The Elephant's Trunk

The sheldrick wild life trust in nirobe kenya works to rescue, rehabilitate and reintegrate orphaned elephants into a new family herd. To help the young calves to this journey, keepers look after them and guard them round the crop. It takes elephants about ten years to learn all the skills and knowledge tha'll need to make it to adult hood. And it's the lesson of using their trunk, which takes at least a year to perfect, that's argualy the most important. When it's mastered, the elephant's trunk becomes its vital, strongest and most skilful tool.