Last Updated on 10/14/20 by Rose Palmer
Why do we find baby elephants so adorable?
I just could not get my fill of seeing elephants at Amboseli National Park in Kenya, which is a good thing because the park supports a population of about 1200 elephants. Midday, we came across a herd that was cooling off in the park’s muddy swamp land. We watched this little guy for a while as he struggled to make his way through the mud puddle that was almost as deep as he was tall. Once he finally made it out, he went over to mom for a comforting nursing session. We learned that if a baby elephant can fit under his mother’s belly, then he is less than a year old. This little guy may have celebrated his first birthday, but he clearly still needed the comfort and nutrition that only his mother could give. Such a sweet sight.
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Rose