Did you know? Rajan- The Ocean-Swimming Elephant Sometime things are so unimaginable that till the time you don’t see them from your eyes, you don’t believe them. Such is the case of Rajan, the elephant. An elephant, swimming, snorkelling! Rajan, the permanent elephant resident of Barefoot at Havelock Resort, knows the water well. At 59 years of age a simple morning or afternoon ritual is a plunge in to the waves along the beach. Using his trunk as a snorkel, he finds his way along the seabed to deeper water, enjoying every moment floating. Unlike a lot of logging elephants at the time, Rajan was born in captivity in mainland India around 1950. Initially trained using very cruel methods to log the islands of the Andamans, he was forced to swim with massive loads. He was trained on the mainland and bought by a Karen Businessman to work in the Timber Industry in the Andaman Islands. He arrived in the Andaman’s in his twenties & worked in Little Andaman, until about 2002. Pehchaan India © Visit us at: pehchaanindia
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 08:00:01 +0000
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