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Penzi Plays With a Ball of Twigs
Elephant calf Penzi recently discovered a round clump of twigs! She had fun dragging and rolling them around while her family browsed on larger branches.
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Listen to our Elephants Communicate with Rumbles!
Listen close! There is some interesting elephant behavior in this quick clip. Mother elephant Semba walks by, but her young calf Penzi doesn’t follow. Turn your sound on to hear Semba emit a low rumbling sound from off-camera, which makes…
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Elephant Penzi Learning to Snack on Leaves
Though elephant calves nurse for years, learning how to eat vegetation is an important skill to master! Baby Penzi learns from watching her family and mimicking their behaviors. You can even see a tiny leaf hanging out of her mouth…
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Play Like an Elephant
Young children and young animals learn through play. Play provides opportunities to build, develop, and practice skills that youngsters need once they become adults. Baby elephants like Penzi need to learn how to protect their skin from the sun’s rays…
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Take a Closer Look at Elephants’ Toes!
Let’s talk about toes! Penzi is showing off how African elephants have four toenails on each front foot and three on each back foot.These nails help protect a pocket of fatty tissue within the foot that acts as a cushion…
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Elephants Matriarchs
Elephants follow a matriarchal society, which means a dominant female is the leader of the herd. Matriarchs in the wild lead the herd to water sources and food. Semba is matriarch at Reid Park Zoo, and her daughter Penzi will…
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Penzi and Nandi Like Mud Puddles!
Monsoons mean mud, and mud means fun! Enjoy this video of baby Penzi and her sister Nandi enjoying fresh mud after a rainy storm.
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Penzi in the Grass
Can you believe Penzi is almost 4 months old? She has recently spent a lot of time exploring the grass in her habitat: laying in it, eating it, and rolling in it after the rain.
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Elephant Calf Penzi Learning to Graze on Grass
One of the things baby elephant Penzi has enjoyed about the recent rains is fresh, wet grass! While she gets the majority of her nutritional needs from nursing, Penzi is consuming plant materials too. She hasn’t mastered the technique of…
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Elephants Enjoy Eating Tree Bark!
Did you know that elephants eat tree bark? Elephants consume many parts of their favorite plants including the leaves, fruits, bark, and twigs! Baby Penzi tries to mimic the other elephants by putting sticks in her mouth while her sister…
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