In elephant families the females are the boss Choosing a matriarch they are not at a loss The older and experienced one leads the herd Walking in a straight line no one gets deterred The journey is a constant search for food and water Amazingly that task is left for moms and daughters Young ones hold on to the tails of mothers for protection All the adults for there young have such great affection When family or friends meet, they have such joyful greetings Spinning around, flapping ears, touching trunks, then repeating Surprisingly they love to swim, role around in the water at play To quench there thirst they will drink up to fifty gallons a day All the elephants will circle around one that is hurt or weak Even though they are very large, their disposition is meek No other animal shares this kind of caring family interaction That is why we find the elephant such a wondrous attraction Author Eileen Clark 2022
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Hear, hear.
Love elephants.
We are very lucky to have a huge elephant park just down the road.
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Really, oh how nice for, next time your there say hello to them for me. 🙂
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Sounds like it would be good to be an elephant
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Hi, most are treated good, sad to say, some are not
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