Phabeni tries to rest on the ground of the sand mounds out in the bush, while the elephants surround him, but Klaserie and Setombe won’t let him. Concerned with his safety, they try to get him back up. Klaserie sweetly puts her trunk into her mother’s mouth — perhaps checking in with her to read her thoughts of the situation.
Elephants communicate in this tactile while, conversing through the scents they share and detect through the Jacobson organ at the roof of their palate in the mouth.
Khanyisa, Limpopo and Kumbura also stay close to the mobile little bull as he explores the joys of sand bathing.
