Two female Elephants - parent and a female care for day old baby in the wild. Baby breast feeds.

Video taken with Canon R6 camera and Canon RF100-500L lens. Amazing uncropped close up footage. Excuse the slight shake as video shot handheld at distance to reduce stress on elephants. Credit to Shanmuga and team at Evolve Back team at Kabini, India for tracking elephant during safari.
Please note that males do not look after the young. Here the female is assisted by another probably her sister or older daughter.
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also called Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognised-E. m. maximus from Sri Lanka, E. m. indicus from mainland Asia and E. m. sumatranus from the island of Sumatra. The Asian elephant is the largest living land animal in Asia. Since 1986, the Asian elephant has been listed as Endangered. It is primarily threatened by loss of habitat, habitat degradation, fragmentation and poaching. In 2003, the wild population was estimated at between 41,410 and 52,345 individuals. Female captive elephants have lived beyond 60 years when kept in semi-natural surroundings, such as forest camps. In zoos, Asian elephants die at a much younger age; captive populations are declining due to a low birth and high death rate. In general, the Asian elephant is smaller than the African bush elephant and has the highest body point on the head. Tusks serve to dig for water, salt, and rocks, to debark and uproot trees, as levers for maneuvering fallen trees and branches, for work, for display, for marking trees, as weapon for offence and defence, as trunk-rests, and as protection for the trunk. R_38989
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[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

Geez! Are we a little nervous or trying to hold the camera with one hand? Or maybe balancing on one finger. LOL Considering the vehicle isn't moving, I really don't understand the jumping around. Perhaps you are in a boat on a lake or something. TeeHee If you come back and say there is a medical condition to explain this, I'm just gonna take down the comment.

[@viv_vivekananda7737]

Thanks for your comment. Camera shake due to people jostling about the vehicle to get shots on mobile phones - scene out of range of most mobile phone cameras. Vehicle was required to maintain extra safe distance from the elephants.

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

No worries@@viv_vivekananda7737 , I'm just having a bit of fun with ya. I videotape my nephew's hockey games and have all sorts of issues with camera shake and the like. Some beautiful animals and I'm not sure I wouldn't be shaking just from the sheer excitement. Cheers!

[@babaib3513]

Pls. Protect beautiful endangered species one of. The most wondrous on land

[@viv_vivekananda7737]

Yes indeed. Disemminating information about our environment is an important part of protection. Thanks for viewing

[@jenology101]

I didn't realize elephants are aquatic I got seasick watching this.

[@viv_vivekananda7737]

Sorry about the camera shake. Shot at great distance and people were moving around jeep

[@outlawjbc545]

Maybe the elephants should have recorded themselves…..

[@viv_vivekananda7737]

Thanks for watching

[@user-ld9xv9rc9r]

Beautiful elephant family!

[@viv_vivekananda7737]

Thank you 🤗

[@pradyumnapremalatha4868]

Hi. Very good video by all means 👌👌👌. Mind blowing. 👍. Looking forward for more wonderful clicks. 🙏

[@viv_vivekananda7737]

thanks for your kind words.

[@lay-lt6hs8pk2w]

Kamera bikin pusing

[@viv_vivekananda7737]

Thanks for watching. Yes, we were not allowed to get near and hence shooting with long lens is not easy.

[@RentiaJacobsjohester]

Die ouer-olifante is meer positief as die alleen mamma wat probeer om beide tweeling te beskerm teen die leeus. Sy het nie eens tande nie. Tragies M

[@viv_vivekananda7737]

Thanks for your comment