Multi generations of elephants make up this herd of mostly females crossing a river to access grasses on the bank for breakfast in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Elephants have an ordered social structure where herds of closely related females with their offspring follow the dominant matriarchal cow. Adult males join the herd when a female is in heat. Adolescent males leave the herd to form small bachelor groups or travel alone at about age 14.
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Great video. It came out really well.
Thanks. Only a little shaky.
Loved seeing this. So great to see them just being free and natural. I have to smile at their flapping ears and those great tusks. Hope there was no sound as I didn’t hear any. What sorts of noises do elephants make other than trumpeting? Do we have any real idea what that means for them? Love elephants!
I turned the sound off as it was mostly wind sound. They make all kinds of sounds, plus communicate through body language and touch.
Elephants fascinate me. I love reading about how they communicate via subsonic means and I had an opportunity to talk to the Tulsa Zoo’s elephant keeper who told me how sensitive elephants are to many things especially new people on the staff and it often takes months before they really accept somebody new. They really seem to be very intelligent animals.
I could watch them interact for hours. They touch and rumble, use tools, and problem solve. Very intelligent. Yet I will observe and respect them from a distance.
I just love elephants