An Amazing Encounter Between Adine & the Wild Albino Elephant and Her Herd
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Adine recently bumped into our private reserve's wild herd of elephants and was excited to see the reserve's adult female albino elephant again!
Our orphanage is located by Jabulani, in the Kapama Private Game Reserve (Greater Kruger National park). The reserve is home to a rare albino female elephant. She was first seen shortly after being born in 2010. Like Khanyisa, she was a bright pink-skinned baby elephant and this caught the world's attention.
Albino African elephants are rare and keeping track of the wild cow helps us to anticipate what to expect as Khanyisa ages. In a happy coincidence, the wild albino cow gave birth at around the same time Khanyisa was born and while her calf shows no signs of albinism, it is a joy to watch her raise her calf while the Jabulani herd raises Khanyisa.
Now around 11 years old, the Kapama albino elephant remains in excellent condition and is thriving with her close-knit herd. Like Khanyisa, her eyes are sensitive to the sunlight, but she has adapted extremely well.
Seeing how well the wild albino elephant is doing gives us such hope for young Khanyisa's future and we look forward to continuing to share her journey!
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It seems to me that the reason they are so relaxed with you Adine, is that they have seen you with the other ellies and smell them on you. Plus you talk to them very softly to acknowledge them and don't make any loud noises. How beautiful to watch this scene unfold. Thanks for sharing it with us.
One doesn’t realize how HUGE adult elephants are! Never, did I think that I would be intimidated by these gentle giants-UNTIL I went on an ele safari in 3 African countries! Adine is brave! 💪
They can be quite intimidating!
Your so lucky to experience it. Thanks for sharing.
Three different African countries wow.
Adine is a very small elephant herself❤️
I did the same. 3 countries. Amazing trip for my 60th. 3 land safaris and 2 by water! Best trip ever!
The wild herd is amazing. All the elephants look healthy and happy. And the adults have beautiful and long tusks.
It’s great to see the wild albino cow thriving and loved by her family. She’s magnificent, such a beauty 💕🐘💕
I can imagine our beloved Khanyisa in ten years, a healthy adult with long strong tusks and maybe pink spots hidden behind her ears 🥰😂💕🐘💕
Great footage as always. Thanks for sharing.
It's great to see what Khanyisa may grow into as she gets older & hopefully she will also have a calf in the future ❤🐘
Wow. The female albino elephant is beautiful. She’s just, sooo big. Kind of gives us a glimpse of what little Khanyisa will look like all grown up. I hope for the best for both of them. Thank you Adine for showing her to us. By chance, does she have a name?
She doesn't have a name, no. 💚 She is breathtaking!
@@herdelephantorphanage Awww. She deserves one.
@@herdelephantorphanage Maybe we could call her ‘’Beauty’’? Loooooove to all.
Adine's rumbles may be in a different dialect! The wild herd says, "she must be from the south." (My imagination gets away with me!) 😄❤
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Funny
Now, THAT is funny! I take it Adine is without her herd, not even Lammie-
Adine, do you guys feed these Elephants too? Or take care of them in any way? It said in an article you have 3 herds on your land, is that correct
And do they mix at all or do they fight? I love all of your babies , even the BIG ones. Lol thank you for all you do.
@@lindawilliams2211 they grow alot of the food for them, I think primarily for the elephants in care or rehab in the facility. I guess if food in wild is low they could supplement them. Elephants eat just about anything vegetative...bark, twigs amongst a few.
Precious you Adine are so precious, just as the Ellies are precious to you we love you because you love them so much, many blessings to you Adine .💞
How wonderful to see an older version of our dear kyhansia..😊
Just remarkable! And with her own child 💖🐘
Adine will be sniffed when she gets home.
I wonder if this wild herd could smell Jabulani herd from Adine.
Since they are a neighboring herd, I'm sure they know Jabulani herd also includes, strangely, humans!
Hadn't thought about it but you're right! Can you imagine the conversation among the wild herd members, wondering how the rescues could have possibly gotten into this relationship with (gasp) humans? chuckle
@@vblackwell3347 Hah, hah! Yeah, I can imagine. A scary herd! And they have adult bulls with them too! No wonder they don't mix so well with wild herds.
@@Aurinkohirvi 👍🙂
I loved Adine telling her she's beautiful. She certainly is. She's not very much lighter than the rest of them, does that mean Khanyisa's skin will also darken slightly as she ages and offer her more protection from the sun? I love that they have a little one around Timisa's age too.
Years of mud baths and sanding have provided a layer of protection for her skin! Khanyisa's will likely look similar but she will still be pink underneath 💚
Allison, for some reason, wild animals in particular really connect to us when we acknowledge their beauty. Could it be their interpretation of what we consider beauty is for them their soul?
@@ToddDouglasFox That's a great point. I've never thought of it like that, but I think you're right.
@@alison__16 yah, if you’ve ever had the joy to share time & place with a horse, you know they know you better than you most likely do❤️. Ellies must have a similar gut-heart-mind system.
Love is Love is Love
Be Peace🙏🏽🥰
@@ToddDouglasFox That's food for thought Todd. I don't see why not. It's a lovely interpretation 🙏🏻🙏🏻
It cracks me up! Khanyisa's walk is much different than this little ones walk and run. Khanyisa has this little happy, mischievous amble, that makes you want to follow right along behind her, to see what she is up to! 🤣. The more I see, the more I realize how different all the elephants personalities are! 😁❣️,🐘
I love K's run! It's just too cute?
@@shirleymorris7760 Everything "K" is just too cute! What a munchkin .... as well as a confident handful. She knows!
Adine is the “ Elephant Whisperer” Wild & rescued elephants feel her loving presence & trust her. 🐘❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely.
But I bet Adine can “read” their body language and, for sure, she has a deep affinity for elephants. It always comes across very clearly in the videos.
Sweet the way mama stood quietly over her young one so it could nap in shade. She is a pretty ellie, they all are. I enjoyed seeing this other beautiful family, especially a bigger version of our Khanyisa. 💕
Our little pink munchkin will grow into a beauty 🤗🤗🐘
I love how they all surround the mother and calf.
Elephants are such protective animals! 💚
Diane, And they all stand there and wait for the little one to get a good rest. So soothing. So comforting. I wasn’t protected when I was young. Envious.
You certainly have the special elephant bond Adine! They can feel the love and trust; instincts are remarkable!🐘🐘🐘
They are very relaxed with Adine. The Albino mother is Beautiful!! To think, this will be how little Khanyisa will look one day. In some ways, I wish she could remain as little "Meisekind" but that's selfish on my part. Grow she must but, for a while longer, she will remain our Beautiful Little Sunshine. 🧡🐘🧡 Thank you for this Beautiful video Adine. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊
It is a relief to see an albino elephant thriving in the wild. And a parent at age 11! More hope for Khanyisa's future. I'm also amazed at how comfortable this wild herd is with Adine. But then again I believe she speaks their language.🙂💞🐘🤗🌿
Adine truly is the elephant whisperer! ❤️ her understanding and compassion!
Lead bull: I thought our People Safari would be successful on this road. Now don’t be afraid even if the metal box they sit in. It’s not going to hurt you. Be sure to tell your friends how you met people on our Safari today!
Khanyisa is careful with the light, closing her eyes shut or letting just a little opening against the glare of the sun, while using her trunk to find leaves or grass, so I know she wasn't sleeping. You commented on it if I remember it right. Being extremely sensitive to light and sunlight myself I was looking for it . As a child, before I got my life saving sunglasses, I mastered a few tricks like Khanyisa to help me with the pain. Closing one's eyes bring such relief! How marvelous to have a wild albino cow in the reserve living a normal life and thriving as you wrote. Looking forward to seeing many years of a happy thriving Khanyisa.Thank you HERD
It is her eyes that I worry about as well!
What kind of life saving sunglasses do you have? I ask because my son was diagnosed with ocular albinism as a baby per some brain wave test. He is very fair skinned but, thankfully doesn't burn with sunscreen on. At the time, he had alot of brain anomalies. Over the years (he's 25 now) some of the brain anomalies have gotten better and some have not. My son has more blue pigment in his eyes than Khanyisa but is still very sensitive to the sun and bright lights.
@@kellydrummond9677 Life saving because of the comfort it brought me. If I didn't need prescription glasses, sunglasses bought in a supermarket would be OK I guess. In any case I am always very particular about the shape of the frame so the sunlight never reaches my eyes (frame very close to my eyes a bit curved so the light doesn't reach my eyes from above or sideways) with very dark brown tinted glasses. I do not have albinism nor ocular albinism. I am just very sensitive to bright lights because of a different condition. Sunglasses all year around outside and double tinted prescription glasses at home. Soft light at home helps as well. As my daughters say I should have been living before electricity existed.... I don't know if I helped I hope I did.
Thanks for the care and help you give to all these beautiful animals. Always happy to see them.
It must be a very hot day with all those big ears flapping! I hope the little one is okay. Do the bulls live with the herd like they do in the Jabulani family? Are they more or less permanent residents on the reserve or will they travel far and wide? So many questions. ❤️❤️❤️
I had the same question, it looks like the bulls are part of the herd there too. I always thought they life solitary or in male groups.
Younger bulls tag on the fringes, behind the females and little ones. Older bulls are mostly solitary
That is exactly how elephants should live,with freedom,walking in the field,without been abuse,without they're legs chain.❤️🌄🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘❤️❤️❤️❤️
Awesome herd; all healthy looking & as expected surrounding the two calves right away until albino mom & others recognized soft Adine’s voice talking to them. It’s great to have been following the wild herd bc it’s easier to approach them that close & hearing their rumbles ‘saying’ it’s safe. Of course, there’s always an overprotective one; wonder if the male that approached the jeep with a stronger rumble (like a roar kind of rumble) is the little calf’s dad. He was not so trusting, which it’s good in the wild. - Imagining ‘our’ Khanyisa growing up looking this good makes my heart happy! Thank you for showing us this wonderful encounter!💗🐘💗
A beautiful video of another family of elephants. They all look so healthy and happy too! So great to see. The albino elephant was amazing to see as well, and I agree with others that it's a peek into how our little Khanyisa will look grown up. I loved how the albino stood there and listened to Adine as she spoke to her like she understood Adine was a good human. They all seemed to feel relaxed around her. They must know Adine and crew are protectors of elephants. Amazing.
That was a beautiful encounter! She's gorgeous, and so lovely to see another tight-knit family 🤗 What are the odds, TWO albino elephants in the same area, love it! ❤️🐘❤️
They all gather around the resting baby. Huge Grey mountains, clustered over a tiny hill.
It is Mind blowing watching The Ellie's, two groups together, the Wild Herd & the Precious Ellies from HERD. Gently checking each other with a touch here and a touch there with their Trunks. Just saying Hullo, We are SPECIAL ELLIES, OUR LIVES WERE SAVED BY "LOVE". God Bless Adine and Her Whole Team, for the wonderful world they have created for those Ellies, others were hurting, and Adine & Her Magic Team Helped them to Heal. They have so much Love to Share. Thank you for Your precious commitment to help Little Ellie's become Well Healed BIG ELLIE'S... 💕💖🌟💕💖🌟💕💖🌟💕💖🌟💕💖🌟💕💖🌟💕💖
Amazing to see them so relaxed in Adine company lovely the way they protect that baby the same way as the Herd do with Khanysia 💞🐘🐘🐘
They are so relaxed in Adine's presence. I believe these wild one's are fully aquainted with the Jabulani herd. As a result, they know Adine is "good people".
They know Adine'a smell, they also pick up in the vibes she sends out that she is not out to harm them.
So exiting to see these majestic giants. 😘🐘🇿🇦
I think it's so exciting to see another albino ellie in that area! Even the wild ellies seem gentle enough around Adine. know better than to approach them, no matter how "gentle" or "tame" they seem, but it's just so fascinating to watch. Thank you for sharing!
I love how they are ALL standing watchful over the albino calf. Elephants have an amazing societal structure!
So majestic & peaceful.
Thank you for helping them.
They are a special family. So enjoyable to watch and see. Thank you.❤
Bye bye, wild ellies! Nice to bump into you. It's nice to see the albino mother & calf. She's there to let us all know that Khanyisa can be just as successful!💕🐘💕👍🏻😊
The adult albino female was beautiful! That will be sweet Khanyisa one day! How scary it looked there for a bit! Beautiful video! Thank u! Bless you Adine!
Making good relations with a wild herd! An ellie rumble, a human rumble and they all pause in silence. Wow!
Beautiful way to start my day…..knowing they are doing well.
Seeing all the wonderful rescues in sanctuaries makes it easy to forget that FREE ellies who never went through the torture tof being broken down for "training" are FREE AND WILD, as nature intended them to be.
Even those magnificant ellies sense the magic & goodness in Adline. 💖
A wonderful sighting, and the video you've provided is a gift, Adine. Seeing the normal behaviours up close is a privilege and a treasure. The bull watching you, then with relaxed satisfaction turning away is a HONOR indeed.
The story about 11 year old albino female's adaptations, and her calf, is most encouraging for Khanyisa's future. You have been blessed today with this encounter, as have we. Thank you, Adine, for taking us there.❤
*Thanks for sharing these beautiful images. It's simply wonderful to see elephants in the wild showing their typical behavior, free from any kind of abuse and human domination. Thank you Adine and the entire HERD team for your work, fighting to preserve these beautiful and endangered animals.* 👏👏👏👏💕💕💕🐘🐘🐘🥰🥰🥰
What is the difference between wild elephant and orphanage herd?.....are they in the same area? Thanks 😊
The rescued herd and orphans need to sleep in a protected area at night as they need their Carers to keep them safe from other humans and predators. Whereas the wild herd keep roaming or sleeping in the bush at night. The rescued elephants did not know wildlife before they arrived in our reserve so they are living much more natural lives now. During the day both herds roam through the reserve but the rescued herd have carers following them, and keeping them safe, especially with the youngest orphans around. But otherwise they are the same. The rescued herd come from Zimbabwe originally but are also Savannah elephants 🐘
@@herdelephantorphanage Beautiful...interesting..thanks a lot
Thanks, you answered some of my questions. Love you guys....
Look how they surround the baby -ready to protect!
I think Adine is a very special person. Every day I watch a video of her, the staff and the elephants. I swear, some days it’s all that keeps me sane! The elephants are majestic and I love their personalities and loving nature. They make me happy and my biggest wish is to be able to actually see the herd.
This is so beautiful and I love their rumbles.
Us too!
Me too
What does a rumble mean?
@@debbieschultz9768 it's the noises they make to communicate.
I firmly believe Adine is part of the herd. The way she interacts with them and the fact they are so relaxed is a testimony to her knowledge of elephants.
Now we know what Khanyisa will look like when she's all grown up! Stunning!
Most animals can read our energy or our vibe.
i wonder if theyre related to Khanyisa
I think Khanysia came from another area.
Khanyisa came from another reserve :)
Absolutely amazing! As someone wrote below, Adine truly is the elephant whisperer and the wild herd trust her. Thank you Adine and everyone who shared this with us💕💕💕🐘🐘🐘💜🥰🥰🥰
Thank YOU for sharing❣️
Adine, I thank you for your dedication and love for these beautiful and vulnerable animals. You are an extraordinary person. thank you again.
Wow these elephants are beautiful. Thank you Adine for this wonderful video of the wild herd and the albino female. This is what Khanysia will look like when she is all grown up. They did not mind you being there at all. Just out of curiosity is this the only wild herd on the reserve? Adine thank you for a small glimpse at this family. ❤🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘❤
There are around three wild herds in total on the reserve 💚
Thank you I was not aware that. We always hear about the Albino female and her herd. Have a wonderful day.
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They are not afraid of humans! Shouldn't they for their security? What if poachers approach?
A random jeeps drives down this road...Driver "move out of the way elephants"....Elephants...big side eye!
They look so good so healthy it make me so emotional, i love seeing them doing so good, thank you Adine for this film♥♥
She's beautiful Adine! Thanks for showing us these wild elephants! I pray they stay safe!
Adine: the elephant whisperer.
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This was amazing to watch! Adine is the elephant whisperer💕
I noticed the calf before the subtitle and was laughing. It wanted a nap, it plopped down in the road, so the herd had to stop. kids... :)
What a lovely sight to see these wild elephants, casual but still guarded, and I imagined they could smell the Jubalani Herd on Adine! They most probably know their scent from the dung and hear them occasionally! It was so wonderful to watch the baby resting in the shade of mum and then later others came to give some extra protection just in case! What stunning creatures we have on our planet.........it makes it even more poignant that Little Miss K is thriving and may one day give the herd a baby of her own! Imagine the cuteness overload if it has Little Miss K's character too! Thank you Adine for sharing such an amazing unexpected encounter!
I absolutely adore the different rumbling noises each elephant make it was little Fenya who drew my attention to it and she won my heart ♥ never forget you sweet girl xxx
The bull with them is in his early teens then, not yet left the herd?
I wonder what happened to about half of the original herd from Zimbabwe. I've read their names from an article, Mnuyati, Nfuli, Joe, Jim, and Dande. Did they change some of the names when they arrived at HERD?
Is the plane heard about 1:00+ the anti-poaching team?
It may have been, but it also may have been an airplane arriving at Hoedspruit airport close to us 💛
Awww I love how they all stand around waiting for the baby to have a nap before moving on! Too cute for words!
Oh, I remember this!! Wonderful. ❤🐘❤🙏
The wild herd and the jubalani herd both seem to be just as protective and loving. They are both wonderful families.
OMG THIS is SO BAD ASS!!!! 😳👊❤️
This has gotta be the very BEST videos on utube today!! I really love this clip!
The likelihood of this albino Mommy being related to our baby albino in the orphan herd... Is very high!! Smh this is just incredible!! I feel extremely lucky to be able to watch this go on. Thanks a million for this post! It's the best!
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I love this!!
Merci infiniment Adine , ils sont si cool , que nous ressentons leur paix en nous ........comme une méditation .....
Perhaps it is family of Khanisa she look at her and she is a albino how special shall this be when they met each other. How special is it that they come to your area place. You never forget this. This is also a wonderful herd. From Kruger park I think? Khanyisa the sad story is the "snare" because that her skin is not so dark as this other Albino calf. This meeting of you is a gift from heaven. We can share this moment as lovers of the elehants. Thank you for sharing this special unique moment.You shall meet this herd again the have your smell Adine and they never forget feel your emotion yes they never forget and feel your love for them like your own Jabulani Herd.
I send my love to my African elephant friends,God bless them and protect them everyday.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🌄🌍
I like Adine that she never takes risks with wild animals. I like that she stays in the car and not coming out and try to befriend them and invade their space. Thank you Adine
I would think that because their different upbringings and territorial issues, each herd will try to avoid each other> That's why they mark their territories isn't it? Besides The Herd family have their carers. They will try to prevent problems
I think that why most animals mark their territory. Also why some are quick to aggress especially if they made it clear through scent and sound that they are there and this is where they live.
I know there has been talk of Mambo and Zindogo becoming of age and going off on their off. If the wild herd doesn't accept them would they be by themselves? Is it more likely they will stay with their own herd?
Nobody knows for sure. It's a wait and see kinda thing.
I think it is very cute that you can see the white hair on the tip of the albino cow's tail!
That albino mother! A view into the future on how Khanyisa will look a few years from now. She will be a beautiful big girl a probably will haver her own baby 😍
That would be an amazing experience I think :) To be allowed that close to the wild herd wow :)
😆❤️👊lmao the wild elephants are like... 😳Wait! WHAT?!! Did that human just speak elephant??!? Did my elephant ears hear her correctly??!! 😆❤️😂😆😬Lmao they looked like they kinda stopped in their tracks when she made that tongue noise she makes when she blows into the trunks of the orphan herd
They seemed gob smacked for a sec'😆lmao
That one elephant is massive!! Be careful Adine!! ❤️👍
Sometimes I wish I could have been an employee at HERD. I used to be so strong and hard-working and reslient, also an animal lover. Now I'm terminally ill from cancer. But I still get joy from watching them and they teach me a lot.
Wish there were words of comfort for you. I don't know what to say. I'm thankful you find some contentment with these videos. Wishing you strength, peace & rest on your journey. I'll offer prayers.
Sending you some hugs. It's good to know theses wonderful creatures exist and are tolerant of the humans they encounter, such tranquillity. Xxx💕
Elephants are really very social and bounded animal.they are caring , loving and familiar to each other.
Elephants are nice
They need sun glasses...poor baby
With a baby that is khanysa's sge and one ellie that is a carbon copy of timisa, and another one that looks like pisa plus the adults and a young bull with torn ears like mambo this wild ellies could pass for the jabulani herd. You guys must watch that they dont impersonate the Jabulani herd to steal those yummy bana grass of yours hehe🤐🤐
They must feel you are safe. Goodness they are beautiful Adine. Big, really really big...
I love your beautiful elephants & little Khanyisa so much, they brighten up my days so much. 😊💜🌸🐘 I would love to meet them someday. 💜
How exciting!! I love when you “run” into this beautiful albino ellie and her family, how fantastic that she has a baby ellie the same approximate age as Khanyisa. Adine, thank you for bringing awareness and sharing your adventures and Ellie family with us! 🐘♥️ 🐘 ♥️🐘🐘🐘♥️♥️♥️
I wouldn’t be surprised if these wild elephants know of Adine from their cousins in her care. Their use of extremely low frequency sound allows them to communicate (similarly to whales) from great distances.
....and no Adine, you are not allowed to take that albino Ellie home. She won't fit in the back of the car!!
I wonder if this could be Khanyisa's wild herd, as there is an albino elephant in the herd. We could be looking at her mother
If you read Adine’s notes, the wild albino gave birth around the same time as Khanyisa would have been born, so is not Khanyisa’s mother.
@@lindaj5492 Could have been a different elephant. It was just a thought. She came from a wild herd
I feel Miss Adines heart is as big as the biggest bull in our herd.This meting between miss Adine, and these elephants, is an amazing treat, and I sense the great nature of this, and the many extraordinary things that we are able to witness, because of this loving lady, miss Adine, a queen in South Africa.....................rich.........................acoG
Claudette: Somehow reading this beautiful tribute (to our beautiful Adine!💝) brought tears to my eyes. We all know how truly wonderful she has been to elephants(and Rhinos of course) and all animals really and our beloved Jabulani herd, yet it is so wonderful to see her acknowledged and honored in this way and also yes "the many extraordinary things we are able to witness because of this loving lady"...and of course we know she was rightly chosen woman of the year in Africa last year (and for me will forever hold the title). Thank you Adine💖 for being you, the carers💞 for their loving dedication and the staff💟❣ that support all of this at our beloved Jabulani !👍👍👍👍👍💓
Isn't 11 years old quite young for a cow to give birth?
I was thinking the same thing
Amazing !!! She is beautiful. Is her calf an albino as well?
No, the calf has no signs of albinism 💚
Wow! So close to them. I can’t tell that one is an albino. They all look the same colour. How can you tell the albino one?
The albino is the 11 year old female with a grey baby. The young cow passes over the road left to right roughly 2/3 into the video.
Also she’s the ellie that stopped and listened when Adine was talking to her. She was relaxed because she lifted a leg and IMO she understood Adine.
A wild herd of elephants forages on the way to the HERD
🎉is the wild herd on birth control too? Does the State over see that herd?
Unlike humans, it was nice to see neighbors just being neighborly.