Dear Gunnar,

This may apply to African elephants but does this include Indian elephants, too?
It is highly unlikely that the ancient elephant trainers and mahouts of India could not distinguish the elephant herd
leader.

Sukhi

Piya

Gunnar Gällmo wrote:

> --- John Kelly <palistudent@...> skrev:
> >
> > And an elephant
> > king, named Parileyyaka, left the elephant herd and
> > entered this forest.
>
> It's lucky we aren't fundamentalists - according to
> modern biology, an elephant herd is always led by the
> oldest female; so there is no hatthiraajaa, only a
> hatthiraanii...
>
> Gunnar
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