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doranakandawatta Grand Master

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These are my two friends in the village: Punchi is the 20 years old male, Manika is the young female (5 years)

They both love palms :)

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Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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Cool to be in the favor of animals that could crush you....but choose not to. Awesome power.

David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Love palms to eat?

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Thanks for sharing! Can you speak to their intelligence/personality? Especially in referrence to dogs--do they show a lot more personality/intelligence than a canine? I know they get a lot more credit(some even give them credit for a rudimentary religion). Great photos!

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Fantastic friends! I love that last photo with you and the elephant posing for the camera. New way to dispose of cut palm fronds and change them into fertilizer? :lol2:

They are amazing, but watch yourself -- they are a lot bigger than you. :)

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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KIm,

On the first pictures (behind Punchi) you can see such a huge amount of fertilizer we could use for palms, I should arrange a transport to Doranakanda gardens.

You're right , I have to watch myself, Punchi likes to play but I already got a trunk's kiss which was quite a shock.

I know them since 6 years, they are domestic elephants having contracts for either religious processions (Perahera) or jungle work (logs). They are used to public and I have been told they remember me...

Watching close their eyes, Andrew, I feel really they are intelligent and expressive, I know they understand their mahout and many words, but I have to learn more.

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Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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Philippe,

Elephants are amazing animals and I really enjoyed your photos. Must be pretty special to have such a close relationship with them! :) And talking about close relationships, can't resist posting these two photos showing Kim having a positively wet experience in the East Rapti River, near Chitwan National Park in Nepal. :laugh2:

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Haha, that was a sudden, impulsive choice and I don't regret it one bit. Though I did shower very thoroughly afterward. :sick::mrlooney: The elephants were having just as much fun as I was.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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