Dodging trunk and tusks, members of the team would move in to get more ropes around the elephant’s legs. |
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Elephant Capture #8
Posted by Buckles at 7/29/2012 05:39:00 AM
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Dodging trunk and tusks, members of the team would move in to get more ropes around the elephant’s legs. |
Posted by Buckles at 7/29/2012 05:39:00 AM
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This brings to mind a classic Jimmy Reynolds story from the time he was training young elephants in Mexico for Gran Circo Atayde.
One morning he instructed the grooms to fetch the elephants as he awaited in the practice ring.
Suddenly someone ran in yelling, "Senor Reynolds!...Senor Reynolds!...the elephantes they run away!"
He calmly replied, "Let's all check our contracts, I am the tamer and the trainer...Not the trekker and the trapper!"
This would have been an excellent reality TV show these days. It would give Deadliest Catch, the one about the crab fishermen in Alaska, a run for its money.
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