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\"Elephant<\/a>In the final week of my elephant experience in Thailand I was able to work with the 19 elephants WFFT has. Some of our duties were cleaning, showering, and feeding them. One of the meals that were fed twice a day were something called \u2018banana balls.\u2019 These were mushed banana\u2019s, bran, and pellets; this definitely felt interesting to mix all together but you became a pro after the first three days. After mixing all these things together and splitting them up (depending on the elephant will depend on the amount of balls you make) you feed them by hand to some of the elephants. The elephants are very food motivated and will sometimes give attitude if you do not give the food fast enough!<\/p>\n

Their trunks have very thick skin and little hairs that tickle a little, who would of thought? Even in the pouring rain you have to feed these giant babies, the thought of that seems to be a little annoying but it is worth it.<\/p>\n

I never thought I would be able to experience this.<\/p>\n

After feeding we can take some of the elephants for walks. Once again, the elephants are very food motivated and will follow you everywhere. The only time I noticed they would stop is to scratch their heads on the trees. I was so confused at why she was stopping. Then I saw her head go back and forth on the trees, I laughed so hard! I thought \u201chey, if no one could scratch my head I’d be at every tree!\u201c After the itching session was over we went about our way and walked into the forest where Boon Chuey and Dao Rueng would hangout for a little.<\/p>\n

Between all these activities we would be assigned special projects. Things we accomplished were cleaning lakes, enclosures, and organizing the food stations. After completing these tasks even though I felt dead from the heat I felt rewarded. It\u2019s an experience that I cannot explain into words, I guess everyone will just have to go try for themselves !<\/p>\n

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Click here <\/a>to read other stories from the SPC Thailand Study Abroad program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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