Elephant mother revives unconcious newborn calf

[Subdivisions]

Warning: Graphic video of elephant birth so expect everything that goes with that...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWLCzw4rJ-w

Nature is an amazing and beautiful thing...

[smalll]

1. One can only hope this isn't nature herself trying to make a Scott Brown reference.

/nt

[LaydeeBug]

15. that's just bizarre to equate the two, I mean batshit crazy bizarre.

/nt

[depakid]

2. Very cool

Elephants are among the select few with the self awareness required to pass the mirror test.

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/mirror_test_reveals_elephants_are_no_dumbos/

[Leopolds Ghost]

4. Your sig picture in this thread. caused a reverse funny aneurysm n/t

[depakid]

7. In a double reverse

A Republican Senator from California in the 1980's nicknamed "sleepy" wrote in his earlier days a fine scholarly work that people would do well to read again today:

http://barelybad.com/quayle_language.htm">Language in Thought and Action

Deals and analyzes symbolism, among other things.

[Subdivisions]

9. They also mourn their dead. I love elephants. =) n/t

[malaise]

10. Fabulous graphic

:D

[applegrove]

12. What other animals pass the test? I keep trying to encourage my cats

to see themselves in the mirror but not luck.

[AlienGirl]

13. Great Apes, parrots, dolphins.

[applegrove]

14. That makes sense.

[Libertas1776]

16. I believe I read somewhere

that animals like cats and dogs don't recognize themselves in the mirror, not because they are not intelligent enough, but rather are hard wired through scents and smells recognition and not really sight as we know it, hence, dogs saying hello by sniffing another dogs butt, their...um...droppings, and other such things.

[applegrove]

17. That makes some sense. Whenever I walk a dog (I don't have one) I always figure

they are picking up gossip when they sniff the dirty snow.

[polly7]

3. Elephants and whales, my favourite wild animals. So intelligent,

thank you for the video!

[elleng]

5. HIPY PAPY BTHETHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY

"I'm just saying 'A Happy Birthday'," said Owl carelessly.
"It's a nice long one," said Pooh, very much impressed by it.

[inna]

6. Absolutely amazing!! Thank you for posting this, it's one of the most

incredible videos I've ever seen.

[SeattleGirl]

8. Wow!

I was somewhat taken aback by what seemed like the violence of the mother, but as I kept watching the video, I could see that she was not violent, but actually desparate to get her baby to live.

Awesome video!

[Maru Kitteh]

11. One day when humans have evolved enough to lose some of our conceit

I believe elephants will be among the first of non-humans whose status as persons is recognized.