Saturday, December 5, 2009

Need a second job......

We stopped at an elephant camp to see some shows. First we fed bananas and sugarcane to them then they all went down into some water to play around for the crowd. We noticed something rather gross, so if you have a weak stomach, skip the rest of this post! It was even nastier than the pictures indicate.... So if you are in Thailand and need a job, maybe you can appy for one like this....first the lady pushed up her pants legs and wandered down into the water with a basket.
Then as the elephants poop in the water and it floats downstream, she catches it in her laundry basket.....oops, you missed some! There is a net to catch any leftovers.
We learned that they collect it to help fertilize the rice fields.
Not on my list of career choices but impressed............. Poor lady!! Can you imagine??

2 happy thoughts:

Laura said...

Notice it's a lady and not a MAN! That SOOOO wouldn't happen here!

Andrea said...

Dang that is some serious poop!! I clean horse poop, but I sure wouldn't go into a pond to fetch it! Gross!