Elephant Basketball

On the island of Koh Samui in Thailand has a pet care center "Island Safari", which are the stars of two elephants - six and a nine-year Toktak Mali. The peculiarity of these giants is that they know how to play basketball. For the NBA, of course, too early, but the basic techniques they have nauchilis.

The six-year and nine-year-Mali Toktak learn to play basketball on the beautiful island of Koh Samui in Thailand. Organizers of the center "Island Safari", which takes care of the animals, they say that elephants have a lot to learn before they can learn the basics of the popular game. Education begins with the basic techniques of retention myacha.

Then they learn to keep the ball overarm. The next step - throwing in the trash. Mali holds the ball trunk and balances on its hind legs while waiting for the signal of the owner. At a signal from the center of the elephant caretaker throws the ball in korzinu.

"To teach them the basics, you need two to three months, but fortunately, they are doing better and better every day," - says one of the organizers of the shelter Ning. Soon it will be possible to arrange matches elephant basketball.

Source: mirfactov.com/