12/17/2004: Elephant polo

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Leah

I Love it I Love it. I haven't actually seen this played but I've been in Chiang Mai just after a game. I'm sure the elephants like playing polo, the Mahouts make the game fun for them, an animal that big could really do what they pleased to a certain extent. I know that they love kicking huge balls around, I've seen them do it in Thailand, and they have so much fun.
P.S. Merry Christmas everyone.

It said in the link that in the beginning they used soccer balls but the elephants liked to play with them and stomp on them so they went to the polo balls.