Discovered strange pink elephant in Thailand

Newly discovered Thailand has a rare pink elephant living in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province.

This rare pink elephant of Thailand lives with the Asian elephant herd. Experts believe it is pink because of albino disease. Its skin color is more prominent when standing under areas with sunlight and looking very beautiful.

Elephants with albino disease often have some pink skin and rarely have any whites. Their eyelashes and toenails are also more unusual than their uninfected counterparts.

These special elephants such as pink elephants play an important role in the spiritual life of Thai people. In particular, white elephants in this country are revered as gods.

Thailand's rare pink elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park.

According to ancient traditional customs, white elephants were offered to the king. Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej currently has 10 elephants of this type.

White elephants are revered by the Thai people because it is a major part of the story of the birth of Buddha. Buddha's mother had a dream about white elephants. It gave her a sacred lotus before she was born.

Therefore, white elephants are considered animals that bring good omen or bad omen depending on whether the rulers treat them fairly and well. In particular, if an albino elephant dies, it is considered a sign of an impending disaster.

Thai people also have a tradition of giving white elephants to friends of the King and allies. However, they must be very rich to be able to take good care of these sacred animals.

Pink elephants live in harmony with other Asian elephants.

Although the Thai government is happy to discover a pink elephant in Kaeng Krachan National Park, they are also very worried that it will become the target of rare animal poachers.

Therefore, the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is considering whether to let this pink elephant continue to live in that park.

The secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Chote Trachoo said that it would be an important decision and the top official would soon come up with a solution to protect the pink elephant.

The exact number of white elephants in the world does not know can not be determined. However, scientists estimate that there are thousands of children living in Asia. And African elephants have less common albino disease than their Asian counterparts.

Botswana found an African elephant suffering from albinism in 2007. Experts say they only saw 3 such elephants in southern Africa.

Albino elephants are considered a great booty for animal poachers because they are rare. They often appear in Asian countries, including Laos and Myanmar.