

Excerpt from book Elephants Up Close:
Elephants are expressive creatures; they are capable of expressing joy, love, fury, distress, anger, grief, compassion, love, they also disply envy, jealousy, throw tantrums and are fiercely competitive. I observed elephants entwining trunks, touching, caressing and lovingly greeting each other, and it appeared as though they were smiling on several occasions.