I am a huge nerd. Mega geek as well. For those who don’t know me or think they know me but actually don’t, under all my muscles and shade of awesomeness (gotta give myself some praise at times right?) I am a nerd/geek.

I love reading and doing research on stuff that interest me such as: anatomy, nutrition and the occasional Victoria Secret’s model funny cat pictures. Not to mention, I am a huge superhero/comic book geek, so ladies if you think you love superheroes as much as I do, please contact me. My number is at the bottom.

That being said, I occasionally browse around the interwebz looking for some interesting reads. I usually end up spending hours reading all kinds of fun stuff.

Recently I stumbled upon something really fascinating, Elephants.

I am in no way going to leave my current life start looking for a job in the zoo. However I found this read pretty interesting. I mean when was the last time you actually typed Elephant in your Google search bar?

Well to begin with, Elephants are actually huge magnificent animals. They are in the human scene from transporting logs to circus shows (abuse at times) and appearing as oversized beast in Lord of the Rings.

Elephants are actually the King of Herbivores in the jungle.If you ever mess with them, you will pretty much end up with a broken face smashed by their powerful trunks.

Elephants are bad ass.

Even though they are big and mighty they have one small weakness. When I read this, I was surprised that something so small and insignificant in the animal kingdom can actually kill an elephant. Any guesses on what this small phenomenon is? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not rats.

They death of elephants can be caused by this small little thing called LOVE. To us humans, love is something big and it’s celebrated about; however in the animal Kingdom where Lions shag and engage in coitus almost 200 times a day, you get the picture.

Elephants can die of a broken heart. I’m not saying the type of heart break you get when you watch The Notebook or read any Nicholas Sparks novel. Although I think if Elephants could read, they would die before finishing the book/movie.

This “death by heart break” occurrence was actually seen in Lucknow, Northen India. It was the habitat of Damini, a 72 year old elephant. There she met another Elephant called Champakali and they were close companions since young.

Decades later, Champakali died while giving birth and zoo keepers actually saw Damini shedding tears. For a couple of days Damini didn’t move or eat, her legs to swell and after 24 days she left for paradise. Yes, all Elephants go to heaven.

Did you shed a tear after reading this story? Yes or no doesn’t matter because this is 100 times a better love story than Twilight!

 I mean vampires that sparkle in the sun and werewolves that can transform any time they want? Somebody call the crazy police.

I digress. However I found out that this wasn’t the only heart break that happened. Baby elephants can die of a broken heart if their mothers leave them. When baby elephants are taken away from their families, the mother shed tears and sometimes after a couple of weeks the baby elephant will just collapse and die.

I think these elephants could teach us a lesson or two about love huh?

The you in Elephants.

I can’t help to relate this to myself when I read that piece (no I do not have an elephant relative). I’ve been thinking that there is something in me that I brush off as insignificant and minute. However, not fulfilling this could be the death of me.

After much thought, I realize that this “thing” is passion. At times I find my passion clouded in the dark clouds of the world. With girls, booze and money how can someone possibly ask for me?

After much thought, I sat down and imagine my world without my passion. Living life not doing anything I’m passionate about.

That was the most horrifying thing I’ve imagined, something I fear more than death. To me it’s hard to live life without passion because it is my essence of life. It is my driving force, without it I’ll probably be dragging my feet like one of those zombies.

Walking and roaming around but not actually being alive. Then I probably get killed in Season 3 of Walking Dead.

To be honest, I do not fear death because it is inevitable. I fear the lack of passion because what meaning does life carry without any passion? <—- Click to Tweet!

It’s something so small, yet has the power to deal a fatal blow.

This is the reason why I live each day doing things I love: training people, reading, writing to my awesome readers and helping others. I can’t really picture my life without those elements, without it life would not be life as I know it.

But that’s just me; passion plays a huge role in my life. You might not be in the same boat as I’m in, but I believe that there is this minute thing that you might label insignificant yet posses the power to crush you.

It could be playing your favourite instrument every day, meeting new people or just hiking in the jungle alone. Whatever it is, it doesn’t matter.

If you don’t already know what it is, take some time to reflect and find out. If you’ve discovered it, use every damn day to live it out.

Elephants are in threat of hunters, predators or probably even death by childbirth. Yet love is something we think is insignificant to animals but this could lead to the death of an elephant. This is something I would call: the death by heart break.

Think about that small insignificant thing that you could not possibly live without.

If you were an elephant, what will be your death by heart break be?

I hope that you enjoy the small reflective post I wrote. Do take time to find out what your “death by heart break” is and if you are comfortable sharing it. Drop it at the comments below. Share your thoughts as well, and share this post to tell the world elephants are pretty awesome animals.

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  kedric

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  Amanda J
  

  If I were an elephant, I’d have died long ago without dance and chocolate.

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  kedric
  

  Awesome awesome. Tho I can’t dance to save my life I love chocolates.

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