In mammals, the pregnancy period of elephants is very long, up to 22 months or so, so the mother elephant is very protective of the calf, when the baby elephant encounters danger, always rush to the first time to protect and rescue, so as not to let the baby elephant be harmed. Recently, in Nakhon Nayoyo Province, the central region of Thailand, someone found a baby elephant falling into a drainage channel, and the mother elephant was guarding it, but the mother elephant became very irritable, did not let people get close, and even collided with people, making people worry about the safety of the baby elephant.
This drainage channel is about 2 meters deep, the baby elephant can not climb up on its own, the mother elephant does not have enough strength to use the proboscis to roll up the baby elephant, according to the surrounding residents, last night heard the elephant is calling, so it is very likely that the baby elephant has fallen into the deep canal for about a night, the longer the time, the more dangerous to the baby elephant.
Rescuers can not forcefully drive away the baby elephant, but at this time if you want to pull the baby elephant strongly, it will inevitably be considered by the elephant to hurt the baby elephant, and the elephant will retaliate, so the rescuers decided to anesthetize the elephant first, which also happened a touching scene, when the mother elephant was given 3 doses of sedative, the mother elephant immediately stood unsteadily, but just when it was about to faint, stumbled to the baby elephant place, and finally planted into the drainage ditch, the head was close to the hole, it seemed that even if it was going to faint, it was necessary to do the last bit of strength to protect the baby elephant.
Rescuers quickly began to rescue the female elephant, and the veterinarian immediately performed CPR on the female elephant, because when the elephant fainted, the head also hit the hole, most likely injured. On the other side, the staff also rescued the baby elephant, and the baby elephant also immediately came to the mother elephant, touched the elephant with its head and nose, and also tried to wake up the mother elephant, after the veterinarian's efforts, the mother elephant also began to wake up, and the rescuers quickly evacuated and let it take the baby elephant back to the forest.
- Elephants' touching calves
Calves are an instinct of animals, born with a behavioral ability, which is also evident in female elephants, and they will also do their best to protect their cubs from other animals, not to let the baby elephant fall alone or injured, and also to prevent predators from sneaking up on the baby elephant.
For example, in June 2021, in Yuxi, Yunnan, a group of Asian elephants all the way north entered the jungle and disturbed the pheasant hiding in the grass, the pheasant saw the size of the elephant, frightened immediately far away, but also frightened the elephant, the leading elephant immediately stopped walking, the elephant behind the baby elephant under the body, quickly approached the leading elephant, two adult elephants protected the baby elephant in the middle, even if it is such a small animal, it caused the elephant herd to be vigilant.
In May 2021, at a safari park in the central Israeli city of Ramat Gan, a herd of elephants heard air raid sirens that threatened the elephant herd, and the adult elephants quickly formed a circle to protect the baby elephants from attacks.
Elephants show ferocity in protecting territories in addition to protecting their calves, for example, in March 2021, in a farmland in India, when people are preparing to reclaim farmland with excavators, but an elephant is also eating plants on the farmland, the behavior of the excavator angered the elephant, in order to protect the territory, the elephant angrily rushed the excavator to drive the excavator, which is also a common aspect of human-elephant conflict.
- The emotional bond of the elephant community
Asian elephants are generally 5 to 6 meters long, weighing 3 to 5 tons, is the largest existing land animal in Asia, male and female elephants are easy to distinguish, female Asian elephants do not have ivory, only male Asian elephants have tusks, wild Asian elephants are mainly distributed in southeast Asia and South Asia, these tropical regions, the domestic wild Asian elephant population is mainly distributed in Yunnan Xishuangbanna area.
In the elephant population, the baby elephant is the key protection object of the entire elephant herd, which is the elephant's calf protection instinct and behavior habits, the baby elephant is strictly protected from birth, whether it is a large predator, or a relatively weak herbivores, if the elephant encounters a threat, it will immediately guard the baby elephant in the middle.
Elephants are social animals, the members of the group are very affectionate, encounter single baby elephants, the elephants will wait for the baby elephants, encounter baby elephants fall into the puddle, the elephants will also try their best to rescue, know how to take care of the injured group members, when the companion dies, there will be a "wailing" behavior for the companions, some elephants even know how to bury it in the dead branches, which is also an emotional bond of the elephant.
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