Baanchang Elephant Park - continued

We prepared sticky rice balls for the elephants which included mashed bananas, the banana peel torn into bits, tamarind seed pods, vitamins, and a green plant we chopped into bits. We formed them into baseball sized balls. We were told not to let them smell it because they’d spit it out, so rather then hand them sugar cane and bananas, which they grasped with they’re amazingly dextrous trunk, we were to yell “Boon” which means up, at which they’d lift their trunk and open they’re mouth wide. We were then to put the rice ball right in their mouth. BTW, their tongues are very sticky!Read more