The elephants at Kandi Zoo became the most interest object for most visitors. Not only can be seen, but this rare animals can be ride such as elephant ride tour because it was benign. Even when the mahout ordered the elephant swaying, obediently the elephant dance following music so can make most visitor happy and laughter . 
It's not an easy matter to be made the elephant obedient to the command of Mahouts. It takes a long time to be a charmer, need to exercise extra hard and be patient. Mahout also have to do a friendly approach when adapting to elephants. Mahout also carried a tool to control the elephants. The tool is a chain and a sharp metal hook. Sometimes if the relationship between the Mahout and elephants which have maintained close, Mahout can ordered the elephant only through voice calls. From the story of the Mahout at Kandi Zoo , at the beginning become a mahout, they still have fear, but fear should be pressed once ride the elephant for the first time. Not infrequently the elephants test the nerve of the beginners mahout. In many ways the elephant was trying to drop the beginners Mahout from her back.
Mahdian Nasution speaking, the first time himself become a mahout, the elephant had rushed up him into the middle of a forest full of shrubs. However Dian , we usually call him believes if the elephant till three times can not success drop down the beginner mahout from the elephant's back, the mahout will be able to ride and control the elephant. No matter what physical form the Mahout looks like. A Mahout at Kandi Zoo, which is also very small body obeyed by his elephant, he is "Nurdin Marbun" Mahout which control the largest elephant at (Jeki's Elephant) at Kandi Zoo . Routinely, the activities of the Mahout other than to feed the elephants bathe the elephants 2 times in a day in the morning and afternoon. Tandike lake located in Kandi Area used to bathe the elephants. While bathing the elephants, Mahout become involved wet all parts of the body because they have to soak in the lake when it rubs the back of an elephant.
Elephant Mahout tag that male elephant periodically experiencing soaring male hormone known as musth. "Musth" is a Hindi word meaning 'drunk'. This can take up to sixty days. At the moment of musth, Mahout complained that elephants became difficult to controlled. Learning from experience, the Mahout drew the conclusion that when a male elephant in a state of "musth," an effective way to control the elephant is making poor elephant. Tricks are done which is to reduce the portion of food than usual. For this reason, the keepers had to shorten the duration of musth elephants tied to a strong tree to weaken aggressiveness of the elephant for 5-7 days. At that time no male elephants fed coconut midrib (main food of elephants), the mahout only kept in the not too much of grass.
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