Elephant Birth

An elephant gives birth during our trip to Amboseli National Park in Kenya and in the half hour we are allowed to observe tries to coax the newborn to his feet.

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• Elephant Birth
• Elephant giving birth
• Kenya
• Amboseli
• baby elephant

[nkaufman]

Filmed in November 1999.

[eicanfly1]

I watch this video every month or two ever since I first found it a few years ago & post it regularly on FB. Thank you so much for capturing this event on film while respecting the elephant's privacy during these beautiful moments. THIS clip is how it should beI I saw another elephant birth, captive, It was NOT beautiful, it was heartwrenching the mother was panicking & frantic, every time she tried to help it up he went skidding across the bare concrete floor, slippery w/ afterbirth :(

[nkaufman]

@eicanfly1 Thank you for your comment. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience to be there.

[HenryDavidT]

The caring as well as concern of the mother were so vividly displayed: as her little son tried to get up, got tired after a while and simply stopped trying, she'd lower herself to his level, to sooth him, tried kicking away some of the slippery after birth, & doing it many many times within these few contininuous minutes... it's just incredible to witness this kind of deep love, concern, and nurturing a mother elephant has for her newborn, exactly like a new human mother has with her newborn...

[nkaufman]

@HenryDavidT Thank you for your beautifully written comment.

[brrag]

Thank you for sharing this!  It's beautiful.

[Leo92053]

Wonderful labor of love, great stuff

[kuzu3869]

something perfect

[mollysangelique]

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[simplethingsbykathy1]

I was mezmorized.

[UniqueEva]

<3

[VeganLuxembourg]

Beautiful.

[elephantectivism]

Wonderful video. Elephant boy would be 11 years old now. Happy Birthday elephant! Shared out on FB.

[DReynolds3]

What a privilege to watch what you were blessed to witness. Thank you so much for your steady video hand.  My question is - the upload to Youtube was June 2009, in the midst of the killing drought in Amboseli. Was this filmed quite a bit earlier? Do you know from Amboseli Elephant Research Project just who these eles are? Thanks for sharing on FB, Ann Smith.