Videos tagged “ethogram”
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Head-Raising. Context: Affiliative (6)
00:18A female calf in Big Mama's family is separated from its mother. As she approaches her mother an adolescent female Head-Raising and Ear-Lifting touches her Trunk-to-Mouth. She cries out with…
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Young adult male, gm0032, is studying our vehicle. One of the cameramen moves in the car and gives him a fright. He Jolts and gives a Snort. This short video from Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique,…
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Food-Sampling. Context: Foraging & Comfort Technique (2)
00:18A 3.5 year old calf is trying to feed on the new growth of grass after the rains, which requires a special technique he has yet to master. He reaches into the mouth of his mother to sample some grass…
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Drinking. Context: Maintenance (7)
00:18Elephants drinking at the river. Notice how the adult female draws water into her trunk and then sprays some of it out rather than swallowing it. This behaviour is often seen sometimes as if in play…
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Ears-Stiff. Context: Vigilance (3)
00:18A 4 year old female calf has come up from the lugga, looking as if lost (note: I heard Lost-Calls and she exhibits Ears-Stiff and has a pinched face). A juvenile male sees/hears her and he Advances-Toward…
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Trunk-Fly-Swatting. Context: Foraging & Comfort Technique (1)
00:18An adult female gf0223 is walking. She is clearly being bothered by insects and repeatedly uses her tail and then her trunk to swat at them. This short video from Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique,…
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Touch-Self. Context: Conflict & Confrontation (3)
00:18The I family is Bunching and watching us. iJunia, gf0005, and Isabella, gf0038, are Head-Swinging; iJunia shows J-Trunk and Isabella Trunk-Flick-Down. Both Touch-Self. This short video from Gorongosa…
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Roar. Context: Protest & Distress (1)
00:18The Mabenzi family and associating males are feeding on a tree that Gogogo, gm0001, in musth, has just felled. Gogogo is very tolerant of the females and calves feeding on his tree but less so of…
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Head-Shaking. Context: Social Play (2)
00:18A six year old female has been playing with a < 2 year old calf. The older female has been engaged in Tusk-Ground and Head-Shakes as she gets back to her feet. This short video from Maasai Mara,…
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Trunk-Toward. Context: Attentive (2)
00:18As elephants walk past the filmmakers vehicle, the Trunk-Toward by two elephants indicates that they are aware of our presence outside the vehicle. We were sitting on the ground. This short video…
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