It's no surprise that a dog loves playing catch— but an elephant? 狗狗喜欢玩接球游戏不奇怪,但为什么大象也爱?
Our charming pictures show Bubbles, a rescued orphan elephant, picking up a ball with her trunk to tease Bella the labrador, who can just about reach her pal’s knee. 在这组非常赞的图片中,被营救的孤儿大象 Bubbles和拉布拉多犬 Bella在玩接球游戏, Bubbles用象鼻捡起球逗 Bella, Bella只能够到自己小伙伴的膝盖。
She dives into a pool of water, but that doesn’ t deter the pooch, who tries to get her paws on the ball by climbing onto Bubbles’ back. Bubbles跳进游泳池里,但这无法阻止 Bella对球的争取欲望,她跳到 Bella的背上努力够着球。
‘ They just love to romp around together,’ says Bhagavan Antle, director of the wildlife park in California where the two friends live. 这两只小伙伴生活在加利福利亚的野生动物公园,负责人 Bhagavan Antle表示:“他们俩就是喜欢一起嬉戏玩耍。”
Bubbles and her other animal friends are part of a wild life conservation effort called The Rare Species Fund in Southern California. Bubbles和她的其他动物同伴,都得益于“南加利福利亚稀有物种基金”的动物保护工作。
The trainer describes her as ' small and helpless for an elephant ' on the animal's Facebook page, after her parents were killed for their tusks during a 20 year slaughter which ended with the ban on ivory import in 1989. 培训师在 Bubbles的脸书页面描述说她是“一只看起来又小又无助的大象”, Bubbles的父母死于象牙交易的大屠杀中,这场持续了 20年的大屠杀在 1989年因为象牙进口禁令才终结。