the crew of five gentle giants ambled near the center of their enclosure and formed an “alert circle” around the youngest members of the group, footage posted by the San Diego Zoo shows.

Visitors to the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park ... Cynthia Bell McGillis, an Escondido resident who has been a zoo member since 2022, shared a letter on Facebook that she said she ...

shows the elephants rushing to shield their young by forming an “alert circle”—a defensive behavior used to protect the most vulnerable members of the herd. According to the San Diego Zoo ...

Rare footage captures the moment elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park ... to take down young or sick members of the herd, according to The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. If the matriarch detects ...

But elephants get in formation. African elephants at the San Diego Zoo instinctively formed a protective circle around its youngest family members in the seconds after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake ...

Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune ... includes plush toys, stickers, cookies and “keepsakes for all ages.” The room and package, which includes a two-person zoo admission and tour, starts ...

A video from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park taken during an earthquake ... of their surroundings to pinpoint any danger. The younger members instinctively seek out the most protected position ...

who live at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, were engaging in a defensive behavior known as an “alert circle,” which is used in the wild to protect the youngest members of the herd ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI ... formation where they surround the younger or vulnerable herd members when they sense a threat. The zoo shared the herd went back to normal about four minutes after ...

Footage shared by San Diego Zoo Safari Park, located less than 40 miles away from the epicenter, shows elephants rapidly forming a so-called alert circle to protect younger members of the herd ...

During Monday’s 5.2 magnitude earthquake, African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park gathered ... how to be a herd member and how to be a mom.” Mkhaya isn’t the only juvenile in ...

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's elephants raced to protect their calves with an "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude ...