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When the wind changed direction, one of the matriarchs smelled something different and sounded the alarm. All of the adults formed a parameter around the younger elephants. They didn't move for 5 minutes. The wind shifted again and they finally relaxed.

There was a lioness in the area that most likely caused the alert.

We were on a hiking safari and had set up our camp long before the elephants came to this location to rest. We were sitting by our tents when I took this video and at no time did we disturb or approach the elephants. The elephants remained there when we went to bed that night but they were gone in the morning when we got up.