Last August, in a remote part of Kenya, rangers heard a commotion of elephants. They investigated and found a baby elephant trapped in a deep well at Korbesa.
Rescuers waited for her mother, but none ever came. So they took the baby, tired and weak from her ordeal, to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust for care.
One year later, “she is one of the cleverest — and bossiest — elephants we have ever met,” says the Trust on its website. “We feel certain that we have a future matriarch on our hands.”
Standing for the first time on unsteady legs, a new baby begins its life. In these scenes from The Secret Life of the Zoo, a baby giraffe, zebra, elephant and others take those important first steps.
“Wow, they look really big and sharp! I just have this one nose floppy, but lookit! I can wave it around and pick up stuff and blow bubbles, it’s really cool! Okay, see ya!”
It’s another perfect summer day, a conveniently timed rainstorm turns thoughtfully placed dirt pile into a swimming pool with a built-in slide. Whee!