{"id":386,"date":"2019-02-18T04:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T04:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ANIMALPAGES.COM\/animals\/?p=386"},"modified":"2025-07-09T00:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:02:35","slug":"tiny-baby-elephant-rescued-by-her-mama-and-auntie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/tiny-baby-elephant-rescued-by-her-mama-and-auntie\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Baby Elephant Rescued by Her Mama and Auntie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A family of elephants crosses the rain-swollen Ewaso Nyiro river in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. With the river deep, the mountain high banks and fast current aren\u2019t even easy for adults, let alone a six-month old calf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch as the baby starts to wash downstream and one of her aunties rushes to the rescue. Then the aunt and mother work together \u2014 one blocking the current and one pushing the baby \u2014 to get the small calf to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elephant calf river rescue \u00a9 Sandy Gelderman\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p9pekF3bV6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" data-attachment-id=\"392\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/tiny-baby-elephant-rescued-by-her-mama-and-auntie\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-screenshot-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,783\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2-300x157.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2-1024x535.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ANIMALPAGES.COM\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2-1024x535.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2-1024x535.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2-768x401.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/video-elephant-baby-rescue-Screenshot-2.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2571651847880215\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- banner ad -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2571651847880215\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7178535257\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A family of elephants crosses the rain-swollen Ewaso Nyiro river in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. 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