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The Elephant Whisperers

Elephants are meant to be wild. Watching him with Krishnabrings us much happiness. There...

Elephants are meant to be wild. Watching him with Krishna
brings us much happiness. There is only so much we can teach them, and there are things they can only learn
from one of their own kind

Full Transcript

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Elephants are meant to be wild.
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Watching him with Krishna brings us much happiness.
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There is only so much we can teach them,
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and there are things they can only learn from one of their own kind.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:52
Uploaded
Mar 13, 2025
Genres
documentary, short
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Bomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.
Who is it? - The Elephant Whisperers 00:06
Who is it?
Oh, whose darling is this? Who is this? - The Elephant Whisperers 00:06
Oh, whose darling is this? Who is this?
We have become a family around Raghu and we think that's why he survived. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:06
We have become a family around Raghu and we think that'...
While bringing up Raghu, we forget about all our other worries. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:28
While bringing up Raghu, we forget about all our other worri...
For us Kattunayakans, the well-being of the forest is all that matters. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:20
For us Kattunayakans, the well-being of the forest is all th...
We live off the forest, but we also protect it. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:12
We live off the forest, but we also protect it.
Our people do not fear elephants, - The Elephant Whisperers 00:29
Our people do not fear elephants,
That is why I feel getting Raghu - The Elephant Whisperers 00:16
That is why I feel getting Raghu
I feel like I am his mother. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:08
I feel like I am his mother.
Everything about him is like a human, - The Elephant Whisperers 00:07
Everything about him is like a human,
Losing a child... the pain is incomparable. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:30
Losing a child... the pain is incomparable.
He's not going to eat any more because he's only looking at that coconut. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:06
He's not going to eat any more because he's only l...
This is what he was like when he was young, - The Elephant Whisperers 00:06
This is what he was like when he was young,
Come here, try to feed him, he isn't eating. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:05
Come here, try to feed him, he isn't eating.
The rains have come. This will make the grass grow for you. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:05
The rains have come. This will make the grass grow for you.
Don't try to pull the tube, it will break. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:06
Don't try to pull the tube, it will break.
Stand still! Are you trying to eat the garland? - The Elephant Whisperers 00:05
Stand still! Are you trying to eat the garland?
On a special ceremony day, - The Elephant Whisperers 00:08
On a special ceremony day,
I am proud of being both a priest and a mahout, - The Elephant Whisperers 00:10
I am proud of being both a priest and a mahout,
Seeing an elephant, to us, is equivalent to seeing God. - The Elephant Whisperers 00:12
Seeing an elephant, to us, is equivalent to seeing God.