Guida had her silly moment yesterday, where Maia wasn’t sure she wanted to join in, and today was Maia’s turn. We heard lots of commotion from the girls this morning before breakfast. Since we live up the hill, we have the ability to run down and check anything out at any time. Upon arrival, it was clear Maia was having one of her over the top playful moments.
We have mentioned before that when an elephant gets this silly, there can be a fine line between play and aggression. Maia was all play the entire time, but neither Guida nor Rana wanted to join in. You will see Guida goes to leave a few times, but Maia wants to be close. Rana watches from a bit of a distance, tail out, ears flapping and lightly vocalizing, but she doesn’t go over to join in.
The video just shows the tail end of things, the beginning was much more over the top, and this kind of play can be intense. The first time Maia did it after being at sanctuary for only a few months, Guida left the yard. The energy that comes off of an elephant when they do this is fairly intense. Maia stayed happy the entire time and eventually mellowed out with some hay. And for those wondering, we are on the other side of a fence.
May 16, 2019
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Comments(3) 




Sherry says
May 16, 2019 at 4:45 pmI love seeing what they are doing and their adventures!
Thank you very much!
Susan says
May 16, 2019 at 5:03 pmAmazing! And it looked like RanaBug was hiding behind that tree and peeking around to see what was going on! Love you all, thank you for sharing!! ❤️?❤️?❤️?❤️?????
Elke Riesterer says
May 19, 2019 at 7:43 pmI always love to see your videos when I find time to see them. Greatly pleased that this three elephants have now such a precious paradise to live in. My love and blessings to your wonderful human-animal enclave. ❤️❤️❤️????
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