Every morning the elephants come in from a long night of eating in the forest to be fed fruit by the tourists.
Each elephant has different preferences for fruit and vegetables. Some of them like squash and root vegetables. Most of them like corn on the cob. Some of them will only eat it shucked, some of them shuck it themselves, and some of them just eat the whole thing. All of them like bananas (but only the yellow ones) and watermelon, which they eat rind and all.
They all line up behind the railing to be fed.
Some line up next to a platform so the people are above them.
Then they reach their trunks across to get the treats.
They are very excited to get the food.
They grab it in the end of their trunks and bring it into their mouths.
It’s sometimes a bit scary when the trunk comes at you.
But they just really like fruit.
They grab it tightly to be sure not to drop it.
And then bring it to their mouths.
