But I wonder did you also know that the elephant is one of the three national symbols of Thailand and that the label on Chang beer has a picture of two elephants facing each other. Incidentally the elephants facing each other signify peace and harmony.
So what has all this to do with footballing elephants? Well I found my footballing elephants at a sanctuary for retired elephants near Kanchanaburi, Thailand on the banks of the river Kwai. They had the name Everton painted on them for a TV commercial they featured in because from time to time the mahouts organised a football match between the jumbo sized players.
When I took this picture we had just arrived at the camp, on a converted rice barge, we then spent some time with the elephants and mahouts bathing in the river.
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I like elephants. I'd love to see elephants playing football. I seem to remember seeing a TV commercial like that once long ago.
Haha!! It is a serious Everton fan.
Hi Mike,
Interesting trivia here. I thought atr first it might have something to do with toffee (Everton;s nickname I'm sure you are aware of.) But after dismissing this sharply from your explaination I then thought of elephants performing in a circus and found another link beyond your explanation. Elephants and Everton are both circus act!
I'm an Arsenal fan Mike, how about you?
@ratty its really quite funny!
@rainfields poor elephant!
@Martin I reckon your analogy is spot on but its Forest for me.
Yay, Everton! That's my team! Poor elephant - I'm sure he'd rather relax in his old age.
@emm I think this is a young elephant! That said I'm not sure about the commercial aspect of this although some money gets put back into conservation.
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