How does an elephant eat a banana leaf?
I loved watching this elephant wolf down its banana leaf. With the trunk, the leaf was unzipped from the stalk in stages. After all the leaf was zipped off the stalk, it was eaten deliciously. The stalk remained on the ground.
During a visit to Following Giants on the island of Phuket in Thailand, we followed some former working elephants. Here they get a good old age. Following Giants works with World Animal Protection, an animal protection organisation.
Visiting the elephants feels very double. Our money and visit helps to take care of the elephants, on the other hand it shouldn't be necessary.
Of course, we hope that eventually it will no longer be necessary to shelter and save elephants from working in the tourism industry. Until then, this is a "good plan B".
Hi, I'm Ivonne. I love traveling, beautiful nature, camping and hiking. I prefer to explore the world at a slow pace.
Photography is my great passion. I have been taking photographs since my early childhood. First secretly, with my mother's camera, nowadays I shoot with..
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