A very sweet picture

Adorable .

Oh come on! Somebody else must like elephants. Can't be just me and Baubles!

Baby elephants are just lovely, jings. If I'de seen this esarlier I would have posted a comment, but I have been writing cards and letters, posting some and delivering others. #halopolishedup

Fingers tired from writing and prone to mistypes.

I can't see it! There's just a black screen with a colour-changing circle in the middle going round and round...

Oh, is something happening shortly? Is everyone busy?

That's weird Ana.

If you wait a bit a new page appears with the photo (baby elephant on its knees in the water, with its face in it.)

How long's 'a bit'? I've just waited four minutes - gave up!

I guess they din't use their trunks to suck milk from mama elephant either.

don't

How sweet!

Thats a thought thatbags, so how do they reach? Maybe the mums lay down?

Probably really sweet but it won't download, just some silly thingy going round and round in the middle of a black screen!
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I got the timer thing too.

Oh what a pain! Sorry about that.

perhaps it will load better from here

imgur.com/gallery/OZGaTSF

That's better!

The trunk is the nose and upper lip, and elephants drink by sucking up water in the trunk (up to 15 litres a pull) and then squirting it into ther mouth, not by using it as a straw. The tiny babies are just big enough to reach their milk if mamma stands still for long enough, and use their mouths to suck. Her teats are beside her front legs, not near the back ones as in most mammals. Lots of photos of baby elephants

www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/10/the-most-amazing-appendage-in-the-world.html
www.thedodo.com/7-awesome-things-an-elephant-d-548824684.html

I'm up for a sweet picture but no luck with that link. Elephants are OK but not my absolute favourite but thanks for posting though.

Youtube video of baby elephant suckling You do have to wait for the advertising video to finish first, but once it starts the baby elephant is cute. You can see that it is suckling with its mouth and the little trunk is waving about like the hands of a human baby when it is feeding.

Second part is a close-up, and a very milk-covered baby.

That is so beautiful Elegran. Thanks for sharing!

Not sure if this is a clip or the whole episode [or if it will work]but it's Ebony, my favourite elephant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIOjWtm-bZo