Elephants are the gentle giants we all know and love - but baby elephants are even better. It's time to show some significant appreciation to these fuzzy-headed adorable animals who will eventually become the mammoths of tomorrow.
Elephant baby, or a calf, is usually born at about 250 pounds and 3 feet tall. They're pretty clumsy for about three months after they're born and have hardly any control over their trunks, which they often trip over. As if that doesn't make them enough of a bustle, calves usually drink around three whole gallons of milk every day, a routine they sometimes keep for up to 10 years. That's a tall order for a mom of any wild animal species! While male elephants will grow to leave the herd after 12 years or so, females stay with their families for life - good news for all of the elephant parents who can't bear the thought of their cute elephant daughters leaving the nest.
Thanks to wildlife photography experts we can share the most adorable Dumbos with you. Check out our compilation of the cute animals below, and share this with anyone who might need a few floppy ears to help them get through today.
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I can't imagine his expression is anything else but a happy smile. He even does the smize!
I'm basically going to like all of the photos/gifs from this article, aren't I?
Did you know an elephants trunk contains 40000 muscles? Elephants are incredibly great. They are also very smart, compassionate, mourn their dead, and you know, they are beautiful. Good thing humans are killing them for idiotic reasons!
They are shooting poachers dead on site so there is some progress in the world.
Not enough of them, though.
These photos are simply fantastic. Thank you for this collection!
just fabulous what a shame that so many of them are killed for a tusk or just for a hunting trip
i want to adopt an elephant they are so cute!!
You can symbolically adopt an elephant through a number of organizations. :) The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, and The Born Free Foundation are a couple of good ones.
Try Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage in Kenya.
You do know they get bigger right?
Me too...
i hope there is a special place in hell for those people and the people who buy products made from them
Did you know an elephants trunk contains 40000 muscles? Elephants are incredibly great. They are also very smart, compassionate, mourn their dead, and you know, they are beautiful. Good thing humans are killing them for idiotic reasons!
They are shooting poachers dead on site so there is some progress in the world.
Not enough of them, though.
These photos are simply fantastic. Thank you for this collection!
just fabulous what a shame that so many of them are killed for a tusk or just for a hunting trip
i want to adopt an elephant they are so cute!!
You can symbolically adopt an elephant through a number of organizations. :) The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, and The Born Free Foundation are a couple of good ones.
Try Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage in Kenya.
You do know they get bigger right?
Me too...
i hope there is a special place in hell for those people and the people who buy products made from them