Posted on 10/03/2014 8:34:19 PM PDT by Chgogal
When a baby elephant fell over while trying to climb out of a small ditch at Switzerland's Zoo Zürich, two adults rushed over within a few seconds to help.
Footage of the event, which took place at the zoo's new Kaeng Krachan elephant house, was uploaded to YouTube on Aug. 6. Though it's not clear from the video whether the baby's mother is one of the adults that comes to its aid, elephants are known to have tight bonds with herd members outside their immediate family.
Mother and calf share a special connection, but adults have been known to watch over little ones that aren't theirs. Other members of the clan may act as babysitters, a practice that helps young female elephants prepare for motherhood.
Zoo Zürich's elephant facility was named for the Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand, where the Swiss zoo supports the conservation of Asiatic elephants. As part of the effort, the zoo helps work toward resolving the "human-elephant conflict" by putting up protective fences to keep wild elephants from damaging plantation grounds.
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Awwwwww
You would too if they had your whole clan caged up in some zoo for humans gawk at and point at you for amusement.
They love that baby. Me too. Innocence and a Mothers love.
BTW, that video clearly reveals those elephants are way intelligent and yes, compassionate. Like dogs, and crows, etc ...Crows oversee and look out for each other. I know.
In my younger days when I didn’t know zip, I shot one with a pellet gun. They entire pack came back to see what happened, and circle that bird until the sun went down. The also glared right at me.
I never did anything like that ever again, unless I had to eat.
the elephant behavior studies should be shown to those going to parenting classes.
When 60 minutes was mildly interesting it had a program on what happens to young male elephants left to raise themselves. It was chaos and death until the older males were brought back.
Humans need parenting class...What a legacy...
And provide you food you do not have to work for, protection from predators/poachers and free veterinarian care that you would never get in the wild.
Ganz härtzig!
Notice how after the ordeal, the adults form a protective shield around the youngster.
You would too if they had your whole clan caged up in some zoo for humans gawk at and point at you for amusement.
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You shouldn’t make fun of the offices some of us work in.
Momma said..."Look son...we're not insured...Stop being adventurous".
A protective shield?? Kinda like “The Force”. Look at the size of those critters!!
Thanks
Elephants are pack animals, highly intelligent, family oriented, mourn their dead, can be taught to paint...etc
That’s what they tell people going into the joint.
I went into this fatcorp once, opened a door to a sea of cubicals as big as a 10 acre field...
They had a raised platform right in the middle of them all, like a gun tower, with several people watching over the cubical community...
I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.
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