You might realize the incredible elephant and man similarities. But I’m gonna share a little article. I discovered this morning that I think shows even more than the writer imagined.
The connections between elephant and man
¶ When an elephant needs to be transported by plane from one country to another, for example, from India to the United States, they are placed in its cage… of baby chicks.
Yes, you read that right: tiny baby chicks.
Why ? Because, despite its imposing mole, the elephant is extremely afraid of hurting it. For this reason, during the entire flight, it remains perfectly still, so as not to risk crushing a single one.
This is how you maintain the balance of the plane. And it’s also the first proof of its noble nature.
Fascinated by this behavior, some scientists have studied the elephant’s brain. They’ve discovered the presence of fusiform cells, extremely rare neurons, also found in humans. They are those connected to self-awareness, empathy and social perception.
In other words, the elephant isn’t just big physically: it’s also big emotionally. Feel, understand, act with silent wisdom.
Leonardo da Vinci, deeply fascinated by nature, wrote about him: “The elephant embodies uprightness, reason and temperance. ”
And they added: He enters the river and bathes with a kind of solemnity, as if he wanted to cleanse himself of all evil. If you meet a lost man, he gently escorts him to the right path. You never walk alone: always in group, always led by a leader.
It’s pudgy.
They only mate at night, far from the pack, and before returning to their peers, they wash. And if you meet a herd on the path, move it gently with the proboscide, so as not to hurt anyone.
But what moves me more than anything is this: when the elephant feels the end is near, it moves away from the herd and goes to die alone, in a remote place. Why does he do that? To save the young ones the pain of seeing him die. For the stink. Out of compassion. Because of dignity. Three rare virtues.
Even among men. ¶
Wow! I didn’t know some of that stuff about elephants. But it’s still just one of millions of reasons to acknowledge and appreciate a common designer of all the creatures here on earth.
Kinda makes me wonder if elephants and man (women too, of course) we’ll both be in Heaven. They certainly seem cool and lovable enough to be there. But then again, as you know, being lovable is not how you get to Heaven. If it worked that way, I’m sure this guy could get in…
Marimba the Yellow Elephant
They got a lotta pretty, white beach in Puerto Rico
Where you can hear the tambourines and castanets,
But the finest thing they got is a yellow elephant.
He named Marimba, a friend you can’t forget.
You may say you never heard of a yellow elephant,
But it’s true, and Marimba, he quite a lucky guy.
You see he stays as yellow as Puerto Rican bananas
By basking ‘neath the balmy Puerto Rico sky.
Marimba, Marimba…you lucky elephant…
Lying in the sand like a seashell.
You got Mister Blue Ocean to put you to sleep.
You get oh so drowsy from the stories he tell.
They got places down there that look like pictures.
They got weather that is sunny all day long,
But nothing can compare with the yellow elephant.
I ask you, am I right or am I wrong?
Come to Puerto Rico.
Come to see the sights,
But most of all come to see Marimba.
It’s like looking at a thousand yellow lights. © 1989
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