Elephants Welcome Newborn Calf | Spy in the Herd | BBC Earth
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Published 2011-06-06
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All Comments (21)
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A new baby is something to be excited about..... after two years in the womb, yeah I think I’d be damn excited to lol adorable
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It's really amazing how protective the family are of the baby and how protective they are of each other
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He was trying to mate with the mother who just gave birth. All the smells of a baby being born can get the male elephants excited. The aunties come in the protect the baby.
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fun fact; the reason the baby looks so dirty is because the mother nudges and kicks dirt over his body to dry him up and cover his scent from predators
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that baby and all them have been communicating for months in mommas belly..I love elephants so much.
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actually he was trying to mate with the mother. it's very common, he mistakes the smells of birth, look closely you will see it's the mom he's mounting. (the mom has blood and fluid down her leg, etc.) I've watched other videos where this is explained in detail. I always feel sorry for the mother, hard enough she just gave birth without a male trying to mount her right afterwards.
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That baby had to have been terrified as all hell lmao. Its been chilling in its own studio apartment for 2 years, then it gets evicted and suddenly surrounded by gigantic ass animals using their feet to make you stand up. With no regards to you experiencing gravity and weak legs right off the bat lol
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It was such a a beautiful scene before the frisky bull showed up.
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Wow 😳 this was a great video I'm like over her trying to yell out to the female to circle him🤭 my heart was like nooo when he kicked him but how awesome was it to see the whole family of female 🐘🐘show up and protect him🥰
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The elephants won't notice the poop that seems to be following them
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Holy shit elephants have evolved a 5th leg!
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Four legs and two trunks
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"Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life, or have been mistreated... but, like people, Mrs. Simpson, some of them are just jerks."
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One of God's mist awesome creations!!! Love them so so much!!!
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Thank God for the CAVALRY!!!
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Now imagine this with a drunk Uncle crashing a baby shower :p
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Welcome to New world baby elephan god bless you darling be save with mom and family daling
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I still love elephants, but this poor baby. I didn't know the bulls hung around the herd, someone must have been ready to mate? He's really obnoxious. The way he's batting that baby around. What a relief when he leaves! I thought the baby was going to get hurt or worse. It's amazing how he can be in the middle of all those legs and they don't step on him. Such a good mother and aunts!
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I love these animals
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I’d like to know more about what happened to the calf. These videos are always too short for me.
