The sky was overcast but the weather was much too hot for the long sleeve black knit dress I had worn to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi's National Park. We waited in line to get in, and then waited around a roped fence for a parade of baby elephants to come greet us. They did not disappoint. They came out in a line just like in the Jungle Book. They could not have been cuter.
I can't even figure out what makes elephants look so cool/cute! They have giant ears and crazy nose-arms, both of those things would make me feel super self-conscious.
Awww, look at those tusks!
So all of the elephants here were orphaned either by natural causes (their mothers getting killed by lions) or man-made causes (their mothers getting killed by ivory poachers). The fathers don't matter in the life of an infant elephant, after breeding they leave their herd to join a bachelor herd.
This little one was the youngest and very sick :( The elephants were fed gallons a day of baby formula since they don't have mothers to nurse from.
Awww, look at those tusks!
After our adorable encounter with one of nature's cutest creatures we headed back to St. Bakhita's guest hostel to get ready to go hiking in the Ngong Hills.
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