An elephant can do nothing to a tamarind tree except shake it.
I don't know about you, but I am not a fan of tamarinds. I was once visiting a Sudanese friend and she gave me a big glass, filled to the brim, of tamarind juice. To me, it tastes very bitter.
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| Woman selling tamarinds in Thailand |
Elephants, however, love tamarinds! I saw an amazing picture (You can see it too! http://blog.africageographic.com/safari-blog/bush/the-tree-climbing-elephant/ ) of an elephant climbing a tree for a tamarind! Also, I just learned that tamarinds are a good source of calcium, which is very unusual for a fruit.
I've been talking about fruit and teaching names of various fruits in my ESL class. I think I need to take a picture of a tamarind in to show my students! All but one of my students are from areas where tamarinds are common.
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