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Maggie Cummings
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My dream for a long time was to be close enough to an elephant to ride it and to look into it's eyes close and to touch it and feel it's trunk. I wanted it to smell me and relate to me somehow. I wanted to get to know an elephant. So here they are...2 big full grown elephants and this is their greeting. They obviously were welcoming us and wanted to commune with us...
Look at them reaching out to touch us...
They were so wild yet so tame. Being that close to them was a thrill for me. They smelled like Sulcata and they felt so wild. I can't put into words how I felt standing there next to them. All the sudden I wasn't as sick anymore and here it is, it actually happened...an elephant was smelling my face and sniffing me all over. There is just one problem...I always thought an elephants truck was dry, but it's not, it's full of green and yellow snot so here am I getting elephant snot all over my face...
Awesome, what a feeling! It was every thing I wanted and more (the snot), hahaha. I actually didn't want the snot, but that part was alright with me. An elephants skin is more like leather then you can imagine, tough and rough with tiny wires growing out all over...it was too cool for words!!!
I couldn't hear all the commands, but this was probably "Trunks up"...
She wanted my camera...
This was another command I couldn't hear, but they both opened their ears and held them that way for a bit...
When I looked into the Rhino's eyes there wasn't much there, but an elephant is very intelligent and you can see that and feel how they are. I looked into the eyes of one and she looked back at me. She looked into my eyes and she held really still while we got to know each other. It was a glorious experience. Seeing all the other animals was a thrill but meeting the elephants was the experience of a lifetime. I feel such gratitude to Tom for giving me this experience. It's something not everyone gets to have. So, thank you so much Tom, even sick I enjoyed the hell out of it. I appreciate you taking so much time out of your day to do that for me, you will never know how much I loved it all and how much meeting the elephants meant to me. I am extremely grateful to you.
Look at them reaching out to touch us...
They were so wild yet so tame. Being that close to them was a thrill for me. They smelled like Sulcata and they felt so wild. I can't put into words how I felt standing there next to them. All the sudden I wasn't as sick anymore and here it is, it actually happened...an elephant was smelling my face and sniffing me all over. There is just one problem...I always thought an elephants truck was dry, but it's not, it's full of green and yellow snot so here am I getting elephant snot all over my face...
Awesome, what a feeling! It was every thing I wanted and more (the snot), hahaha. I actually didn't want the snot, but that part was alright with me. An elephants skin is more like leather then you can imagine, tough and rough with tiny wires growing out all over...it was too cool for words!!!
I couldn't hear all the commands, but this was probably "Trunks up"...
She wanted my camera...
This was another command I couldn't hear, but they both opened their ears and held them that way for a bit...
When I looked into the Rhino's eyes there wasn't much there, but an elephant is very intelligent and you can see that and feel how they are. I looked into the eyes of one and she looked back at me. She looked into my eyes and she held really still while we got to know each other. It was a glorious experience. Seeing all the other animals was a thrill but meeting the elephants was the experience of a lifetime. I feel such gratitude to Tom for giving me this experience. It's something not everyone gets to have. So, thank you so much Tom, even sick I enjoyed the hell out of it. I appreciate you taking so much time out of your day to do that for me, you will never know how much I loved it all and how much meeting the elephants meant to me. I am extremely grateful to you.