Reassurance & Protection
Defensive-Circle

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Perceiving a threat adult females protect calves in the center of a tight Defensive-Circle of elephants. Adults face outwards, heads up and ear-spread, toward the perceived threat, their....Read More
Trample-Ground
A vigorous scraping or trampling of the ground following the birth of a baby. The mother uses her forefeet to scrape the ground clear of vegetation, perhaps to help remove the smell that....Read More
Sheltering

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An infant seeking shelter or security by standing or sleeping under the front legs of its mother or other caregiver.....Read More
Shepherding

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The word to Shepherd means to gather, guard, herd, lead, or drive as a shepherd. In reference to elephants Shepherding covers a variety of actions typically by juvenile or adult female that....Read More