Our recent trip to Singapore teems with lovely interactions with nature, doesn’t it?
The last one is remembered with fondness, although I did have a moment of severe germ-o-phobe panic even though the animals were massive, gentle giants.
If you arrive at 8.30am at the zoo, you have a bath-side seat as two of their wonderful Asian elephants wander down to the jungly path to have a splash in the water. You are so close to the action. All that’s separating you from the ladies is a wire barrier, and the handlers allow the gorgeous girls (animals, not children) to wallow, splash and swim.
After they’ve done with their play, you purchase a basket of fruit and stand right above the elephants and feed them. It was a fantastic time. The girls were gentle and polite – and I don’t mean Pip and Pop here. The animals were on their best behaviour, waiting for each piece of fruit to be placed in their trunk-tip before they eat it and return their trunk in an instant.
As a mother who prefers Dettol wipes to monkey bites and closed mouths when the elephants slashed water at us, imagine my dismay when I noticed one of the elephants had responded turgidly to a call of nature and has passed a massive beauty in the murky water.
Wanting to appear cool and collected, I did not yell at Pip, Pop and Creeby to Oh, my God. For f*ck sake, close your mouths or I will wash them out with detergent!
Good Lord, but I wanted to, however I don’t think it was necessary given my hissing reaction to the monkeys, my moan-scream at the flying snake and my running away when Gayle was batted in the face by a vampire (bat).
My history with fauna hadn’t been great over the two weeks, so I kept my mouth shut in the light of elephant dung, and prayed the kids did too.
Once we were away from the flotilla of fecal matter – and the gorgeous elephants – we watched as two ‘new’ elephant visitors moved closer to the large beasts. As one lady went to snap a picture of the elephant, she was squirted by the naughty girl, drenched head to toe and was laughing with her mouth open.
Suffice to say that I didn’t run over to her with the Dettol wipes. She needed one of those full-on, shower purifiers for sure.
Later, I saw her exiting the toilets, hair neatly combed, dry clothes applied. I also resisted the urge to take her temperature and check her glands. I bet she appreciated the thought, though. ; )
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4 Responses to Baby Elephant Walk
Oh Rosie, you of all people should know……..SHIT HAPPENS and sometimes it goes into mouths, as well as coming out of them!!!
Oh and I forgot to tell you, all that water drains out into the reservoir from whence our drinking water commeth.
LOL, you crack me up……xoxoxox
Hey -- I think Gayle is even funnier than you!
Do you remember the scene from Monsters Inc, when one of the monsters gets a child’s sock on his back? I can just imagine you with a similar decontamination device. Hehehe!! If you haven’t seen it, I can lend you the DVD.
Gayle love! You are a funny lady, so self-defecating. Lookit, even Fiona thinks you’re funny! Love you, love your jokes (in moderation)
Fiona darl -- I love Monster’s Inc. I want to get that elephant-sprayed lady and decom her for sure! And yes, Gayle is funnier than me. I photograph better, though.
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oh gosh!!!! LOL and Ewwwwwww!