Thursday, July 15, 2010

Elephant takes lizard for a ride

An Indian elephant has stunned wildlife experts by catching a live lizard and carrying it around for days like a toy.

A photographer spotted Madhuri the elephant's bizarre behaviour during a trip to India's Corbett National Park.



Jagdeep Rajput, 49, has been taking photographs for 20 years but admitted he had never before seen such a spectacle. He said: "I had heard about this elephant before and looked out for her.

"She's known to be quite aggressive so when I did eventually find her I approached her carefully.



"The park has a good population of lizards and Madhuri is known as an expert in catching them - she has a particular fancy for monitor lizards.

"She caught the lizard alive and carried it all the time for few days - tossing it up and even dropping it. Her behaviour was extraordinary and I've never seen or heard about anything so bizarre before."

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