At first I thought this was like one of those animatronic Disney ride type elephants (probably because it was standing in front of Dinosaur Park mini-golf...), but nope. It was the real deal genuine article. And I got to pet it and stuff FOR FREE while some sucker Europeans paid to feed it...fools. Hope it's being well taken care of...I read somewhere that dudes who display elephants like this (mahouts are what the dudes are called) sometimes treat the elephants like crap. And I am not trying to be a part of the vicious elephant hating cycle.