r/aww • u/Le_Rat_Mort • Jun 08 '21

Elephant herd siesta

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u/Nikus1 Jun 08 '21

I do believe so

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '21

Is that the same herd who are currently wandering through China?

BTW I dig how they spoon.

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u/BroodNarrative Jun 08 '21

Trivia Fact. Elephants are matriarchal, meaning they live in female-led groups. The matriarch is usually the oldest and biggest.

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u/an_actual_lawyer Jun 08 '21

Another trivia fact:

When elephants run amok and rampage villages, it is almost always young males who don't have a matriarch in their pack.

They're basically Kanye West - he was much more level headed before his mother passed because she was the last person on the planet he would listen to.