a 39 year-old Asian elephant getting a pedicure

Boy, a 39 year-old Asian elephant getting a pedicure

Meet Boy, a 39 year-old Asian elephant at the Kiev Zoo that recently underwent complex pedicure. A delegation of German veterinarians coming from the Munich Zoo took their tools out, sedated the big champ and started their cosmetic work.

What we wonder if Boy is going to get more dates after all the hassle. He definitely has what it takes … Right?

Boy, a 39 year-old Asian elephant getting his nails done

Boy, a 39 year-old Asian elephant getting his nails done

(Photos by Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) [via drugoi]

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