ELEPHANTS PLUCKING LEAVES AND BRANCHLETS - ELEPHANT BEHAVIOUR EPISODE 5

HOW DOES AS AN ELEPHANT FORAGE?

Episode 5 of our Elephant Behaviour Series delves into the foraging worlds of Elephants. Yes, we can watch them for hours on end as they browse through vegetation for up to 18 hours of their days. But in this episode we zoom in a little closer to examine the finer detail of how the behaviours they use to forage on endless leaves, branches, and even bark.

Elephants use their trunks, their mouths, their tusks and even their feet to eat. In this episode we focus purely on the trunk, sharing examples of two behaviours, namely “Pluck Leaves” and “Pluck Branchlets” which is seen in only one context of behaviour, called “Foraging and Comfort” technique.

A massive thank you to the team at Elephant Voices for sharing all their research on their public platform called the Elephant Ethogram, which provides the world with all this incredible insight into elephant behaviours.

Use this link to view the Elephant Ethogram by Elephant Voices:
https://www.elephantvoices.org/elepha...

* Our elephant behaviour videos showcase various elephant behaviours through our video archives that feature a unique semi-habituated herd, called the Jabulani Herd. By making use of the information available on the Elephant Ethogram, a public platform created and shared freely by the team at Elephant Voices, we are showcasing some of the more commonly seen physical behaviours by sharing a few examples of individual behaviours in succession. All behaviours are always open to interpretation and based on numerous contributing factors which are taken into consideration.