Video shows a young genious elephant (4-year old) learning many things including how to manipulate things with its trunk. He can play soccer, move a ball up hill, manipulate it in water, tag things with his truck and kick them, and learn spoken language. Shows the amazing intellectual ability of the elephant. Discussion of how elephants learn to use their truck. The elephant is one of few animals that recognize self in mirror, also one of the few animals that can throw things. Elephants do a lot of learning, and have to learn how to use their trunk. They also learn human language. Young are mischievous. They play trip keepers and can spook a bird. They understand what others are thinking at an early age. They have a sense of humor. Elephants live in matriarchial society. Males leave, but may come in later for breeding. The elephant's father, a Asian bull elephant also shown in this video, is considered the tallest Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in North America. He is 10 feet at the central hump at his back as described in: WORLD'S LARGEST ELEPHANT INDOOR EXHIBIT & ELEP IN N. AMERICA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EOi0vlwHxY He resides in the world's largest indoor pachyderm exhibit as shown here. The African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) are the two species of African elephant. Elephant World's largest enclosure genious Indian Asian tallest big 10-feet huge strong animal mate intelligent monster bull Paarung