Watch in the videos as elephants Ndlula, Umngani, and Khosi form an “alert circle” around youngsters Zuli and Mkhaya during the earthquake as the animals have the ability to feel sound through ...

Then the older elephants — Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves, Zuli and Mkhaya. They remain huddled for several minutes as the older ...

Instinctively, the matriarchs, Ndlula, Umngani, and Khosi, formed a tight defensive huddle around the calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, as the ground trembled. The incident, which highlights elephants ...

It showed three older female elephants, Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi, moving quickly to protect 7-year-old calves Zuli and Mkhaya. “When an elephant senses danger, the herds’ instinct is to ...