YOUNG ELEPHANT BOTTLE FEEDING ITSELF
The photo was taken at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. The orphanage is dedicated to raising elephants that have been ...
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The photo was taken at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. The orphanage is dedicated to raising elephants that have been rescued as babies often after poachers have killed their mothers for the tusks. After a dozen years or so they are integrated into herds in Tsavo National Park. This photo demonstrates a remarkable trait about elephants. Unlike human babies and other primates that come prewired to grasp, baby elephants have to learn to use their facial appendage. It takes them about six months to a year to do so. They have a brain which is about three times larger than our own.
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ManeFrame
June 27, 2021
Thank you for entering this in my "Rescued" challenge, Paul. This speaks so many volumes! Congratulations on winning the challenge!
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Paul_Joslin
June 29, 2021
My pleasure. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust does a wonderful job of rescuing orphaned elephants, raising them and reintroducing them back into the wild
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