My Elephant Friend

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4.8 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Carol dreamt of being the best elephant trainer in the world. When Carol met Tarra, a baby Asian elephant, she fell in love and wanted to teach her everything. As their friendship grew, Tarra became Carol's most important teacher.

BIG thanks to Carol for sharing her story with us! Carol bought a piece of land and created a refuge for Tarra -- The Elephant Refuge North America, in Attapulgus, Georgia.

Produced by Shaina Shealy, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot

Season 15 - Episode 27

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0:00.0	Snap Studios.
0:05.0	I'm Angela Duckworth, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of grit the power of passion and
0:15.2	perseverance and I'm Mike Mann a sports and tech executive.
0:19.2	Together we host no stupid questions a podcast about the weird and wonderful ways that humans behave.
0:27.0	Each week we tackle questions like,
0:29.0	Is it okay to be average or would you rather be a big fish in a little pond or a little fish in a big pond?
0:35.0	Join no stupid questions each week wherever you get your podcast. As a kid, because we used outdated textbooks, they taught us that the difference between humans
0:57.0	and animals was that we use tools, and they don't.
1:01.9	But it turns out lots of animals use tools.
1:05.0	Well, they say humans are the only species with language.
1:08.0	Then they record primate, dolphin, whale communications.
1:12.0	Well, they say culture, it's self-awareness, it's morality. Check, check, check, all of it.
1:21.0	And so finally you know in a bit of peak they say what distinguishes us is that ineffable spirit.
1:28.0	Well, okay, but not so fast. Today on snap judgment, we proudly present the biggest soul.
1:40.0	My name is from Washington.
1:42.0	I don't know where the line is. Maybe soon you won't either
1:47.0	when you're listening. The snap judgment. Welcome back to Snap Judgment. My name is from Washington. We begin with a very special friendship one of this lasted over 50 years.
2:17.0	At a Pulgus is a small town in the Georgia Florida borderline for the population of 445 people, and three Asian elephants.
2:29.2	And since the listener should note, this is a real story, and bad things can happen to good animals. These elephants
2:36.4	live in a refuge of 850 acres of rolling hills designed to mimic an elephant's natural habitat.
2:45.0	Snap judgment.
2:47.0	And it's a place that we've created so that captive-held elephants can come and live a more natural life.
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