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Elephants
Know the elephant
and love it
Caution: An Elephant
is a wild Animal .It
cannot be
domesticated. The
wild may surface at
any moment
-normally walk about
4 m/h but runs @
30-40km/h for a
short lap
- Love
to swim for long
distances
- can
stand 16-18 hrs.
- stomp when they
walk but are well
balanced
-
Amazing memory power
- Sense of smell is
excellent and
remembers some life
long
- Hearing is
poor but able to
receive subsonic
sound at a distance
of 10Km
- Clear
vision is limited to
10 m
- Fully
grown up weighs
about 7T and reaches
3-3.5 meters high
- may live up to 75
plus
- They warn,
greet, show
distress, give
signals through
growls, roars,
grunts, trumpeting
etc.
- One tusk
will be shorter than
the other and rely
upon a dominant
tusk.
The GEM
- 18 -20 white nails
- 3-3.5 m high and
4-6 mt weigh
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Long coiled to earth
proboscides.
-Pillar type short
legs with long body
- curved up v type
tusk
- projected
forehead
-
rounded, long but
not touching the
earth tail with
thick hairs at the
end
- Jet black
in color
-Crystal
clear eyes
- Pink
dots on the ears and
forehead.
- Ears
should touch while
fanning
The HEALTHY
Proboscides will be
always on alert
often moving like a
periscope.
Tails
will be always on
move.
Slow and
steady fanning
Always on four, lies
down for 2-3 hrs
sleep in early hrs.
Takes 200-250 liters
of water and eats @
5% of body weight.
THE AGED
The faded color and
dots
Hollow
cheeks and Narrowing
legs.
Curling
ears and dull eyes
Low in take.
Tail
piece:
Legendary
Guruvayoor Kesavan
- A
Kerala elephant with
no parallels. The
gem of an elephant
with its remarkable
strength, gentle
manners, extra
ordinary
intelligence, huge
proportions and
majestic bearings
was subject to very
many stories and
full length feature
film. True to his
deep piety to lord
Guruvayoorappan,
the most auspicious
ekadasi day
-2nd December 1976 -
Kesavan fell
ill and left to his
heavenly abode . He
was 72. The AIR
broadcasted,
Kesavan’s
departure by
interrupting the
live telecast of “Chembai
sangeethotsava”
to add his sagacity.
Every year prior to
Guruvayoor ekadasi,
on
Navami day,
all elephants(60
odd) in the elephant
sanctuary take a
procession to the
life size statue of
Kesavan at
Sreevalasm
compound, pays their
homage to the
departed leader.
Another rare and
unique sight.
SOME PROMINENT ELEPHANTS OF YESTER YEARS
Kavalappara Komban, Panthal Manickan, ValiyaRavi, Cheriya Ravi, Paliyam Chandrasekharan, KoodapuzhaManikyan, Chengaloor Manikyan, Kollengode Ayyappan, Kachamkurichi Kesavan, Panamanna Ramachandran, Kudalattuppuram Ramachandran, Nedumbully Komban, Pattambhi Narayanan
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A rare assembly during Irinjalakuda Utsavam. The youngsters are "Ullanakal"
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| Guruvayur Valiyakeshavan |
Thechikotukavu Ramachandran |
Thiruvambadi Siva Sundar |
Paramekkavu Sri Padmanabhan |
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| Guruvayoor Padmanabhan |
Chirakkal Mahadevan |
Mullath Ganapathy |
Nanu Ezhuthachan Sreenivasan |
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Olarikkara Kalidasan |
Cherpulassery Parthan |
Athira Vinod |
Adiyat Ayyappan |
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| Utoly Rajasekharan |
Utoly Padmanabhan |
Chirakkal Kalidasan |
Gurujiyil Ananda Padmanabhan |
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| Kuttanellur Padmanabhan |
Kuttankulangara Sreenivasan |
Nandhilath Padmanabhan |
Thiruvambadi Chandrasekharan |
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| Thiruvambadi Ramabhadran |
Thiruvambadi Arjunan |
Thuruvambadi Unnikrishnan |
Thuruvambadi Lakshmi |
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| Paramekkavu Narayanan |
Paramekkavu Rajendran |
Paramekkavu Devidasan |
Bastian Vinayasundar |
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