[Dialogue] Fwd: Elephant Whisperer

[Alice Baumbach]

Thank you, Jeanette. Wonderful story. Alice
On 1/29/2013 2:13 PM, Jeanette Stanfield wrote:
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>> Dear ones,
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> This story was shared with me and I wanted to share it with you.  How 
> amazing our universe and all the
> creatures in it are.
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> Jeanette
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>>                 *HOW**
>>                 *DID THEY KNOW?**
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>>                 *THERE**
>>                 *IS SOMETHING IN THE UNIVERSE THAT IS MUCH GREATER
>>                 AND DEEPER*
>>                 *THAN HUMAN INTELLIGENCE.**
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>>                 *THE ELEPHANT'S JOURNEY TO PAY RESPECT, BUT HOW DID
>>                 THEY KNOW?*
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>>                 Lawrence Anthony, a legend in South Africa and author
>>                 of 3 books including the bestseller,*The Elephant**
>>                 *Whisperer**,
>>                 bravely rescued wildlife andrehabilitated
>>                 elephants all over the globe from human atrocities,
>>                 including
>>                 the courageousrescue of Baghdad Zoo animals during US
>>                 invasion in
>>                 2003.
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>>                 *On March 7, 2012 Lawrence Anthony**
>>                 *died.**
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>>                 He is remembered and missed by his wife, 2 sons, 2
>>                 grandsons and numerous elephants.
>>                 Two days after his passing, the wild elephants showed
>>                 up at his home led by two large
>>                 matriarchs.
>>                 Separate wild herds arrived in droves to say goodbye
>>                 to their beloved man-friend.
>>                 *A total of 31 elephants had patiently walked over 12**
>>                 *miles to get to his South African*
>>                 *House.**
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>>                 Witnessing this spectacle, humans were obviously in
>>                 awe not only because of the supreme intelligence and
>>                 precise
>>                 timing that these elephants sensed about Lawrence's
>>                 passing, but also because of the profound memory and
>>                 emotion the
>>                 beloved animals evoked in such an organized
>>                 way:
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>>                 *Walking slowly - for days -*Making their way in a
>>                 solemn one-by-one queue fromtheir habitat to his house.
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>>                 So,
>>                 how after Anthony's death, did the reserve's
>>                 elephants --- grazing
>>                 miles away in distant parts of the park ---
>>                 know?
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>>                 "A good man died suddenly," says Rabbi Leila Gal
>>                 Berner, Ph.D.,
>>                 "and from miles and miles away, two herds of
>>                 elephants, sensing
>>                 that they had lost a beloved human friend, moved in a
>>                 solemn,
>>                 almost 'funereal' procession to make a call on the
>>                 bereaved family at the deceased man's home."
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>>                 "If there ever were a time, when we can truly sense
>>                 the wondrous
>>                 'interconnectedness of all beings,' it is when we reflect
>>                 on the elephants of Thula Thula. A man's heart's
>>                 stops and
>>                 hundreds of elephants' hearts are grieving.
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>>                 Thisman's oh-so-abundantly loving heart offered
>>                 healing to these
>>                 elephants, and now, they came to pay loving homageto
>>                 their friend."
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>>                 Lawrence's wife, Francoise, was especially touched,
>>                 knowing that the elephants had not been to*his house
>>                 prior to**
>>                 *that day*****for well over 3 years! *But yet they
>>                 knew where they were going. The elephants obviously
>>                 wanted to pay their deep
>>                 respects honouring their friend who'd saved their
>>                 lives - so much respect that*they stayed for 2 days 2
>>                 nights**
>>                 *without eating anything. Then one morning, they left,*
>>                 *making their long journey*
>>                 *back.**
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