Elephant Soccer
In the sport of Elephant Soccer, riders on the back of elephants direct the elephants to play football/soccer, and if you ever watch a video of the sport in action you will see that the elephants can play quite well.
Elephants preparing for a match The games are played on a smaller field, with an inflatable ball larger than the standard soccer ball. An elephant may play as a goalkeeper and does a good job blocking the goal area, but they tend to only use their feet to play the ball.
There are occasional elephant football games played in Thailand, Nepal and India.
Related Pages
- Elephant Polo — the horses are replaced by elephants
- List of unusual sports with animal cruelty
- Animal Races — racing animals of all shapes and sizes
- Tuk Tuk Polo — a variation of polo, in which players are on vehicles called tuk tuk
- More unusual sports
- See a video of Elephant Polo in action.
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