Elephant babies stay with their mothers for up to four years, gradually weaning themselves from mother’s milk to forage fulltime with their clan. The first four years are a time of nurturing and teaching, and it will take a baby all four years to become independent. Moms teach their babies what is safe to eat, how to knock the dirt off plant roots by smashing plant…
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Elephants seldom come into the village, where cars travel and shoppers are busy buying their day’s produce. But they are not far behind small shops and buildings as they follow ancient paths they walked since before Mfuwe Village existed. The evidence is there in large footprints filled with rainwater, crushed stalks of tall grasses, and fresh piles of dung from the early morning.
We passed produce stands just off the tar road and headed…
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