While on location in Africa, BBC Earth captured incredibly dramatic, nail-biting footage showing a herd of elephants attempting to cross a alligator infested river. Amongst the herd were three tiny calves who, despite the best efforts of their mums, had a difficult time keeping their collective trunks above water due to the strong current that kept sweeping them away. The current even became too strong for the adults, who eventually pulled themselves to shore in order to help their babies downstream. One calf came to shore rather easily, but the two who were further downstream had a bit more of a time with it. The adult pachyderms could not reach the calves due to the angle of the slippery riverbank, despite their best efforts. Luckily one of the calfs was able to get solid footing and exited the river with the other calf in tow.
An Elephant family is crossing a river, but the currents are too strong and the calves risk getting swept away.
In this amazing footage captured by a guest of the Kicheche Laikipia Camp in Kenya, a herd of elephants crossing the Ewaso Nyiro in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy work together as a team to rescue a tiny calf that had gotten swept up in the current of the rain swollen…
From rescue to motherhood, get to know the new mums of #dswt & watch rare footage of their their calves here: https://t.co/kftL3yZLts pic.twitter.com/BNzoSRbnbE— Sheldrick Wildlife (@DSWT) August 29, 2017 Over the years, the amazing people of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust have rescued a number of orphaned, injured and/or abandoned…
While Dok Rak, the perceptive baby elephant, was crossing the river with his herd at at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, he was accidentally knocked over by another larger elephant and couldn't regain his footing. Luckily the other elephants including nanny Faa Sai rushed in to save…
A herd of elephants who were grazing in a grassy field with their little babies in tow, came upon a hidden GoPro camera. The curious pachyderms checked out the camera with their inquisitive trunks and knocked it over, but not before it captured wonderful closeup views of their beautiful sniffers.
An enormous flock of pink flamingos decided take a much needed rest after flying for so long and landed along the banks of a salty lagoon. While the birds were peacefully feeding, cleaning and perhaps mating, they were disturbed by the thunderous sound of a herd of stallions stampeding towards…
While walking to work on a snowy day in Fernie, British Columbia, redditor Bronsta captured the humorous sight of a small herd of deer coming down the street. Once they reached the corner, the herd dutifully paused at the bright red stop sign and looked both ways before proceeding to…
Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
