Walking

A slow to moderate gait in which the legs act as pendulums, with the hips and shoulders rising and falling while the foot is planted on the ground.

References: Poole 1982: 27. (Full reference list)

This behavior occurs in the following context(s): Maintenance

Walking

Context: Maintenance (1)

Close-up of an elephant walking, shown in slo-mo. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (2)

The Mabenzi family walking. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (3)

Nice view of cushioning on foot pads as a young male walks over rocks. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (4)

Notice how carefully the elephants walk over the loose rocks. Unfortunately not carefully enough! Mama Little E slips and falls landing partly on Little E whose Roars. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (5)

Little E is 4 days old. His walking is still wobbly and he is struggling to navigate the thorns. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (6)

Little E is 4 days old. As his family walks out in the open he manages to keep up a good pace on stiff little legs, his trunks swinging about. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (7)

Little E is 5 days old. Trying to follow his family he gets stuck on a rock. The smooth soles of his feet cause him to slip. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (8)

Little E is 15 days old. He is trying to follow his mother who has stepped over broken branches. He really struggles to follow her but eventually succeeds in climbing over the pile. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (9)

Little E is 16 days old. His family is visiting the river to drink. Notice how carefully they all walk over the loose and slippery rocks and how attentive Mama Little E is to her infant. They need to be careful - a few minutes after this clip Mama Little E slips on the rocks and lands on her infant. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (10)

A family is Moving-While-Feeding through Acacia woodland. An infant male is following his family, but gets stuck trying to get over a log. He looks like he is doing yoga or bar work in ballet. Fortunately, he eventually sees his mother taking a different route and he abandons his effort to get over the log and find a better route. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (11)

Little E is now 6 weeks old. He is more sure-footed and confident - venturing further from his mother's side to explore. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (12)

The JB family Walking. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (13)

Scene of elephants Walking away from camera toward water. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (14)

Scene of elephants Walking. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (15)

Two young males walking past a waterhole. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (16)

A group of elephants is walking through a pool of shallow water. They seems to enjoy the feeling of splashing their legs and trunks in the water and appears to be making extras splashes on purpose. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (17)

Angelina is Walking to the swamp with her newborn twins and the rest of her family. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (18)

Leroy is Walking toward other elephants. He pauses to consider them raising his trunk and passing it over his head and then Listening. He continues. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (19)

Elephants are Walking across Lenkolong Swamp. The excitement of splashing through the water makes them feel silly and we can hear Play-Trumpets. (Amboseli, Kenya)

Walking

Context: Maintenance (20)

A group of males Walking across the Amboseli plains beneath Kilimanjaro. (Amboseli, Kenya)