A baby elephant that lost her mother greets the man that is caring for her.

[riversedge]

FriendofTrees ‏@JamiaStarheart 2h2 hours ago

RT @AbdullahSaylam: A baby elephant that lost her mother greets the man that is caring for her.

[SwissTony]

1. A beautiful picture, but wht does that baby weigh? n/t

[freedom fighter jh]

7. Much, much less than it's gonna weigh soon.

[libdem4life]

2. That is one heck of a huge hug. Forget bear hugs, that's an elly hug.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Now I need a bucket

to mop up my melted heart.

[brer cat]

5. +1

[3catwoman3]

9. Poetically...

...stated. I may borrow that line.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. It's yours...royalty free.

[MissDeeds]

16. Yep

Happy elephant tears here.

[tblue37]

4. K&R for visibility. nt

[elmac]

6. Did anyone see the PBS program a years ago or so

About a motherless baby elephant raised by a lady working at an animal clinic or refuge in Africa
The elephant grew so attached to her that when she left for a few weeks to take care of some business the elephant went into a deep depression, wouldn't eat and ended up dying, very sad.

[SMC22307]

18. Daphne Sheldrick of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

Then...



...and now:



I think it was her daughter's wedding that took her away. I don't remember her exact words, but she was clearly pained in retelling that story... it was hard to watch. But from that they learned the importance of rotating caregivers so that those helpless little orphans wouldn't become too attached to any one person.

[fasttense]

8. People who believe animals do not have emotions

Have not spent much time with animals.

[closeupready]

12. If cable is good for nothing else, NatGeoWild had a lion show today -

touching, sad, infuriating, but also enlightening. A mother of three cubs had to leave the pride to go hunting over a period of a couple days, leaving the cubs proximate to, but isolated from, her younger male cousins. Suffice to say that when she returned to discover what had happened, she growled and bared her teeth in anger at the males, who - the narrator informed us - would ALL (seven total male cousins) be cast out from the pride, forever, most to die of starvation.

Several levels on which to process the show, but yes, animals most certainly DO have emotions and thoughts.

[2naSalit]

10. Seems hoomins have

had a long history of failing the rest of the species on the planet when it comes to respect and acknowledgement of their intellect.

[Omaha Steve]

11. Beautiful

K&R!

Going to dry my eyes.

OS

[Jack Rabbit]

14. Squeee!

[flamingdem]

15. This is a great group that rescues elephants

Their facebook feed is charming, lots of stories

https://www.facebook.com/thedswt/?fref=ts

Super recommended and great for donations, you can adopt an orphan!

http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/

[cantbeserious]

17. Thank You For Sharing

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