By this time Ana was DYING to get on an elephant--so I was very thankful that the elephant show was so interesting AND let you get up close and personal. The elephants were very calm and LOVED the bananas we were scammed into buying. All the elephants in the show were six and under--one as young as eighteen months.
They did such things as raising a flag, head stands, kicking a soccer ball (wouldn't want to be in the way of that ball), and bowling.
I had seen elephant painting before that resembled splotches on the page, but I was amazed with this elephant. He had amazing fine motor skills--not even sure Ana would have done as well as he did. You could tell he was thinking too. He really placed the brush where he wanted it and was able to retrace the trunk of the tree repeatedly. The end result? A tree that truly resembled the one behind him. I'm sure this took a lot of training, but he really seemed to enjoy it AND was quite proud of himself when he was done--you should have seen his bow and elephant smile!
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