IAS officer and wildlife enthusiast Supriya Sahu shared a video on Twitter from Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve that shows several elephants waiting for their breakfast that is being prepared by the workers at the reserve. The food balls comprise ragi, jaggery, rice and salt carefully curated by the camp veterinarian.
Breakfast time for elephants at Theppakadu Elephant Camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu.Each elephant has a defined menu carefully curated by the camp Veterinarian.Ragi jaggery rice are mixed with some salt and given as food balls to waiting elephants outside #elephants pic.twitter.com/fJg6xJYXX0
— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) November 29, 2022
The video then shows one of the jumbos opening its mouth wide open as one of the workers at the reserve approaches with the food ball and feeds it. The other elephants are also waiting along the fence waiting for their breakfast to arrive.
