What's the point of posting a thread stating you couldn't shoot X animal? Seems to me your on a crusade to get others to do the same.
The point, as I said in my original post, and I repeated in another post, was to share a wonder of nature with people I thought would appreciate it. And, as I also said:
I understand why they need to be culled in certain circumstances. I just would not get any joy out of doing it, so I leave it for others to do this necessary work. And, if it brings them pleasure, then it's a win-win (except for the elephants who get killed, I suppose, although I am sure the heard and local populations of people are probably better off in the long run).
I just thought I'd share some of the magnificence of these amazing creatures with other nature lovers.
nodog:
How do you know that elephants know themselves in a mirror, do they fix there hair or check to see if their butts are getting bigger?
Actually, you’re closer than you might think. What they do is they put a mark over each eye with some sort of crayon/marker or somesuch. One of the marks is clear and the other is colored. Then, later, they put a mirror in front of the elephant, and the elephants touch their trunks to only the colored mark (not the clear one), rubbing it, etc., trying to figure out what it is and to get it off. This means they know that they are looking at their reflection.