ickplantM to Elephants · 3 days agoPairi Daiza Celebrates the Birth of a Second Asian Elephant Calf in 2025imagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1imagePairi Daiza Celebrates the Birth of a Second Asian Elephant Calf in 2025ickplantM to Elephants · 3 days agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-text
Source: https://zooborns.com/2025/08/26/pairi-daiza-celebrates-the-birth-of-a-second-asian-elephant-calf-in-2025/#more-21
minus-squareickplantOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoAgreed. And this is taken literal minutes after the calf was born, this is him taking his first steps. So I imagine the parents are very protective.
minus-squareBig_Boss_77linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI don’t work with elephants, but I’ve been around enough cows with newborns to learn to read the signs… I’m fairly familiar with that body language, you are absolutely correct… he was one intrusive elephant thought from achieving escape velocity.
Agreed. And this is taken literal minutes after the calf was born, this is him taking his first steps. So I imagine the parents are very protective.
I don’t work with elephants, but I’ve been around enough cows with newborns to learn to read the signs… I’m fairly familiar with that body language, you are absolutely correct… he was one intrusive elephant thought from achieving escape velocity.