The herd instinct

The herd instinct




On April 14, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in southern California. Fortunately, no personal injuries were reported, but at the San Diego Zoo they captured a very curious moment, which gives us an idea of ​​the intelligence and solidarity of elephants, which are social animals that transmit information among themselves.


The adults transmit information to the cubs about how to survive, how to behave, where to find food, where to find water, what to do in case there is a lion nearby or a pride of lions nearby and how to act in case of danger, for example, what happens in the video.




The elephants were doing their elephant things in the zoo, it seems that it has a large enclosure, the earthquake begins as you can see in the video, and the elephants have the ability to perceive sounds through their legs, so they picked up the tremors or earthquake quickly and formed a protection circle where the babies stayed in the center and the adults acted as a barrier on the outside of the circle, until the earthquake passed and then they returned to their elephant things.


I love it, more proof that nature before humans existed also developed instincts to work cooperatively, to work together, to put the team above individuality and above concepts like "we must protect the calves", something essential, we must protect the weak, elephants have that concept of protecting the weak, those of their clan, but the weakest of their clan, I love it.



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