Watch: Entire elephant herd becomes quiet as it listens for danger

An elephant herd frolics successful a watering spread astatine a South African elephant orphanage until 1 elephant becomes spooked.

As a result, nan herd stops what it is doing, walks retired of nan h2o and becomes still and wholly quiet arsenic it listens for danger.

Video captured by HERD, an elephant orphanage built successful 2019, shows really elephants instrumentality together.

“There are galore things that tin put an elephant into a authorities of alarm; chaotic elephants and different wildlife—their scents and not conscionable beingness tin siren our herd,” nan commentary written connected nan video states.

“When nan elephants consciousness unafraid that thing is endangering them, aliases immoderate personnel of their family, they spell backmost to swimming.”

As seen successful nan video, nan herd becomes perfectly still arsenic they hold to find erstwhile nan seashore is clear. The quietness occurs astir nan 4:20 mark.

About 20 seconds later, nan elephants resume their activity.

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“HERD is nan first dedicated South African elephant orphanage,” nan HERD website states. “The unfortunate truth is that location are an ever-increasing number of orphaned and displaced elephant calves successful South Africa. This is linked to nan rising poaching numbers, taking mothers distant from their calves earlier they tin fend for themselves successful nan wild. And that’s wherever HERD comes in, acting arsenic their unsocial adoptive family to thief raise them successful a safe environment.”

Photo courtesy of HERD.