Elephant food!

[jon1968]

Hi, I've been following a heffalumps progress on a zoo web cam since its birth , every so often they seem to feed them sticks which they just seem to eat the bark off of� quite amusing to watch!!

Would this be bamboo? It doesn't look like it, it just looks like sticks!! Is it just something to keep them entertained!?

[divegirl]

Hi, it could be bamboo....not sure really. But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE could you post a link to the cam!

Lisa x

[jon1968]

Hi Lisa, didn�t mean to get you so excited! Lol !! It�s down at Howletts near Canterbury, it�s not a baby heffalump anymore and there�s not a specific camera for it, it was bl00dy big when it was born! Here�s the link�

http://www.totallywild.net/howletts/index.php? p=Meet_The_Animals&bn=15

You�ll have to select �Elephants� from the drop down menu and you have control of the camera, about lunchtime they let them out into a paddock behind the camera so you have to spin it about 120 degrees and you can zoom in and whatnot.
There�s two little ones who are at the �playing� stage and are hilarious and the real bubba who�s always with it�s mum. Very intriguing to watch the interaction!
The sticks they eat are in the paddock and they seem to eat them like a corn on the cob with a lathe like action then fling them over their shoulder like a discarded chicken bone!
Enjoy - and don�t hog the camera!! ;-)

[Hawkwalk]

unlikely to be bamboo as this is not a natural food for them especially if African. More likely tree branches that they can eat the bark from.

Give the Zoo a call, I am sure they will tell you.

[davkel]

i just found this thanks jon