Must takes many forms. People often say something nearly took their head
off. I reckon mine came within maybe a milimeter of being smashed to a pulp
by a flying trunk once, when I tried to feed an elephant that had been
separated from the others. There was actually dirt from the trunk in my haor
:-) I will never forget what an elephant in must looks like!

Bjorn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Gerzner" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 16:16
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Baby Elephants


> Bjorn wrote:
> (much snipped)
>
> > Strike, another priceless tale, which struck a particularly soft spot! I
> > faced a very similar dilemma myself, 15 years ago in Bangkok. Elephants
are
> > my favourite animals,
>
> And (at least one of) mine.
>
> When we first went "upcountry" to Badulla, when I would have been
> about eight, with little to no English, in what was then called
> Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, I noticed this full grown elephant in the
> adjacent "garden" securely chained to a couple of trees and generally
> caterwauling and making a nuisance of hisself ... I'll leave further
> descriptive elements severely alone in the interests of not horrifying
> this family membership.
>
> I asked my parents what was going on, and received soothing noises,
> until I realised and said :"oh, he's on must?" Which is the equivalent
> of "on heat" in the doggy world, except there it's reserved for
> females. Not so with elephants.
>
> To their (my parents) shame, they made the very same mistake with dogs
> just shortly after in my life when I realised that they were trying to
> sweep that one under the carpet as well. :-7
>
> The world was a lot more innocent then.
>
> I'm entirely unsure whether that's a good, or bad, thing. I suspect I
> lean towards the innocent.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christian
>