Video : Wild Animal Park’s Baby Elephant
October 11th, 2006
The Wild Animal Park’s baby elephant is out in the kraal with her mother and visible to the public from the Elephant Overlook. Born on September 11, 2006, the unnamed female is a month old today.
Keepers have been monitoring the calf since birth to ensure that she is being properly cared for by first time mother Umngani. Both mother and calf are doing well. The herd has been very eager to meet the new addition, and her introduction into the herd has been quite successful.
The crowd of people observing the baby elephant from the Elephant Overlook was very interested in watching the young calf navigate her world and begin mimicking the behaviors of the adult elephants. Frequent “ooohhs” and “aaahhs” could be heard from among the observers. Weighing in at over 200 pounds, she looks tiny compared to her mother, who weighs close to 5,000 pounds!
The half hour we spent observing the pair was quite entertaining. Although the little calf tends to stay very close to her mother – usually between her mother’s legs - she is quite curious about her surroundings; we saw her investigating her environs and testing her strength against the bars of the gate.
The video below, taken over the weekend, shows the mother and calf grazing in the kraal. Notice in particular how similar the behaviors of the two are – the calf seems to be copying her mother’s every move!
Editor’s Note: To learn more about the baby elephant, check out our Baby Elephant Backgrounder and information about Live Webcams.
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