Elephant Cares For Injured Dog
It’s only fair to warn you that if you watch this video, you are liable to have a cuteness conniption fit. And if you show it to your kids, they are likely to beg you for a trip to the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.
That’s where Tarra the elephant lives. Recently her best friend Bella suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury. Rather than roaming on the nearly 3,000-acre sanctuary, Tarra stood vigil for three full weeks outside the sanctuary office, where Bella was recuperating. This loyalty is not uncommon in elephants, who typically form lifelong friendships–except that Bella is not an elephant herself. She’s a stray dog who lives on the sanctuary.
Perhaps thanks in large part to Tarra’s support, Bella is now all healed and once again frolicking alongside her elephant friend and letting Tarra rub her belly with her giant foot.
Photo: CBS, via Jezebel
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My favorite part of this video was Katy Perry
Heh.. the problem with typing something instead of saying it is that sometimes the tone doesn’t translate onto the page. I was being silly. Very, very silly. I am a huge fan of elephants. Hopefully neither Tarra nor Bella read and misinterpreted my post.
Actually, animal detective, elephants have the ability to be extremely gentle and are usually nonviolent unless they are scared (as is the case with most herbivores), protecting young (see also: scared), or inebriated (I know at least African elephants have gotten into alcoholic beverages and run wild through villages, and have had to be put down for people’s safety.). I’m with the general principle of innocent until proven guilty on this one – and I doubt that the dog could sufficiently scare the elephant or that the elephant would be so attached to it if a situation arose where the elephant felt she needed to defend herself against it.
Hmmm. Dog who frolics with elephant has a spinal injury. Why didn’t they tell us how Bella was injured? I bet that Tarra the elephant was standing vigil outside the clinic for three weeks out of GUILT. You heard me Tarra, I’m on to you…