Hi,

It's kind of a moot point, since the story also says that the
elephant prepared hot water, which puts the story pretty firmly into
the category of edifying fiction.

regards,

/Rett

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>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
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>Piya
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>Gunnar Gällmo wrote:
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>> --- 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...
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>> Gunnar
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