Jumbo Bath Time
Clicked at the Kottoor Kappukadu Elephant Rehabilitation Centre, Thiruvananthapuram district where elephants that require some loving care and a safe place to stay are taken. A great place for tourists who can see elephants being bathed and fed. This particular one was also led to the water by its mahout and his assistant to be bathed.
Elephants are one of the most dangerous animals to encounter in the Indian jungles. When moving about in a jungle anywhere in south India one must be prepared to meet an elephant unexpectedly. It is best if you do not wear white coloured clothes as most wild animals and especially elephants hate the colour white. Elephants in fact are known to uproot white milestones and that is why in areas where elephants are common milestones are painted black with yellow lettering. The most dangerous ones are the lone males as elephant herds are often timid and so disappear at the sight of man. Bull elephants are usually solitary and younger bulls may form small groups. But the most dangerous are the bulls that were driven away from the herd due to various reasons.
Jumbo Bath Time
Clicked at the Kottoor Kappukadu Elephant Rehabilitation Centre, Thiruvananthapuram district where elephants that require some loving care and a safe place to stay are taken. A great place for tourists who can see elephants being bathed and fed. This particular one was also led to the water by its mahout and his assistant to be bathed.
Elephants are one of the most dangerous animals to encounter in the Indian jungles. When moving about in a jungle anywhere in south India one must be prepared to meet an elephant unexpectedly. It is best if you do not wear white coloured clothes as most wild animals and especially elephants hate the colour white. Elephants in fact are known to uproot white milestones and that is why in areas where elephants are common milestones are painted black with yellow lettering. The most dangerous ones are the lone males as elephant herds are often timid and so disappear at the sight of man. Bull elephants are usually solitary and younger bulls may form small groups. But the most dangerous are the bulls that were driven away from the herd due to various reasons.