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Mother elephant gives her calf a helpful shove as it struggles to climb over roadside barrier

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Jumbo effort! Mother elephant gives her calf a helpful shove as it struggles to climb over roadside barrier Footage shows elephants climbing over barrier in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India Two of the elephants make it over the barrier but the youngest struggles  The mother uses her trunk to help hoist the youngest over the concrete … Read more

30ft long whale that died after it stranded in Welsh estuary was a year old male calf

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Sperm whale, Thames estuary, February 2019 A beleaguered sperm whale died three days after it swam up the Thames estuary and was unable to escape. The desperate animal also ended up stranded at times, as the level of the tidal river shifted, before it was pronounced dead by rescuers on February 1 this year. The … Read more

Mother giraffe tries in vain to defend its one-day-old calf from a lioness

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Mother giraffe tries in vain to defend its one-day-old calf from a lioness… but cannot stop the ruthless predator feasting on its newborn Photos were taken in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Park by IT worker Srikanth Santhinathan, 29, from India They show the mother’s desperate attempt to ward off the threat by kicking her legs out at … Read more

Incredible videos shows a Humpback whale nursing her calf under the waters of Hawaii

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Biologists studying humpback whales off the coast of Hawaii captured a rare look of a mother nursing her calf. The intimate moment was was captured using non-invasive suction cup tags equip with cameras that were placed on the back of seven calves, allowing researchers to measure swimming speed and unique moments from these underwater mammals. … Read more

Kenya’s only female white giraffe and her calf are killed by poachers

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Kenya’s only female white giraffe and her calf are killed by poachers – leaving just ONE in the world The white giraffe and her calf were killed by poachers in Garissa, eastern Kenya  Members of the Ishaqbini Hirola Community said only one white giraffe remains The last remaining white giraffe is a male calf born … Read more

Sania Mirza recovers from calf injury, returns to action at Dubai Open

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By: PTI | Dubai | Published: February 17, 2020 7:08:46 pm Sania Mirza will return to action at the ongoing Dubai Open. (File Photo) Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will return to action at the ongoing Dubai Open on Wednesday after recovering from a calf injury which had cut short her campaign at the Australia … Read more