{"id":1115,"date":"2026-05-24T00:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:31:01","slug":"elephant-herd-forms-circle-around-sleeping-calf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=1115","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Herd Forms Circle Around Sleeping Calf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Safari guests were treated to a touching sight when an African elephant herd stopped moving to protect a sleeping calf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.openai.com\/static-rsc-4\/Tcg2rYLpL0-LfM5z2v00bVgBD4xDoR3hlPdzpaxJwAg6ML_4WuSkAOMbCFhlhEhvHZNJITHJPvC8AsXP-3fWE1NgQTI9ccV26UKVG7DDxjv0J79p_uqu7IaKgcUCINZxozgnEfmzeiiCyGsLTHHJtUzjJVMMnL2HlC28jeAVJkffd69ky2B4Mohpbbl1lrVG?purpose=inline\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhausted youngster had collapsed beneath a tree for a nap, and the adults quietly formed a loose circle around it. Some stood watch while others gently touched the calf with their trunks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.openai.com\/static-rsc-4\/vr6NgZ0aqPze4gCMLKZoTOld-PnVgoq6VI9P7Ggv_RritE8uG-9tUgzR_4bo-blyUlyU1LZZy6lQNFAgLu0S0x42H-cL9SAdp5Z4Mgiw8VAFvsxVHWFDwR1DmGEQzsANYwCfq6e0r0Q4CvZNtUxiMykJLRCVoAXxVE_mLyERT-6h1RDYs-66am9dsFIWvg74?purpose=inline\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For nearly an hour, the herd remained patient and calm until the baby finally woke up and rejoined the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Protecting Baby Elephant (00020)\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sW0ScNOsJe8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safari guests were treated to a touching sight when an African elephant herd stopped moving to protect a sleeping calf. The exhausted youngster had collapsed beneath a tree for a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elephant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}