One last "elephant" video for you to enjoy! This 8 year old is in training, was brought to the tea garden for us to see, and is enjoying his breakfast of banana leaves, banana tree stem, papaya (watch how he splits it open, slices it in pieces and then throws it away because he doesn't like it), and another fruit he couldn't get to split (so he throws it away too). Even baby elephants can be picky eaters! If you want to watch this in "high quality" mode, click on the You Tube Icon (on the video it will be either in the upper or lower corner). Then when it takes you to the video on You Tube look right below the volume icon directly below the video. Under that is the "view in high quality" option - click on that. Enjoy! :)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Lone Ranger
As promised, we are posting this video of a wild elephant crossing the road in Jaldapara, West Bengal, India. I spotted it coming through the forest as we were driving back to the tea garden. The driver quickly backed the vehicle up so we could capture it on video. David took a risk by getting out of the Bolero and walking back towards it. A few days earlier on this same road an elephant crushed a car to bits in anger (thankfully the passengers had all fled and no one was hurt). This male is a "loner" because he was kicked out of his family for bad behavior. It's fun to tell the story now, but I admit that I was scared at the time! Enjoy! :)
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