mahout in A Sentence

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    Properly used by a skilled and sensitive Mahout, the bullhook causes no harm;

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    Although I have never been sure who is the elephant and who is the Mahout.

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    In Kerala, a Mahout uses some 20 commands and signals to get his elephant to do the needed work.

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    The Mahout would systematically abuse the elephant so that it would understand that he is the new master and his commands should be obeyed.

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    The Mahout, the trainer and caretaker of the elephant, had gone out searching for the elephant after it escaped, but he went in the wrong direction.

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    The Mahout didn't know I was looking, and when he turned around and saw me, he gave a great big smile and exclaimed“[the noise] means shes happy!”!

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    Being a Mahout is a family business, you're born into it, around elephants from the time you can walk, and taught how to tame them as well.

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    At the sanctuary, we would tell the tourists that the Mahouts had a“special bond” with the elephants, which is why they were so responsive to the Mahout's commands.

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    Some places also offer the chance to feed and bathe with the elephants(although it's sometimes claimed that this too is constricting and insensitive) or to ride them bareback, in traditional Mahout fashion.

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    An adult elephant can carry around 150kg for a limited period, although many elephants carry far heavier loads including Mahout, howdah and as many as four adults for rides lasting an hour or longer.

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    On the same day, not 20 minutes later, I saw another Mahout do the exact same thing, only this time he did it with such ferocity, that the elephant let out a trumpeted shout.

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    Before kicking off the film, I spent a lot of time with an elephant Mahout to understand the basic command words, how to sit on them, how to feed them, how not to harm them and lastly how to bathe them.”.

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