Elephant BBC Report
Elephant History of Sri Lanka....... Report by BBC
Transcript
00:00Now, the elephants have realized that these human food, whatever people eat, are more
00:18tastier.
00:19Sometimes they stay across the road.
00:22No vehicle can pass without giving them or offering them food.
00:25They have become so dependent on human food.
00:28And they have basically come to a situation where they keep demanding food from people.
00:52We did not see this years ago, but this is a new development.
00:56Most animals eat for hunger, but it is very strange to notice that even if elephants are
01:02possibly hungry, they do not retreat back to the wild.
01:05Even if there is food in the jungle, they keep begging.
01:32When they become sexually matured anyway, they go out of the herd.
01:35They keep looking for other mates, other herds, other females.
01:39Sometimes the males will have to fight several other males before he gets access to the female.
01:45Therefore, these males probably don't even go and breed themselves.
02:19Now, we know for sure that elephants keep learning from their seniors.
02:28So, there is all reasons to believe that the adolescents will follow their forefathers.
02:34And they'll learn from the adults, they'll keep coming.