Why I’m adopting an Elephant!
9th April 2014
I’m writing my blog post today alas not on a tiling matter, but a matter that has been on my mind none-the-less.
Recently I’ve been becoming more worldly! As my colleagues will tell you, my geographic knowledge of the globe leaves something to be desired at times.
On my world expanding knowledge journey (aka looking at the world on google maps). I have sparked an interest in elephants!
They are incredible animals, that travel in herds and like us have strong family ties and they are the largest land-living mammal in the world. They can live up to 70 years old, and are the only mammal in the world that can’t jump. Elephants can snorkel under water using their trunks to breathe and spend up to 16-18 hours per day eating (I wish I could!). They have advanced emotional understanding and express a varied range of emotion in deep intensities.
Unfortunately, due to poaching numbers are threatened, so it is for this reason that I have decided to adopt a baby elephant.
Not only are they one of the cutest baby animals ever:
But they are also playful:
And like most little things, they love a bit of fuss off their parents (something I’m sure my poor mother can empathise with):
So I thought, well why not? I have chosen a beautiful orphanage and a little one to sponsor! They will send me regular updates about his progress and from his profile I can already tell he’s a little cheeky character!
I can’t wait to let the family know that we have a new family member (sort of!) we may or may not have them for tea, a 16-18 hour banquet may be too long…even for me!
