| 41. | On Saturday the entire company of elephants and their mahouts congregate at the Elephant Stadium just after daybreak.
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| 42. | They were trained using Mahouts, specially skilled people also known as'Paappaan'in Malayalam language.
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| 43. | During treks mahouts control the elephants with hooks and can use excessive force, resulting in puncture wounds.
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| 44. | It was noted by ancient Romans and Asian elephant handlers ( mahouts ) that elephants can distinguish melodies.
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| 45. | It tells the story of a young city boy wanting to become the mahout, the elephant driver.
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| 46. | The elephants were driven into the stockade by skilled " mahouts " mounted on domesticated elephants.
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| 47. | Lair worked out a set of hand signals for the mahouts to cue the elephants while he was conducting.
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| 48. | Unlike horse polo, each elephant also carries a mahout, or driver, as well as the player.
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| 49. | The mahouts sometimes starve the elephants after the must, or tie them up to keep them under control.
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| 50. | All other riders, including his mahout, had to mount from the rear, using his hind leg.
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