Perfect video for a Friday end of day. 🙂 How sweet that they run to get their bottles.
DEBGJuly 18, 2025 / 9:38 pm
They don’t just run–they run TRUNKS UP and MOUTHS OPEN. I would give anything for that experience.
allein 🐾July 18, 2025 / 10:21 pm
The trunks curled up on top of their heads is so cute!
AJJuly 18, 2025 / 6:38 pm
I’m right behind Duckie in line to volunteer. Heck I’d even pay to be an elephant keeper for a day and feed the babies, and walk them, and give them skritches. Love them all come running up to get their bottle. It’s like someone rang a giant dinner bell.
6RabbitsJuly 18, 2025 / 8:35 pm
That would be an EXCELLENT idea! I volunteer!🙋🏼♀️
Charge people to participate and make money for the elephants care!
GeorgianaJuly 18, 2025 / 6:56 pm
Those are BIG babies!
Duckie 🐥July 18, 2025 / 9:46 pm
Good thing they don’t need burping.
Michael but not NTMTOMJuly 19, 2025 / 12:08 am
Too bad “Baby Elephant Walk” is probably still under copyright–that’d be the perfect music. (Who else is old enough to remember “Hatari”? Or Henry Mancini, for that matter?) Nothing that big should still need to be on milk. Certainly not 8 times a day! They have mini-tusks, do they not have some molars to grind up leaves? And brilliant, Duckie, yes, good thing they don’t need to be burped.
allein 🐾July 19, 2025 / 12:35 am
According to SeaWorld’s page on elephants (why does SeaWorld have a page on elephants?) they aren’t fully weaned for over two years!
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“Calves nurse for the first six months of life. Elephant milk is high in fat and protein (100 times more than the protein contained in cow’s milk).
On average, calves drink about 10 L (21 pt.) a day.
Calves begin to experiment with their developing trunks between four and six months of age by picking grasses and leaves to supplement their diet. Weaning from milk gradually follows this process. Calves are not completely weaned until they are over two years of age and may weigh between 850-900 kg (1,874-1,984 lb.).”
6RabbitsJuly 19, 2025 / 12:39 am
My sister and I watched Hatari (and another called Daktari) when we were young and it was on after school. I remember Henry Mancini cos we used to watch the Pink Panther cartoon on Saturday morning, and my mom would tell us about him.
Remember, elephant babies are huge (3 feet at birth) and will nurse from 2-4 years! They are getting used to eating other things after 6 mos, but still nurse. Tusks appear around 2-3 years.
Where do I sign up?!
The teeny tusks!
Perfect video for a Friday end of day. 🙂 How sweet that they run to get their bottles.
They don’t just run–they run TRUNKS UP and MOUTHS OPEN. I would give anything for that experience.
The trunks curled up on top of their heads is so cute!
I’m right behind Duckie in line to volunteer. Heck I’d even pay to be an elephant keeper for a day and feed the babies, and walk them, and give them skritches. Love them all come running up to get their bottle. It’s like someone rang a giant dinner bell.
That would be an EXCELLENT idea! I volunteer!🙋🏼♀️
Charge people to participate and make money for the elephants care!
Those are BIG babies!
Good thing they don’t need burping.
Too bad “Baby Elephant Walk” is probably still under copyright–that’d be the perfect music. (Who else is old enough to remember “Hatari”? Or Henry Mancini, for that matter?) Nothing that big should still need to be on milk. Certainly not 8 times a day! They have mini-tusks, do they not have some molars to grind up leaves? And brilliant, Duckie, yes, good thing they don’t need to be burped.
According to SeaWorld’s page on elephants (why does SeaWorld have a page on elephants?) they aren’t fully weaned for over two years!
—
“Calves nurse for the first six months of life. Elephant milk is high in fat and protein (100 times more than the protein contained in cow’s milk).
On average, calves drink about 10 L (21 pt.) a day.
Calves begin to experiment with their developing trunks between four and six months of age by picking grasses and leaves to supplement their diet. Weaning from milk gradually follows this process. Calves are not completely weaned until they are over two years of age and may weigh between 850-900 kg (1,874-1,984 lb.).”
My sister and I watched Hatari (and another called Daktari) when we were young and it was on after school. I remember Henry Mancini cos we used to watch the Pink Panther cartoon on Saturday morning, and my mom would tell us about him.
Remember, elephant babies are huge (3 feet at birth) and will nurse from 2-4 years! They are getting used to eating other things after 6 mos, but still nurse. Tusks appear around 2-3 years.