An adolescent, juvenile or older calf, typically female, intervening in an interaction between younger elephants, or engaging in behavior, in such a way as to come to the aid of an elephant being bullied, or put a stop to aggressive behavior or rough play.
In slo-mo - In view are four youngsters from the C family: a one tusk female about 10 (left) a 5 year old female (right) and two infants, gf0080's female calf under a year old and a 1 year old male. The 1 year old male attempts to Play-Reach-Over gf0080’s 6-month calf and she runs off; he tries again, bumping into her, and she continues to move away. Then, he manages to Mount her. He is immediately stopped through an Allomother-Intervention by the 5 year old female who sees him off and touches the younger calf Trunk-to-Body as if to reassure. (Gorongosa, Mozambique)
