Sheltering

Context: Calf Reassurance & Protection (1)

An infant Shelters under its mother. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Sheltering

Context: Calf Reassurance & Protection (2)

A calf tries to Shelter under his mother but is getting a little too big for this house! (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Sheltering

Context: Calf Reassurance & Protection (3)

An infant of f0254 Shelters underneath a 12 year old allomother. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Sheltering

Context: Calf Reassurance & Protection (4)

Little E is 2 days old and is Sheltering underneath his allomother, V-Notch. He is attempting to Comfort-Suckle from V-Notch who adopts a Suckle-Stance and reaches back to touch the newborn (x6) Trunk-to-Mouth as if guiding him to her breast. At one point she appears to touch her breast when calf is close to it (Trunk-to-Infant-at-Breast). (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Sheltering

Context: Calf Reassurance & Protection (5)

Little E is 7 days old. He is Sheltering under the legs of his of his mother and allomother, V-Notch. He decides (for the third time) to come out into the sun. As he walks out his mother stops him with her trunk - first on chest (Trunk-to-Body) and then Trunk-to-Genitals. Little E gives High Intensity Husky-Cry and they Coo-Rumble to him. He turns around and goes back to Shelter. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Sheltering

Context: Calf Reassurance & Protection (6)

Little E is 14 days old and is being looked after by allomother Lorato. Little E is so tired that he has collapsed on a termite mound x 2. Both times Lorato uses her trunk and forefeet to get him back on his feet (Shepherding). Then she climbs over him to protect him in what appears to be an act of Sheltering. It almost seems that she is practicing, and is a little self-conscious, because after some contemplation she turns and Head-Waggles. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)