Analysis Of John Martin's Article On Elephants

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The article, ‘Elephants are more human than we realize’, by John Martin is all about how behaviors of an elephant can align similarly to those of a human. Martin took his wife’s close affectionate encounter with a wild elephant in Kenya, and he noticed that the elephant wasn’t attacking, it was merely showing affection. From that day on, Martin has been studying the way that elephants can have emotions, just like us, humans. There are multiple sides of an elephant, such as children’s books like ‘Babar the Elephant’ (there’s a series) and the popular movie ‘Dumbo’, that help to raise awareness about the feelings of the elephants and how they are very much like us. Also, elephants raise young, like us and kids, and protect them from everything

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