1. Scratch-with-Tusk. Context: Foraging & Comfort Technique (2)

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    Adolescent V-Notch uses her Tusk to scratch an itch on her trunk. This short video from Maasai Mara, Kenya, is part of The Elephant Ethogram: A Library of African Elephant Behavior. Visit https://www.elephantvoices.org/elephant-ethogram/introduction.html…

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    • Shake-Tree. Context: Foraging & Comfort Technique (2)

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      gm0016 Shake-Tree releasing Faidherbia albida seed-pods. This short video from Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, is part of The Elephant Ethogram: A Library of African Elephant Behavior. Visit…

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      • Social-Rubbing. Context: Affiliative (1)

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        As the clip starts matriarch, gf0070, is walking our direction followed by her juvenile male. As he passes a tuskless female, possibly his older sister, he greets her Trunk-to-Mouth and purposefully…

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        • Ear-Folding. Context: Aggressive (5)

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          An adolescent male threatens a young female (Mama Little E) with an infant (Little E) by Advancing-Toward her while Ear-Folding. She Retreat-From. This short video from Maasai Mara, Kenya, is part…

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          • Head-Waggling. Context: Social Play (6)

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            Two males are engaged in a Sparring match. A young male watches them and then Head-Waggles as he approaches them to join in their game. This short video from Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique,…

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            • Browsing. Context: Maintenance (2)

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              f0256 is Browsing on an already well browsed tree. This short video from Maasai Mara, Kenya, is part of The Elephant Ethogram: A Library of African Elephant Behavior. Visit https://www.elephantvoices.org/elephant-ethogram/introduction.html…

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              • Solicit-Food: Context: Calf Nourishment & Weaning (2)

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                A calf approaches its mother and gives a Begging-Rumble but is begging for food rather than the breast. This short video from Maasai Mara, Kenya, is part of The Elephant Ethogram: A Library of African…

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                • Trunk-to-Face. Context: Affiliative (2)

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                  Two young males stand face to face. The smaller male delicately touches/sniffs the older males face, from tusk to forehead, with the tip of his trunk. The older male reciprocate by reaching to the…

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                  • Periscope-Trunk. Context: Vigilance (2)

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                    Young male gm0009, with the lame hind leg, is Standing-Tall, Ear-Spreading, and adopts Periscope-Trunk as he responds to our vehicle. This short video from Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, is…

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                    • Stand-Over-Bush. Context: Novel & Idiosyncratic (11)

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                      The scene opens with Lorato standing over a Croton bush. Mama Little E and Little E approach and walk past her. She leaves her bush and follows them. This short video from Maasai Mara, Kenya, is…

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