I find this video mesmerizing. A young elephant isn’t coordinated enough to stand up in a slippery mud pit. Another one (is it the mom?) comes over and acts as a buttress, allowing the little one to get purchase and right itself. What a smart adult!
Happy Friday!
Sure, one elephant minors in physics and everyone assumes she’s all so smart.
Nothing like a good roll in the mud. Hogs also go for a good mud bath on a hot day.
It wasn’t clear to me what her goal was. She seemed to be helping initially, but then seemed to wallow for a minute after junior had moved away. Was she perhaps just taking a wallow and happened to maneuver into a position that helped? But, then, perhaps she was determined to help, but then decided that while she was down, she might as well get in a few slip-slides herself.
“If we could walk with the animals, talk with the animals…”
Elephants are amazing creatures. Among my favorite animals. I can’t help but marvel at their bodies. How do their knees hold up under all that weight? Look at how much work those knees are doing in this clip!
Wonderful
What an upper!
This is how many waterholes begin. Elephants wallow in a wet patch, carry away the mud that sticks, which leaves a deeper hole, which collects more water, which attracts more elephants…