I have decided to take the Tails - Anything in or under the water.
Basically, marine life is the first that I could think of apart from remains of sunken ships, gardens and cemeteries (?) such as this:
The Christ of the abyss
As I browsed through the web, I was amazed by this unusual sight (for me at least)
Rajan is a full-grown male elephant. A 57-year-old tusker Asian elephant, Rajan once worked as a laborer in the Andamans’ logging industry. The story is that he was taught to swim by a female companion, who later succumbed to a cobra bite. After a long mourning period in which he refused to swim, Rajan eventually took the plunge again. When logging was banned in the area, Rajan found a nice retirement arrangement at the resort. (Jewels In the Crown)
Rajan is a full-grown male elephant. A 57-year-old tusker Asian elephant, Rajan once worked as a laborer in the Andamans’ logging industry. The story is that he was taught to swim by a female companion, who later succumbed to a cobra bite. After a long mourning period in which he refused to swim, Rajan eventually took the plunge again. When logging was banned in the area, Rajan found a nice retirement arrangement at the resort. (Jewels In the Crown)
20 comments:
Great shots hat are unusual and very interesting!
Thanks for visiting...
As an elephant freak, I love, love, love these pictures and story!
You don't hear too many happy-ending elephant stories anymore. So thank you. I was braced for the worst when I began reading it. It was, gratefully, a pleasure. The photos are so great.
wow
I have never seen anything like that!
That's really neat! I've never seen anything like it.
My Heads or Tails is up too! :)
I absolutely love those shots of the ellie swimming! I'm an other elephant freak.. :D
My HorT Here!
That's really cool! Thanks for sharing those really neat photos! I'll have to remember this post for the next time my niece comes over. She loves heffalumps (thank Pooh for that). I'm up here.
VERY interesting!!!!!!
I chose "Up in the Sky" this week....
I just love elephants and these photos are just beautiful.
I would love to dive sites of sunken ships and cemetaries....but will never be able to, so I love to see pictures. Great take on the theme, mine is live.
What an awesome post! Loved the photos. This is SO cool!
nice shots... so many fascinating things under water.
Thank y'all for liking my take on the Tails. I, too, went breathless the first time I saw the pix.
See you next time!
That is so cool! I'm glad he got a happier life.
(If he can swim at his size, maybe I could.. lol)
Those are great shots and that is a very fascinating story.
Happy Tuesday
Vixen
http://vixensden.wordpress.com
Fabulous post, loved the picutures
Mine is up
Cariboo Ponderer
oh great photos. mine is here:
http://www.mommymandy.com/2007/12/heads-or-tails.html
I really like the photos on this one. Excellent choice!
<3, Amy in AZ
Wow - truly amazing pics. Whenever I've seen elephants in water, I always assumed they were wading, not swimming. Thanks for thw visit - happy Tuesday!
The elephant photo story and pictures got me! Wow. Thanks for sharing that.
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