Babe Performing
Posted By thecircusblog on September 9, 2012
This is a trick , not a mishap. Some trainers call this trick The Lay Down. As you can see, a person lays flat on the ground and the elephant walks over and kneels down, looking like it could crush the person. It is performed to show the confidence that the trainer has in the animal. Anna Metcalf performed this trick with Babe on the 101 Wild West Show & Circus in 1945 and part of 1946. At that time Joe Metcalf was the trainer and her husband.
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Ivan,
Technically the behavior is called a cover, a lay down, as the animal “covers” the handler or broad styling the act.
Wade Burck