When an earthquake occurred, these elephants created a protective circle around the youngest

Mkha, who is a seven-year-old elephant in San Diego Zoo Safari Park, can easily listen to his family.

In the event of a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, the MKHayan’s herd was known as the “Alert Circle”, there was no time to create a protective barrier.

There are zoo staff on the videotape phenomenon, African elephant flock, effective communication skills and powerful family connection, effective communication skills and a strong family connection.

“Take the signals that they are dealing with them and take the signals they receive and take the signals they need,” Mindy Albright, Escondo, Calif, Mechanism Mammals Curator of Mammals Quite The host Nile Koksal.

“And it is so strong to see that these family bonds are so strong and immediately come together to take care of each other.”

Herd members were in canteets for food to eat when saliva began.

They immediately stopped doing what they did and looked around. Then they gathered in the center of the body and stood completely for a moment.

“They took out the ears. They listen. They have the ability to feel the vibrations with their feet, which travel several miles,” Albright said.

“Thus, at this time, it is a strategy that is frozen, frozen, trying to collect as much information as they can really decide what our next move.”

It is also completely possible, says they talked to each other.

“The elephants have the ability to communicate in a frequency than our ability to hear, so they could communicate in this process. We would not be able to just hear.”

Brotherly sails steps to defend

It didn’t take long time to reach the consensus. Three mature women – NDlula and Umngani and Hosi – quickly faced Mkhaya and ready to protect it.

Mkhaya’s half-brother Zuli, only seven years old, joined the greatest women, as part of the obstacle.

This is a teenager, NDlula – a young man, who helped Zuli’s biological mother, helped the young man to hit many times with the highway.

“It is almost checked on it,” said Albright. “Perhaps, ‘How did you come on the edge of the circle and not inside?'”

The elephant flocks consist of mature women, usually a matriarch and his female relatives and both sexes. As men reached adolescents, there is a place between 10 and 15 years old and looking for his friends.

Zuli is still a lot of children, Olbrayt says, but he approaches the nearest age from the group.

“When they go away, he was still touching his mother. So he was not completely confident as a big bull. He is still a young man.” “But these are just moments for him to start demonstrating the evolution of adulthood within the family group.”

Alert circles are often a perfectly natural elephant behavior displayed in the wild, Chase Ladue, Oklahoma City Zoo says the conservation scholar operated by elephants.

In case of any perceived danger – an unknown noise, approaching people, fighting animals – the flock involves instinctively in the instinct of minors.

“The elephants are often close to each other, find each other with each other to find food and other sources and defend each other against potential threats,” he said.

He is in captivity, it is a good sign, the object of the object has kept the natural family unit intact.

“These social functions are also available in places such as zoos, we are trying to repeat natural social organizations and express opportunities for the elephants,” he said.

The quake eventually posed no danger to the elephants. Near the epicenter, Julian was a little damaged in Mount, but no one was hurt.

After passing soon, the flock returned for the bait. About an hour later, when an optershock was shot, he briefly embraced again and then collapsed after determining that everyone was safe.

Albright says they act exactly as the matter for filling the file.

“This is a beautiful example of a strong family garden, where the elephants own.”

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With the files from the Associated press. Report with Mindy Albright produced by Mariela Torroba Hennigen.