An individual moving in an awkward or laborious manner, typically crawling on the hind knees and on the front wrists. Often observed when an elephant is climbing up an embankment, out of a mudwallow or pool or when climbing on top of one another during play, where the collective behaviors are termed Climb-Upon.
Families of elephants are leaving a pool where they have been Swimming and playing for a long while. As they reach the bank they continue to engage in social play. Some Clamber out to follow their mothers while others continue to muck about, Pushing and Shoving, Tusking-Ground and making halfhearted attempts to Clamber out. One faces us, Ear-Spreading and Trumpets in a playfully. (Amboseli, Kenya)
