NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A lonely wild male elephant raided a female elephant stable at a circus in eastern India and wooed one of its residents to elope with him, a newspaper report said on Thursday.
The 26-year-old tusker smashed through the tin walls of the circus in Raniganj town of West Bengal state on Wednesday and fell for Savitri, one of the four females in the stable, the Times of India said.
Savitri fled with him and residents later saw the couple roaming around "much in love", the newspaper said.
However, it was not just the circus owner who was left ruing the loss of Savitri, estimated to be worth 400,000 rupees (4,864 pounds).
Another female elephant at the circus, known to be very attached to Savitri, had broken down and was pining for her girlfriend, the report said.
Full Version: Jumbo gets the girl in smashing circus act!
QUOTE(swtp @ Aug 29 2007, 10:03 PM) 
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A lonely wild male elephant raided a female elephant stable at a circus in eastern India and wooed one of its residents to elope with him, a newspaper report said on Thursday.
The 26-year-old tusker smashed through the tin walls of the circus in Raniganj town of West Bengal state on Wednesday and fell for Savitri, one of the four females in the stable, the Times of India said.
Savitri fled with him and residents later saw the couple roaming around "much in love", the newspaper said.
However, it was not just the circus owner who was left ruing the loss of Savitri, estimated to be worth 400,000 rupees (4,864 pounds).
Another female elephant at the circus, known to be very attached to Savitri, had broken down and was pining for her girlfriend, the report said.
The 26-year-old tusker smashed through the tin walls of the circus in Raniganj town of West Bengal state on Wednesday and fell for Savitri, one of the four females in the stable, the Times of India said.
Savitri fled with him and residents later saw the couple roaming around "much in love", the newspaper said.
However, it was not just the circus owner who was left ruing the loss of Savitri, estimated to be worth 400,000 rupees (4,864 pounds).
Another female elephant at the circus, known to be very attached to Savitri, had broken down and was pining for her girlfriend, the report said.
AAWWWW!!! Poor thing! Very cute story, see, not only humans are capable of emotions!
QUOTE(glorybebe @ Aug 29 2007, 10:08 PM)
AAWWWW!!! Poor thing! Very cute story, see, not only humans are capable of emotions!
I know i just thought this was such a cute little romance story, and i,ve always believed animals have emotions! To me to think otherwise is kind of egotistical and short sighted! Animals just don,t disect or deny there emotions like us humans do! If you ask me it puts animals on a much more honest level than us!
QUOTE(swtp @ Aug 29 2007, 11:15 PM)
I know i just thought this was such a cute little romance story, and i,ve always believed animals have emotions! To me to think otherwise is kind of egotistical and short sighted! Animals just don,t disect or deny there emotions like us humans do! If you ask me it puts animals on a much more honest level than us!
Very true. Animals are way more complicated than we will acknowledge...lok at how many people don't even acknowledge man as an animal.
QUOTE(glorybebe @ Aug 29 2007, 11:22 PM)
Very true. Animals are way more complicated than we will acknowledge...lok at how many people don't even acknowledge man as an animal.
You got that right!
QUOTE(swtp @ Aug 29 2007, 11:24 PM)
You got that right! My mom always said that she may be a heretic, but she believed that animals had souls. I think she was/is right on the money.
QUOTE(glorybebe @ Aug 29 2007, 11:30 PM)
My mom always said that she may be a heretic, but she believed that animals had souls. I think she was/is right on the money.
Well i,m a Christian but i don,t see the heresy in believing that animals created and loved by God have a soul or special spirit!
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"much in love"
How sweet
QUOTE(nativechick1989 @ Aug 30 2007, 05:35 PM)
How sweet
Bizarre love triangle?.....
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