War Elephants

This sure seems like an "unruly" herd of elephants. Might one of the reasons for the "supposed" success of handling animals in this or a temple situation be the "nonchalance" of tough situations? If one goes off the reservation, or the herd hole's up in the water for 3 day's, oh well, just wait until all returns to normal. Can you imagine blowing a date because your herd decides it likes the present lot/building and refuses to leave? What idiocy it was to have a personality like "Madonna" with a pre-disposition to rabbit, and keeping it quiet or thinking someone else could stop it, just for the sake of a few buck's doing an elephant ride. If these elephants were that undependable during peace time, I can't imagine them being worth anything once the shooting started and bullet's were flying overhead. I think there is a lot that we don't know or realize, and just "speculate" or "assume". I also don't think we have given enough credit to the Schmitts, the Gautiers, the Woodcocks, the Gebel Williams who walked their animals on many miles long animal walks with success from building to train, from train to building.