Elephant Baby Driving its Sister Nuts? Don't Ignore the Emotional Value of Wild Animals | CBCGDF CCAfa

Recently, a news titled "Elephant Baby Too Playful Driving the elder Sister to Nuts" went viral. It turned out that in the Wild Elephant Valley of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, a wild Asian elephant baby refused to follow the elephant herd into the water, making the elder Sister waiting on shore impatiently and shaking her nose “angrily”.

 


A long trunk is one of the defining features of an elephant. There are up to 40,000 muscles in the trunk. But do you know what an elephant wants to say when it swings its trunk? There may be several possibilities: maintaining body balance; detecting the surrounding environment for information such as odor, temperature, humidity, etc., which help them find food, water sources, and companions; communicating with other elephants; to clean the body; to show their strength; and expressing emotions. Angry elephants will make poking movements, including hard shaking of the head, swinging the nose, the ears and so on.

 

It is particularly important to listen to the "voices" of wild animals and establish a more empathetic relationship with them.

 

Original Chinese Article: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GHvJ9_O9yj35KW9gobcwBA

Translator: Sara

Checked by: Daisy

Editor: Sara     

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