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Fascinating: Elephants next to your safari tent - baby elephants
The
Tarangire
Safari
Lodge
in
Tanzania
is
located
on
an
elevation
along
Tarangire
River,
where
an
ancient
game
pass
goes
down
to
the
river.
Elephants,
antelopes
and
other
game
passes
by
at
sunrise
and
before
sunset
to
leave
the
feeding
grounds
in
order
to
go
down
to
the
river
for
drinking.
They
cross
the
campsite,
passing
the
tents
and
the
people
sitting
there at arm’s length. After drinking, the elephants enjoy bathing.
The
trunk
of
the
elephants
is
a
universal
tool
for
lifting
heavy
loads,
tearing
down
branches,
knocking
down
trees,
or
picking
up
tiny
bits.
For
this,
the
trunk
has
more
than
10,000
muscles.
Newborn
elephants
have
to
learn
to
coordinate
all
these
muscles,
which
may
take
one
or
two
days.
Only
after
this,
the
baby
elephants
are
able
to
drink
milk
from
mother’s
breast: They have to learn to put back the trunk over the head. Before, the trunk dangles around without control.
By the way: The teats of elephants are between the forelegs, as in humans.