If you have ever spent any amount of time researching elephants, you already realize that they have a very high level of intelligence. There is an old saying that ‘elephants never forget’ and it seems as if they certainly have the capacity to remember an event for the rest of their life. They are highly sociable creatures that show a lot of emotion but did you have any idea that they also love music?
The love of music that elephants show is so profound that when it is playing, they will sometimes hold trunks and sway back and forth. This is especially true when they have a caretaker who sings them a lullaby. That fact is clearly seen with the rescued Indian Elephant called Faa Mai hanging out with her loving caretaker, Lek Chailert. They have developed quite a friendship since the elephant was brought to the Nature Park in northern Thailand.
Lek Chailert loves nothing more than singing lullabies to the nine-year-old elephant so she calms down.
Faa Mai has lived in the Elephant Nature Park for quite some time and she now has fallen in love with another rescued elephant baby, Thong Ae. She wants to make sure that the same loving attention is shown to the baby elephant that she received from Lek.
In the video below, you see the elephant leading her caretaker to see the new baby. The interaction between the two is quite touching. Anytime that Lek tries to go to the left or the right, she would be guided back on track by the trunk of Faa Mai.
When they finally reached the baby elephant, there was a moment when you could tell that Faa Mai was just waiting for her caretaker to start singing. It wasn’t long before the baby elephant got what she needed.
“Faa Mai wanted me to [sing a] lullaby her little friend, as she is so fond when I sing a lullaby to her.”
Lek is well aware of the connection between those elephants and she knows that it is a beautiful thing to behold. It’s heartwarming to watch as she sings to the youngster and the tradition is passed from one generation to the next.
You can see it in this video: