This is a remarkable video of an Indian Elephant giving birth... fair warning, it's very graphic and bloody but it's still no less wonderful to see such a large animal giving birth to it's young.
The elephant mother kicking the baby after it's born is the same as a human slap on the butt to get it to breathe.
The doctors/vets decided to leave the mother alone rather go help to allow the mother to figure it out (her first birth) how to and to strengthen the bond between them.
Eventually the baby starts breathing and within minutes begins to stand and start to walk.
I think that it's remarkable difference between humans and animals at how soon their babies learn to walk on their own.
Of course because human babies aren't prey to predators in the wild.
Thoughts? Comments?
My initial idea where the baby normally would've come out got tossed right out the window... thawt usually it was just under the tail and just below the poop-chute, however I realized that the belly was distended and thus the vaginal opening was lowered... makes sense as the fall from that height would've probably killed the baby elephant.
Really amazing video though.
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The elephant mother kicking the baby after it's born is the same as a human slap on the butt to get it to breathe.
The doctors/vets decided to leave the mother alone rather go help to allow the mother to figure it out (her first birth) how to and to strengthen the bond between them.
Eventually the baby starts breathing and within minutes begins to stand and start to walk.
I think that it's remarkable difference between humans and animals at how soon their babies learn to walk on their own.
Of course because human babies aren't prey to predators in the wild.
Thoughts? Comments?
My initial idea where the baby normally would've come out got tossed right out the window... thawt usually it was just under the tail and just below the poop-chute, however I realized that the belly was distended and thus the vaginal opening was lowered... makes sense as the fall from that height would've probably killed the baby elephant.
Really amazing video though.
