Run-After

Context: Social Play (1)

A 1 year old male with a semi-erection Run-Afters and tries to Mount an 18 month old female calf who runs away. The male pursues her and Reach-Over her back and then Pushes her. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Run-After

Context: Social Play (2)

Two adolescent males are at play, one Runs-After the other who Runs-Away. The pursuer Grasps-Tail of the fleeing male and Tusks him as they run. The fleeing male Tail-Swats him. (Gorongosa, Mozambique)

Run-After

Context: Social Play (3)

Two adolescent males are playing. The one behind is Pushing and Tusking the one in front. The male in front Kicks-Back at the one behind. The male in front Runs-Away while the male behind Run-After. Catching him the pursuer Tusks him several times and forces him down, whereupon he pins him down by Stepping-On his leg. He Reach-Over as if to mount the trapped male, but he manages to get up and away. The game begins again. (Gorongosa, Mozambique)

Run-After

Context: Social Play (4)

A group of males is Sparring and engaged in social play of various sorts. One medium sized male Runs-After a younger male who Runs-Away. This Run-After is clearly intended to end in a Mount as the Chasing male has a Penis-Erection and is Reaching-Over the younger male with his trunk. As the males disappear out of frame we hear the younger male give a short Roar. The older male is unsuccessful, however, as another male, older still, intervenes, Advancing-Toward him and Ear-Folding and he abandons his Chase. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Run-After

Context: Aggressive (1)

Ozora is in estrus Guarded by Liaqat. There are numerous other males associated with them. As the clip begins Liaqat Guards Ozora following her. He stops to Contemplate something; she takes 4 more steps and then realizing he has stopped, she stops and Waits. The other males stop when she stops. She Waits for him with a J-Trunk and Looks-Back.

A male in the foreground approaches her and Liaqat begins to walk, but then stops again. Ozora Looks-Back and begins to Walk and then Waits for Liaqat again. The approaching male gets an Erection as he reaches Trunk-to-Genitals to test her and Ozora Orients-Away. Liaqat is coming and the testing male has little time. He Redirects-Aggression and, with a Full-Penis-Erection, he Runs-After another male his size, who is ahead of Ozora, reaching out to touch him with his trunk. With Liaqat Walking-Towards her Ozora has begun Walking again and we hear Liaqat give an Ear-Wave and a Musth-Rumble. Ozora keeps Walking and Looks-Back to see whether Liaqat is coming. She and he work together to maintain a distance between them of 6-10 meters. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Run-After

Context: Aggressive (2)

Emo in musth (on the left) and Teejay not in musth (right) Advance-Toward one another. When they are about 25 meters apart Teejay stops Head-High but with a slight Chin-Out posture. Teejay one more step toward Emo and stops again, Foot-Lifting as Emo closes the gap to about 10 meters. Then Teejay turns and Runs-Away and Emo Runs-After him.

As they begin to run we see clouds of dust rising from their backs. We hear the sound of them running and their ears flapping and we can hear Teejay give a V8-Rumble. On the spectrogram we find a big increase in sound between 4 and 20 Hz. Elephants at some distance away would be able to pick up this acoustic signal between 8-20 Hz as well as its matching seismic signal. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Run-After

Context: Aggressive (3)

An aggregation of about 100 elephants is playing and interacting in and around a deep pool. Everyone is over excited as families meet and compete and socialize. Noyeau (circled) has a new infant (circled) and has been standing by the edge hesitant to take it into the water. Chaos ensues around her as a female from an arriving family Advances-Toward her and she Retreats-From.

A female on the left (Broken Tusk) from yet another family decides to Run-After the arriving females. The female chasing Noyeau returns to help her family and Noyeau's infant ends up following her! Noyeau comes back to rescue her infant who is caught up in a Coalition of females who are Running-After the Broken Tusk female. Noyeau is chased and Tusked by one of the females, but she Waits for her infant who is on the ground and is having trouble getting up. Adult females are running in all directions Trumpeting. Noyeau retrieves her infant and departs. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Run-After

Context: Aggressive (4)

Several families are competing over access to a mud-wallow. A one-tusked female on the left rushes at a female on the right Ear-Folding and Ear-Slapping. There is Trumpeting in response to the aggression, but it is not clear by whom. In the background an adult female Tusks a juvenile who Roars. The one-tusked female continues Ear-Folding and comes around the end of the mud-wallow and Runs-After the female Ear-Folding and Ear-Slapping who Runs-Away. A female bystander Head-Shakes in annoyance and there is deep Rumbling.

Once we are able to catch up with them she is following at a Walk with an Open-Mouth still Ear-Folding and Ear-Slapping. The fleeing female Defecates. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Run-After

Context: Calf Reassurance & Protection (1)

Walli's newborn looks bewildered, as if trying to figure out who she should follow or where her mother has gone. She runs and pauses, looking alarmed, and then with a bit if reassurance from another calf, she seems to figure things out and Runs-After her mother. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)