To be close to an elephant, originally uploaded by Thorsten Becker.
Oh, to be close to an elephant, that creature grand and elegant, that wrinkled skin craggy and gray with a big heart beating like a drum, next to it I’d feel no ill nor glum. I want to be close to eyes searching man’s intent, eyes that see how often we’re bent on imposing our will and truss all the things surrounding us. I want to be close to mighty feet that do not trample for idle pleasure, I want to be close to such a measure, a treasure of true dignity. How can it be that such being here we see that posses’ so mighty a power yet is not inclined to mindlessly devour all that is in its path? It does not “throw around its weight”, does not easily fall into a provoked state. To such a creature I want to be near for there is no fear that it would ever crush the things I hold dear.
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Elephants are fascinating animals. They have a really interesting vibe about them.
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Thank you Selina and Flassie for your comments. I always held a certain fondness for elephants, I’ve watched many documentations about them and was always quite excited to visit them in the zoo. The one pictured is a female Indian elephant in the Hannover Zoo (Germany) who lives in a rather large enclosure (styled like an Indian palace). She was very curious and despite the wide moat managed to stretch her trunk all the way over so that all of us watching her could touch her. Admittedly the keepers weren’t too happy about it but that didn’t deter the elephant.
My mom collected Elephants.
I was watching the Jungle on PBS
and seen how the elephants stayed
in communication with each other.
It was very interesting.
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