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Elephants love to play around. They are very intelligent animals. They have a strong bond, at times stretching to several decades, with their mahouts.

I love animals.

Elephants are like humans. They are very smart, very logical.

Elephants are not human, of course. They are something much more ancient and primordial, living on a different plane of existence. Long before we arrived on the scene, they worked out a way of being in the world that has not fundamentally changed and is sustainable, and not predatory or destructive.

We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior.

I really love animals and enjoy working with them.

If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense.

Ever since I was a little girl, I have always loved animals and been fascinated with them.

Elephants have the largest brains of any mammal on the face of the Earth. They are creative, altruistic and kind.

I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.