You will see when the little ones are not strong enough with their trunks yet, they
will go down on their front legs and bite off or chew the little branches.
Like humans elephants also learn throughout the years how to do things.
They're extremely clever, very intelligent and they can remember things that you will
forget about it.
Khanyisa just picked up this little bone in the bush, must have been an impala that was
killed
Owen says it's the impala lower jaw.
She picked it up and threw it away.
Elephants can mourn, they are very in touch with their feelings.
One of the reasons that we also rotate the carers is that they don't get attached to
one or two carers, but rather there is a variety of people.
So should you go off, even for me, during the hard times I also had to stand back a
bit so that Khanyisa doesn't get too attached to me.
And you can see, if you go, they are a bit sad, and once you're back, they're so glad
to see you.
Just what I've experienced lately, being away for a longer period than before, Khanyisa
was so glad to see me.
We can also see that with the other carers that she deals with a lot.
Herman, when Herman returns, you can see how glad she is.
You can see it in the communication.
She will rumble to greet them.
Their communication plays a huge role in the elephants' lives.
Not only with rumbling, they also have different ways to communicate.
Elephants are very attached to their families.
They have extremely strong family bonds and they will look out for each other.
The female elephants, the cows, actually play a huge role in the family hierarchy.
We have the Matriarch and she's the one who actually keeps the family together.
I think their family structure and bonds are much stronger than you have in human families.
They watch out for each other, they will also fight.
Some of them also don't get along.
We for example have a Bubi and a Lundi, who don't get on extremely well, but they do get
along.
They have two sons and when there is a dispute between the two bulls, they will choose sides.
Of course Bubi will choose Zindoga's side and Lundi will choose Mambo's side.
So even when Mambo and Zindoga are extremely good friends, the females will remember what
the boys did wrong.