How do Baby Elephants learn?

Baby elephants, also called calves, are adorable and they also exhibit great amount of intelligence and social interaction. This behavior is essential for their growth and helps them integrate into the herd.

Playing around

Playing comes naturally to baby elephants as it does to every other baby animal. They love to run after one another, pull, and shove each other around. This is essential for their motor skills, coordination, and social behavior.

Attachment with their mother

Calves strive for a close-knit bond with their own mother and all females of the herd. Mothers guard, feed, and assist them. And calves learn food habits and social practices from their mothers.

Imitation of Elders

Calves are bright and clever, and use their intelligence to imitate the older more experienced elephants from the herd.

Curiosity Based Learning

Calves are usually open-minded and experiment with objects with the help of their trunks and mouths. They feel, taste, and explore different items to better understand what the world has to offer.

Communicative Sounds

Speaking is natural for the elephant herds. They ‘talk’ with sounds such as trumpets, rumbles and squeaking. Baby elephants from birth become aware how to speak and interpret these sounds from their mothers.

Nursing Behavior

Baby Elephants solely rely on their mother for food intake in the initial stages of their growth. The nursing continues for a prolonged duration, frequently extending up to the range of 2 years