Le sigh! My heart swells just looking at those
photos. Honestly, what can be more heart-warming than sharing bananas with your elephant-best-buddy while strolling through the water? Nazroo, the 58 years old gentleman and Rajan, the 60 years old elephant both live at
Radha Nagar Beach in
Havelock,
Andaman Islands. They've been best friends for decades. Rajan is one of the few swimming elephants out there who used to work for logging companies on the
Andaman Islands. Since logging was banned a few years ago, Nazroo fought with the authorities to keep his friend from being sent back to
India. At last with the help of locals and a few companies he succeeded and nowadays they spend their time eating bananas, swimming and chilling. And if you're lucky enough to stumble upon him on the beach, he might even take you for a little strool as well:)
Interesting fact: The relationship between the mahout and his elephant usually lasts for their entire lives, creating an extremely strong tie between the animal and the human being. Amazing! Darlings, isn’t that lovely?
P.S: A few years ago I fed apples to an elephant in our local zoo. It was super fun! xo
20 comments:
Awwww I wish I could be best friends with an elephant! Elephants are my favorite animal! They are so sweet and smart :) Happy Monday to you!
Oh my gosh...so so sweet. Love these images!
Just great! :) Have a nice day!
Crazy! Such a beautiful relationship.
That is so amazing!
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Awwwwww, that's so sweet!
OMG!! These are amazing, Diana! It's amazing to see the relationship between animals and humans, isn't it?
Wow, those are amazing pictures and what fun that you got to feed an elephant...that would be too cool!
Liesl :)
wow. these are so amazing!
Awe this is so, so sweet!
Jess, I love elephants as well. They are such a gentle giants, aren't they?
Totally, Melissa. It melts my heart each time I look at those photos:)
Liesl, it was pretty awesome and the elephant was totally gentle and sweet.
These are fabulous - what an amazing story.
What a lovely story! ox
Elephants are amazing creatures, with strong relationships bonds to humans and other elephants. Beautiful pictures. Has anyone seen or read the movie/book Water for Elephants??
i would love to be a mahout! i once volunteered at the zoo and worked with the elephants, and fell in love with them ever since! i want to go work in a zoo again someday!
xx
chui
http://elephantislove.blogspot.com
oh my goodness!! how cute is this?! i love when humans and animals are BFFs!
Patricia, I read the book. It was amazing and I would totally recommend it.
Oh my goodness, Chui, that is so awesome! Working with elephants had to be a wonderful experience.
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