Our Amazing Morning with Two Orphan African Elephants
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 เม.ย. 2019
- Some sad updates
A year after our visit, Doug Groves was tragically killed while out walking with Jabu and Morula, trampled to death by a wild elephant. The world lost an incredible man. RIP Doug. His wife Sandi continues their incredible work.
Then, in July 2021, Jabu also died after being released into the wild. The cause of his death was not clear but it is suspected that he was killed in a fight with another bull elephant. RIP beautiful boy.
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While visiting the Okavango Delta region in Botswana, we had the chance to participate in the experience of a lifetime, when we spent the morning with Jabu and Morula, two orphaned African elephants who are cared for by the Living with Elephants Foundation run by Doug and Sandi Groves.
You can read more about our experience on our blog:
www.freetworoam.com/2019/05/0...
We learned a great deal about these two beautiful creatures and about elephants in general. It was an experience we will never forget.
You don't realise how big they are until someone stands next to one. Truly majestic and beautiful creatures.
It's mind blowing at just how huge they really are.
Descendants of the Mammoths. Like going back in time if standing close to them.
@@philippinevlogsandgamingpl7671 They're not descended from the Mammoths. African Elephants, Asian Elephants and Mammoths are all descended from a common origin. In fact, they're sister branches and not descended from one another. The Mammoths are also more closely related to Asian elephants than they are to African elephants.
Indeed
African elephants seem to split off before the other two
I don't want to live in a world where there are no elephants.
we will probably go right behind them ele's are an umbrella species
ME TOO
neither do I
Elephants and all kind of animals,but some humans.
Bro if anyone kills elephants for sport or for their tusks, they should go to jail and serve several years. They’re gentle and kind, I’m grateful to be in this era, may god bless this majestic giants 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊😊
They mind you because of your kindness and reward. How pleasant to walk among them. May we all walk in heaven one day with the animals.
Think about this: When we get to Heaven... The animals run to hug us!! Heard this from a very Spiritual lady who has been to Heaven countless times and has told of the many wonders there! Her name is Kat Kerr (she has pink hair) if you would like to look her up and hear more!
Huge and BEAUTIFUL Creatures !! I would LOVE to be friends with an Elephant!! You are soo lucky and blessed!!
Same
@@psychogamer3966 SAME
Give him about 500 honey buns! He'd like that.
Jabu and Morula never fail to put a smile on my face. They are beautiful! So grateful I get to see them like this.
EMRS I was fortunate enough to meet them ( and a 3rd timid female. Wonder what happened to her?) in Nov 2014. Overwhelming, emotional, extraordinary. Viewing this, I’m instantly transported. Touching this huge boy, kissing his trunk, rubbing my hands over those bristly hairs. So gentle, so accomodating, so utterly wonderful. The highlight was holding Morula’s trunk as we walked together. Was told by “mum” Sandi that she doesn’t like walking alone! Later, after delicious lunch in the welcome shade, I cuddled her and was rewarded with “kisses” on my face. I returned to the table and promptly burst into tears from the emotion of the moment. Long after I’m too old to travel, I’ll return to those many photos and videos to relive an experience like no other.
@@carolcox302 Thank you for sharing such touching moments with these amazing animals. I wish I could see and hug them, and just be near them. It would be one of the highlights of my life.
EMRS one day, one day, eh? You never know what life has in store. I do hope you get to visit Botswana and experience this extraordinary family. Keep safe and healthy. Don’t know where you are. I’m in Australia. Certainly the “Lucky Country” as far as this bloody virus is concerned.
Carol Cox: :-) One day. Maybe. I have family 5000 miles away that I will visit first. I may just have to look for an elephant encounter closer to home for now. Australia looks beautiful and very interesting; as a youth growing up in Europe, I considered immigrating there. I ended up in the US instead.
Hi Carol, unfortunately the other female passed away. They certainly are amazing animals.
God's creation is magnificent. True gentle giants.
Truly gentle giants.
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An elephant getting off the ground looks like me trying to get out of bed in the morning, only with less complaining.
indeed lol
She was quicker getting up than I am getting out of bed lol.
😂😂😂 same
Must be such a moving experience to hang out with these beautiful elephants.
A gentle giant . Amazing animals .
They are so beautiful 😍
So beautiful and trusting. Love them
Magnificent animals, my wife and I had the pleasure of feeding a group with buckets of fruit, they are truly awesome.
Jabu is slowly but surely turning into a bonafide tusker...awesome!
Such beautiful elephants! So sorry to hear about Jabu and Doug, both leaving lasting impressions. RIP to both.
wow it was waving at them. How wonderful.
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Yes indeed, it certainly was waving at them. Amazing 😀👍
That is some AWESOME footage! Can’t help but smile and appreciate Our Creator’s mindset as He was creating this magnificent animal👍🏽🤎
Thank the mammoth
This and every other organism on this planet. God is truly beyond our comprehension.
Trust humans to personify the unknown, also assuming there was a thought process involved is an incredible act of arrogance.
@@idiotology5568 brain (multiple functions), veins, muscles, skin, eyes, kidney, liver, knees, toes, etc. Yep, YOU are included in the miracle of being CREATED too. Relax, no one knows, BUT whatever the case may be, everything and everyone were CREATED by “something absolutely extraordinary.” Be thankful you were chosen to be a talking and walking human instead of a roach. Look beyond the worst behavior in humans and you’ll feel better.
@@CalLowe Creationists......lol.
Humans are no more significant or extraordinary than roaches, we all carved out our place on this dirty little circle, but I suppose I'm wrong on that one too.
Why is your higher power a he? I would have thought something as magnificant as an all mighty would deserve a bit more respect than being compared to a murderous beast.
What beautiful animal , he knows that there is love , it is amazing to see the awesome giant responding to the magic words , darling , sweetie from the voice of Sandi , like a child listening to his mum , and the tender care of Doug .
To me, the most incredible animal on Earth!
I can't imagine anything being as exhilarating as watching Jabu walk up to me to the point where he blocks out the sun .....he just looks as big as a block of flats absolutely awesome in every way the animal of animals as far as I am concerned ... brilliant !!
So beautiful, and the music is perfect. 😍😍😍😍😍🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘❤❤❤❤❤
I was so sorry and sad to hear of the death of Doug last August. He was a special person with a wonderful connection with these beautiful elephants. Rest in Peace Doug you are greatly missed.
I really want to travel to Botswana and see these lovely creatures but i have no money 😭😭😭😭
@Moonface yes sure.. 😊
Well, until you do have the money to go there, at least you can watch them on videos like those. We could never have done that 30 years ago. Modern technology does have its positives 😀
@@user-oe2ph8wl5s Don't worry, you will someday
Go to zoo in your country
@@Markie12 we don't have elephants in our zoos unfortunately
Now i totally want an elephant sidekick.
I luvvvvvv these two! Was so very sad to hear the man who cares for them with Sandy had passed. What a very Special treat for you all to have visited. I can only hope someday to see them
Truly majestic and beautiful elephants 🙏😍❤
He is so Awesome and beautiful too. I love elephants very much. I want to come over there also.
In Thailand, they let you play with baby elephants, which love to cuddle. You can play with larger adolescents, too.
I want to go, too.
We are so blessed to have TH-cam, elephants and wonderful music. This brings tears of joy to my heart.
Exceptionally beautiful creatures
goodness they are all so beautiful and so majestic
That is such a beautiful creature...I soooo love elephants...loving giants until you hurt them
If only all humans were this good and kind
Какое ЧУДО...природы исполин...какая грация и КРАСОТА в этом удивительном животном.... А ЧЕЛОВЕКУ НЕ МЕШАЛО БЫ ПОУЧИТЬСЯ У СЛОНОВ МНОГИМ ВЕЩАМ...
What a big love muffin💝
So majestic. So beautiful.
Free two roam Oh no. How sad. Thank you for letting me know. She was very timid, and had to be consoled by Doug if there was rustling in the bush. He said she was startled by a butterfly! Touching and endearing.
Elephants know how powerful they are, they know they don't have to take commands. They are intelligent enough to see mutual benefit working with humans.
jabu and morula both r awesome...plz save elephants
I don't think i have seen anything more beautiful in my life 🙏
No more anything as beautiful last year these people returned him to the wild even tho he'd been in captivity all his 35 years and knew nothing but people he lived 2 MONTHS when he was found dead.
Look on Google they've put nothing on utube, they said he hadn't been poached so in their eyes what they did was OK.
They ought to be shut down. No common sense or empathy whatsoever 😪
Is it normal that I cried watching this? 🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️
❤️❤️❤️
Completely 💚💚💚
I filled up watching this. It filled me with happiness to watch these beautiful animals. I wish I could have been there with them.
What a magnificent creature. And how lovely to to see it so happy in harmony with humans, instead of the stuff we see about poachers giving all humans a bad name. That video really warmed my heart, and gives me hope for the future of the relationship between animals and humans 😀👍
WHOA AN AWWSEME EXPERIENCE I BET IT WAS HANGING OUT WITH OUR PLANETS LARGEST LAND ANIMAL...MAJESTIC CREATURES THEY ARE🐘🐘😁✌👌👍
Thanks so very much for sharing this with me 💖 from texas. God bless you all 💖
🤩😲😍WowSuper Gentle Gaint Tuskers...... Really nice. 💐👌💐👍💐👏
So beautiful
What a life eating alongside Elephants ❤
Hi there 😉 i love this elefants jabo
What a beautiful animal for certain. Hope one day to visit this huge lug.
Jabu is dead. He was released into the wild and killed by another big bull.
What a shame. @@iHatePolitics
Lovely people with happy elephant...
Such beautiful, majestic creatures. They need to be cherished and not slaughtered 🤗
Blessed to stay on continent Africa where all this beautiful animals roam freely
How can anyone hunt these beautiful animals. The human race have got a lot to answer for
The cash tho
@@deeps6060 hmmmmmm, would I care for the money? Y-no, no I won’t they are to beautiful
@XWriter100 what do they do? Eat them like lions or bears?
@XWriter100 u need to remember that like humans, elephants have different personalities. U might be a crazy person that wants to kill, and I can be a nice guy that has never fought no one. Also I’ve seen the video where a bull elephant throws a baby elephant for showing off, but that doesn’t mean all elephants would do that, and musth is a very horrible period where bull elephants go in a rage mode.
Magnificent creature loved the film
REALLY BLESSED THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO CARE AND LOOK AFTER THESE WONDERFUL ELEPHANT'S....
That's Jabu and Morula. Beautiful natured animals.
Love the video's ...beautiful animal's.....
Thank you for taking care of this beautiful babies
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OMG I can only Dream so Beautiful
These are so stunning elephants.. wow !!
They're not orphan anymore, they've a beautiful family they ever could have❤️
Elephants are awesome animals.
Beautiful Magnificent creature's. Love watching these loving ELEPHANTS. Which could teach man a thing or to on how to "Love".
What an amazing and beautiful animal... winning the lottery has got nothing on this... i want a elephant as my buddy....
if i ever got to pet an elephant, i would absolutely cry
Thanks for video
Animals both stunning Xx
such a loving creature
Felt inlove with african Elephants precious heartful creatures
I love them both.
African Elephants are the BEST!!!!!!! :D
Such regal presence and ponderous grace. They have the best attributes of humans without our crippling faults. The herd defines the word 'family' in its best iterations. The elephant has nothing to learn from humans except to fear us. Humans will never live long enough to learn all they have to teach us. Unfortunately the elephant will have disappeared long before man absorbs the elephants regal spirit and sense of order. At their passing we will be alone again. Not sure there will be another land creature to take its place. We should began weeping for our stupendous loss.
So cool that you got to experience this. Have you seen the videos of Jabu obeying different commands so the vet can treat him?
i love seeing ppl like u that have great relationships with animals like the family with the bears or lions, they just always show kindness to animals!!
É emocionante ver esse ser maravilhoso, inteligente e sensível
Such beautiful magnificent animals. We should always look after these and other large animals, the Rhinoceros, the hippotomus, they have been here 60 million years...in 200 years human kind has almost wiped them out due to greed..
Very nice and beautiful video 😻
Dios mío, que divinos animales creaste🙏. Amo a todos los animales pero, el Elefante e mi criatura que más amo🤗😘🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍👏
Thank you for this video, it's beautiful.
Wow. ❤
Beautiful tusks .. just as it should be .. 💓💓
I loved seeing that elephant waving goodbye with her trunk.
I was in a Jabu marathon yesterday.
Hello. Truly beautiful elephant family and home and the Nature. Babies, you are so cute. Have a good day. Love. Blessings to you and your families and everyone, always.🙏🤍❤️💛💚🤎🌷🌾🌻🌺🪴🌹🌴💐🌸❣️💖🤩😘
I plead Your Blood over them JESUS 💓 for their divine protection all the days of their lives in Jesus Name 🙏
without seeing with naked eye, no one can understand how giant this animal is.
Аллах велик как же прекрасен эти слани
This is Haven !
It is a miracle!!!
African Elephants are cool!🐘
Beautiful...
What amazing creatures elephants are! I hope humans find it in their hearts not to kill them and let them live forever.
lovely gentle giant
I love them!!!
Sending PRAYERS for Jabu, Morula and all of these incredible creatures STAY WELL!!! 🙏💞🙏💞🙏💞🙏
Read yesterday 1st test results came in & authorities are awaiting a 2nd lab's results before making an announcement of what is causing recent Botswana Ellie Deaths.
So very concerned...The Chinese ivory poachers are bad enough, now this! Father God, help us protect these magnificent creatures!!!
🙏💞🐘💞🙏💞🐘💞🙏💞🐘💞🙏
Incredible
Que coisa mais linda
amazing! made me feel happy
Awesome!!
Ah! I finally have them all sitting down at my dinner table together and unsuspecting of any mischief. Had to do a bit of bonding first but it is going to be worth it I'm sure. See you in the next video. Jumbo 🐘🐘🤗🤗