Three of the five Asian Elephants I was able to study for four weeks. Mah Nah, the individual on the right is pregnant and looking to the matriarch, Tong Dee, for support during a pre-labor pain. Hence they are touching trunks. Mah Nah's 3 year old son, Bpmee Mai is also in the picture, but he's hidden behind his mother.
I wanted to post this picture to show the social nature of Asian Elephants. Though the two adults are not related, they have still formed a strong bond after living together or several years.
These elephants belong to villagers living in Huay Pakoot, Thailand. They are part of a semi-wild herd.
Cameratrap photo. Date set wrongly in device.
Cameratrap picture
Note: Year marked wrongly as 2012 in the device.
Photo and observation by Sanjeev Kumar S R
Photo and observation by Karthikeyan Sivagnanam.
The adult female elephant on the left later died due to some illness, and the orphaned calf had to be shifted to Vandalur Zoo, Chennai.
Photo and observation by George Tom
Photo and observation by Sanjeev Kumar S R
Photo and observation by Sanjeev Kumar S R
Bornean Pygmy Elephant (Elephas maximus bornensis). There are only 1200 in existence.
The Asian or Asiantic Elephant (Elephas maximus), sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies, the Indian Elephant, is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas. It is the largest living land animal in Asia. The species is found primarily in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina and parts of Nepal and Indonesia (primarily Borneo), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Bhutan, and Samatra. It is considered endangered,...
