Why did he put it up over the back of the lady elephant? Is this a new courting gesture, consuelo? How very curious. Was he giving her a back rub with it or something like that? Maybe comparable to a guy throwing his arm around a girl's shoulders? Or just scaring off competitors with his male-elephantine-ness? Animals examined from the outside can be very, very strange in their behaviors. I suppose they might find it strange that we are discussing this at all.