by The Thirsty Baby Elephant Appears Out Of Nowhere And Getting The Help Of Kind Truck Drivers
A group of truck drivers was on their way through the wilderness of Botswana when a cute baby elephant appeared from nowhere.
The men realize that something must have happened, as usual, you won’t see the baby elephant alone, but with its mother.
Wild animals, especially babies, try to avoid human communication, and drivers know it. Therefore, spotting a baby elephant on the side of the road signifies that something is wrong. Might be abandoned by its herd, emerged from the bushes. Worried about the tiny creature, one of the drivers decided to stop and check it.
The men approached the baby elephant, roughly 3-weeks-old, cautiously – realising that it was lost and thirsty. They gave it some water from their own bottles and looked around for its herd. However, they could not spot any other elephants in the vicinity.
They knew they couldn’t leave her there. So they loaded the baby elephant in one of the trucks and took it to the nearest sanctuary.
Thanks to these kind drivers, the kid has a new opportunity to live! Many people have come forward to praise the truckers for their kind actions. “Thank god they stopped and helped. The water was obviously very much appreciated,” says one comment “Thank you for helping this sweet young and defenseless elephant!” says another commenter.
Elephants are slow-growing, long-lived mammals, surviving up to 70 years in the wild. The length of an individual’s life, or its longevity, and reproductive success go hand in hand. Older females are more successful at raising their offspring to maturity than are younger females, and the oldest males are the primary breeders. An elephant pregnancy lasts about 660 days, or approximately 22 months. Once an elephant is born it matures slowly and is dependent on its mother’s milk for more than two years.
