The Dramatic Moment the Rescued Elephants React to the Scent of Wild Elephants 🐘

While out walking through the bush, the rescued herd encounter a strange scent that causes them great alarm. Matriarch Tokwe is the first to react, followed by Lundi, Fishan and eventually Zindoga and then Jabulani. In these cases, elephants typically react to a threat by coming together, shaking their heads from side to side, ears outstretched, temporal lobe glands secreting, accompanied by some rumbling, urinating and defecating. Lundi shows this clearly in her reaction as the herd try to decipher how severe the threat is, if it is close, etc.

Adine and the team believe it must be the scent of the wild elephants that they're reacting to as the herd were seen passing through this area very recently. The rescued herd and wild herd don't get on and will try to avoid one another - especially if there are calves in the herd.

Since the Jabulani herd roam the reserve during the daylight hours each day, foraging, walking, swimming and bonding, they do on occasion come across the wild elephants.

Read more about the dynamics between the wild and rescued elephant herd in our reserve - https://herd.org.za/the-interesting-interactions-between-the-jabulani-herd-wild-elephants/

Watch the continued walk as little Khanyisa walks between her great gentle giant family and pushes past Limpopo to get closer to Timisa up front.

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