Ein sichtlich wütender Elefant erschreckte in Südafrika Safari-Touristen, die dem Elefant offensichtlich eindeutig zu Nahe gekommen sind. Er geht auf ihren Truck los, hebt diesen an und lässt ihn fallen.
The trouble reportedly began, according to the tour company responsible for the outing, when the tourists „came too close to the elephant to take pictures and he started getting aggressive.“ Why the tour company, Mankwe Game Trackers, wasn’t more responsible in keeping the guests at a safer distance is unclear, but the Pilanesberg National Park, where this took place, claims it is investigating.
Dieses Video aus dem Addo Elephant National Park in Südafrika zeigt eine Elefantenherde, die ihre riesigen Körper als Kette benutzen, um ein Elefantenbaby aus einer Schlammpfütze zu ziehen, in der es feststeckte. Die größeren Elefanten hatten in der Pfütze gespielt, als das Kleine hineinfiel.
The baby elephant fell face first into the muddy water and disappeared! There was an immediate sense of panic in the entire herd; the elephants closest to the water rushed over and stretched their trunks desperately trying to pull the little one out. Nearly all the herd were trying, but the baby was just too small and weak to grab onto any of their outstretched trunks.”
Könnte sein, dass der Maut fordernde Elefant durchaus beängstigend wirkt. Würde zumindest mir so gehen. Aber Hunger macht ja bekanntlich übellaunig.
A tourist van was charged at by an elephant that suddenly emerged from the bush in Sri Lanka yesterday (December 11th).
The event took place at Culp Temple Road inside the Yala National Park, as a tour van was driving to the Situlpauwa temple and was ambushed by a notorious elephant named Nitra.
Nitra stopped the vehicle and searched the passenger area for food items with its trunk. After a short while the driver was able to speed off with no one injured.
The road is reportedly a regular site for elephants to approach vehicles to steal food.
Elefanten mögen Bananen eigentlich auch im Ganzen und mit Schale, Pang Pha, ein asiatischer Elefant im Berliner Zoo, brachte sich allerdings selber bei, Bananen zu schälen, bevor sie sie isst. Vermutlich weil sie dieses Verhalten bei Menschen gesehen und adaptiert hat. Primär schält sie dann Bananen mit braunen Flecken.
„We discovered a very unique behavior,“ said Michael Brecht of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’s Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience. „What makes Pang Pha’s banana peeling so unique is a combination of factors—skillfulness, speed, individuality, and the putatively human origin—rather than a single behavioral element.“[…]
When yellow-brown bananas are offered to a group of elephants, Pha changes her behavior, they report. She eats as many bananas as she can whole and then saves the last one to peel later.
Banana-peeling appears to be rare in elephants as far as anyone knows, and none of the other Berlin elephants engage in peeling. It’s not clear why Pha peels them. The researchers note, however, that she was hand raised by human caretakers in the Berlin Zoo. They never taught her to peel bananas, but they did feed her peeled bananas.
When life gives you lemons… 🍋🐘💩
We’re at Mana Pools National Park, located in the northern region of Zimbabwe. This park has gained recognition for its abundant wildlife visible along the river and in the flood plains. At sunrise, a multitude of elephants, hippos, and Nile crocodiles congregate at the Long Pool. In the park’s southern area, lions can be spotted waiting for their prey near the Chitake Spring waterhole.
Neulich in Kenia: der KBC-Reporter Alvin Kaunda will über Elefanten berichten. Der anwesenden Baby-Elefantin Kidani ist das egal, sie will sich lieber selber auch ein bisschen in die Aufnahme bringen, was ihr außerordentlich gut gelingt.
Ich habe keine Ahnung, warum dieser Elefant im Zoo Basel einen Baumstamm auf einen Baumstamm legt, aber offenbar hat er seine Gründe dafür – und einen Plan.
