06-20-2007, 03:51 AM
One thing I find amusing about the subject of riding elephants - when my sisters and I were very young our parents took us to a Zoo or some such place that offered elephant rides. I remember being surprised to see the elephant had some bristly hairs on top of its head, but that is about it.
I find it amusing that while I have never sat on a horse in my life, I can say that I have ridden an elephant. :lol:
That was a long time ago though - I reckon nowadays the closest I will probably get is permission to stand in front of and a safe distance away from an elephant at a zoo. Not so sure the zoo people would be too keen on the idea - marching nearly 40 elephants from Spain to Italy and losing a few at a time to river crossings, mountain crossings, battles, etc until there was only one left does not exactly bespeak animal conservation. :?
I find it amusing that while I have never sat on a horse in my life, I can say that I have ridden an elephant. :lol:
That was a long time ago though - I reckon nowadays the closest I will probably get is permission to stand in front of and a safe distance away from an elephant at a zoo. Not so sure the zoo people would be too keen on the idea - marching nearly 40 elephants from Spain to Italy and losing a few at a time to river crossings, mountain crossings, battles, etc until there was only one left does not exactly bespeak animal conservation. :?
Dan Zeidler
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