When Benjamin speaks, even wild bulls listen. These big boys may think they have the monopoly on the water troughs, but this behaviour doesn't fly on Benjamin’s watch. A simple word & wave of the arm signals when time is up for the bachelors - it's now the orphans' turn to drink.
And here’s an excellent example! The Matriarch had already crossed the river and sent an seismic message via infrasound of her low rumbles, transmitted through the earth! The freezing of the elephants movement, means they’re listening with their feet
Crossing of the Mara River - Difficult to count all elephants! 💦🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘💦
Elephants are pretty much born swimmers! However, they need to learn how to use their trunk as a snorkel in order to breathe while swimming. A South African elephant conservation researcher center
🚨Terrible news out of Tanzania🚨
A 3rd Amboseli elephant bull Tusker was hunted and killed on the 1st of March 2024 in Enduimet by Kilombero North Safaris and client Rick Warren. This needs to be stopped and the agreement on no cross border hunting needs to be reestablished
There are all kinds of mothers! Like keeper Mishak, working more than 35 years with the youngest, most fragile & most vulnerable orphans! Listen to what he says! 😉
The smallest unit in the social organization of elephants: The Family
Usually a Matriarch with her sister and an adult daughter of them both, plus their calves at different age.
This magnificent bull is named X004.
He could not be assigned to any Amboseli family, most likely because he left at a young age. But he returns to Amboseli whenever he’s in musth and spreads his Tusker genes with the Amboseli females!
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The Red Legend of Tsavo!
Lugard roamed between Tsavo East & Tsavo West. Because of his monitoring, the Tsavo Trust could convince the engineers to build the underpassings of the Nairobi-Mombasa Road & Railway line!
Keeping an “Ear” to the Ground:
Seismic Communication in Elephants by Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell
“Elephants also engage in a freezing behavior when detecting seismic information, such that they lean forward, placing more weight on their larger front feet, which, due to the
the importance of an experienced matriarch! The younger 🐘 tries to lift the baby, but she doesn't know where to put her trunk! The 2nd 🐘, older and experienced, knows exactly what to do! And saves the baby.
This baby trio is Iman, Kaia, and Kofi. They're each born to an orphan (Ithumba, Kinna & Kilabasi, rescued, raised, and reintegrated back into the wild.
This vid never made it from IG to Twitter. There are probably different admins for IG/FB and Twitter.