Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Is this baby elephant alive or dead?

  • computerji by computerji

    Can anyone tell?

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  • dms246 by dms246 moderator

    I saw another photo with this baby in the same position, so went on a hunt, and managed to find 16 images from around the same time from this camera, which show a family of elephants chilling out there for a few hours. Before this baby went to sleep, it's older brother / sister lay down in the same spot for a snooze. Then mum came along, they both had a drink of milk I think, and this little one promptly lay down and slept for a while. Then eventually they all got up and left again. So I'm glad to say it was very much alive. 😃

    You can see the sequence in the collection I put together : CSGS0000wo

    The first image is timed at 07:35, and the last one is 10:57 - they hung out there for about 3 1/2 hours.

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  • kosmala by kosmala scientist

    Awesome sequence, dms246!

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  • computerji by computerji

    Thanks dms246!

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  • Daphne by Daphne

    Thanks for the good news! And for the great sequence.

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  • elfinelvin by elfinelvin

    I was wondering if this was a newborn. It's very tiny for an elephant.

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  • Envirogirl667 by Envirogirl667

    Yeah, I agree with elfinelvin, Maybe like three months... oh and AWESOME sequence dms246!!!

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  • rprblk by rprblk

    Nice group. I found a few of these one's a lillte while back,, didn't realise there were so many though. I marked them with #jan2612 there's a couple in there that you've not got yet.

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