Want to see a baby elephant born in the wild, here is a great video.

[texanwitch]

The baby is born about halfway thru the video.




Elephant Birth at Ulusaba


Deborah and Jonathan Smith - 6 min - Sep 3, 2006 - (577 ratings)
... private game reserve in South Africa. Its very rare to see an elephant birth in the wild - we were very lucky. Elephants are in the womb for 22 months ...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5736044891704882660

[RebelOne]

1. Totally awesome!

[texanwitch]

2. The baby just falls out.

It was awesome.

[Arugula Latte]

12. I wish I'd had that happen to me when giving birth

Instead, I had five hours of pushing with # 1 ... x(

On edit: My face looked EXACTLY like that little yellow smilie during the process ... :rofl:

[Little Wing]

3. I really need to spend more time in nature

;(

[Bunny]

4. That was so cool!

Thanks!

[judaspriestess]

5. How beautiful

and special.........


But hey its just an animal, which ultimately does not count compared to the tens of thousands of humans being born everyday 'lovingly overpopulating' the earth and decreasing every other creatures habitat to nothing. :eyes: pardon the cynicism

[MonkeyFunk]

6. wow..

there's a lot of wet gunk inside an elephant!

[texanwitch]

11. The mother elephant's water really broke.

I like the way the other elephants stayed around the baby.

[Mojambo]

7. I like this Rhino one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh2iyPmucFk

[stuntcat]

8. WOW

This is amazing, I'm gonna send it to Everyone, thank you!

[Maine-ah]

9. thankyou, that was beautiful!

:hi:

[zanne]

10. Baby looks like it's wearing booties! nt

[texanwitch]

13. That is what I thought.

Elephant booties.

[Kajsa]

14. That is so beautiful, Texanwitch!

Hi ya!

Wow- this is so neat.

Did you notice how all the elephants formed a circle around her
to protect her and her baby?

They are such great animals and have a very advanced social structure
within the herd.

Thanks so much for sharing this.

:hi:

[texanwitch]

15. Hi Kajsa

I like the way elephants were touching the baby, elephants are special.

I am surprised the elephants were so calm around humans, with a baby yet.

[Kajsa]

16. I noticed that, too.

I'm thinking the herd must have known the humans
and trusted them.
Otherwise I don't think they would have allowed them
to come as close as they did.

;-)

[hellbound-liberal]

17. Thanks texanwitch! You made my night!

That was an amazing video. Thanks for sharing!

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

18. Thanks

that was beautiful.