0:00:04 > 0:00:07For a whole year I've been following a remarkable family
0:00:07 > 0:00:10of baby elephants in Kenya.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15A family of elephants raised by people.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Every one of these little elephants is an orphan,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22rescued from the wild having lost their mother.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26They've all been brought to a unique nursery in Nairobi,
0:00:26 > 0:00:30where they receive the intense love and care they desperately need.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39All of these babies have been saved from certain death in the wild
0:00:39 > 0:00:42by the vision of one woman -
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Daphne Sheldrick. Together with her team of dedicated keepers
0:00:47 > 0:00:51she's giving orphaned baby elephants a second chance
0:00:51 > 0:00:54for a normal life in the wild where they belong.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58By the time they're two years old, the young babies are ready to leave
0:00:58 > 0:01:01the security of the nursery and are brought here.
0:01:01 > 0:01:08This is Tsavo National Park, and we're about 350km east of where Michaela is at the Nairobi orphanage.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And I've been following the older orphans
0:01:10 > 0:01:15as they make their long and difficult journey back into the wild.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Yesterday on Elephant Diaries,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21the convoy carrying six baby elephants to their new life in Tsavo
0:01:21 > 0:01:25was forced to stop when one of the elephants began to panic.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Can you help?
0:01:27 > 0:01:31The elephants are charging. They're killing them.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34The elephants in this truck are getting so agitated
0:01:34 > 0:01:39that they've begun to charge and that's putting the keeper's life in danger.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53That's Napasha. Oh, my goodness, this is just awful!
0:02:20 > 0:02:22We've just checked the keeper out and he is OK,
0:02:22 > 0:02:27but it's so surprising that it's Napasha that's completely freaked out.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Napasha has always seemed so calm. It's OK.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Quick thinking has saved the lives of the keepers trapped inside the truck.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41And everyone hopes that the distraction of freshly cut food
0:02:41 > 0:02:45will help little Napasha deal with the trauma of this journey.
0:02:45 > 0:02:51Although it's very stressful for everyone involved, we all hope it will be worth it.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57'The six little orphans in these trucks are part of a new venture.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00'They're destined to form a new orphan herd at Ithumba,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03'a new release site in a remote corner of Tsavo.'
0:03:03 > 0:03:05John, we're off again, are we?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06- Yes.- OK.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12It's going to be an enormous challenge,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16but if all goes well, the hope is that over the coming years
0:03:16 > 0:03:19they will gradually return to living wild.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36This is going to be such a surprise for our little orphans.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40This vegetation is very different to Nairobi, it's a lot drier for a start.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43There's not as many nice juicy green bushes
0:03:43 > 0:03:46so I hope they're going to like their new home.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55On board our convoy is Wendi, the mini-matriarch of the nursery babies.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00Although Nairobi is now far behind us, I can't help thinking about the nursery
0:04:00 > 0:04:04and the four leaderless little elephants we left behind.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Everyone's worried that losing Wendi will make them feel extremely unsettled.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Head keeper Edwin has been keeping a close eye on them.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14All the young ones
0:04:14 > 0:04:19are very, very much scared after all the big ones have left.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Ndomot is showing some signs of difficulty.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27He does not want to come to the keepers,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31he does not want to move to the other three, who have settled down.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Ndomot is doing all this because he was very much close to Wendi.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40And he took Wendi as the mother and even at night he wanted to sleep with Wendi.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50But we hope,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54after a short time, he will come to terms
0:04:54 > 0:04:58that Wendi is not there and he has to cope
0:04:58 > 0:05:01with the other three and be close to the keepers.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06All Edwin and the keepers can do is offer love and comfort,
0:05:06 > 0:05:11but no-one really knows if he will ever be able to cope with his new loss.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24This is Voi, in the south of Tsavo,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28and most of the young elephants here came from the Nairobi nursery.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33Now they're learning what it takes to go back to the wild.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37For the time being at least, this herd still has its matriarch -
0:05:37 > 0:05:39a ten-year-old orphan called Emily.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43But they're also facing major changes.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45The Tsavo herd has grown enormously.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49From just a few individuals, there's now 30, and so it's been decided to split the herd up.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Four females have been selected for a very special job -
0:05:53 > 0:05:57helping the six orphans with Michaela cope in their new home.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00The plan is that they'll lead the new orphan herd
0:06:00 > 0:06:05and, in time, one of them will rise to the challenge and become the new matriarch.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10These older elephants here in Voi
0:06:10 > 0:06:13are about to be taken north
0:06:13 > 0:06:15to the new release site at Ithumba
0:06:15 > 0:06:19to join up with the little ones on their way there from Nairobi.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27As Emily leads the others out for the day, the four chosen females
0:06:27 > 0:06:31have been left behind in preparation for the big move.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37These are our four girls that are going north to Ithumba
0:06:37 > 0:06:41and they've been kept back for the moment. The rest of the herd's gone out to feed.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44We've put some treats down there at that concrete ramp -
0:06:44 > 0:06:47that's where the trucks are going to be coming to -
0:06:47 > 0:06:51just to get them used to the idea of going down there.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56Among their favourite treats is a brown powder called copra.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00And the copra, what actually is that, what's in copra?
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- The copra is coconut.- It's coconut?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07OK, which has got a lot of nutrients? So that's really good for them.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11So it's not just a treat, it's also very good for the young elephants.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Well, they obviously like it. Have you ever tried it?
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Shall we see what it's like?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- It tastes nice.- Is it good?
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Actually, that's pretty good.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32This is a real treat for them and it's all part of this process
0:07:32 > 0:07:36of trying to get them used to the idea that it's OK to be coming here.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40That this is not something for them to be nervous about.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Isn't it, yeah?
0:07:42 > 0:07:45This is Kinna, you can see, with that sunburnt ear.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49The tops of her ears were severely burnt when she was a baby.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54She'd lost her family and was stuck for days in mud out in the scorching sun.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Oh.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Oh, no, she's decided she WILL take it.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04That was a gift, Kinna.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Oh, great, thank you very much!
0:08:09 > 0:08:15OK, that's enough. They should be following the rest of the herd, get out there where the real grub is.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Come on, you lot, let's go.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24Having got our four eles used to the loading ramp they can rejoin Emily and the rest of their chums.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Now here comes Emily. Now what are you doing, Emily?
0:08:27 > 0:08:31That real sort of jaunty, bouncy movement there.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35(Hello, Emily.)
0:08:41 > 0:08:45No, Emily, that's not for you.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Actually, yeah, I think she might damage it
0:08:53 > 0:08:57There we go. Oh, look, I think maybe she's heard.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Listen, you see here now?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03It's the other four and Emily's talking to them.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Even with her back turned, she knew they were there.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12This is actually going to be the last time that they'll join the herd of a morning.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16See that excitement now they're coming back.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23EMILY TRUMPETS
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Emily's helped teach these four everything they know.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33The gamble is, will they take that knowledge with them to Ithumba?
0:09:34 > 0:09:40The future of the new herd depends on it. The problem is none of them is more than five years old
0:09:40 > 0:09:43and by ele standards that makes them still young children.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47So none of us know if the move will be successful.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54With all six little orphans from Nairobi still on board, we're approaching their new home,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57'but it's a long way north of where Jonathan is.'
0:10:14 > 0:10:19We've been driving seven hours and we've just gone through the gates of Tsavo National Park.
0:10:19 > 0:10:25We've still got a bit further to go because we're going to Ithumba which is in the north part of east Tsavo.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30It's been very hot, it's been bumpy, it's been long.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Hopefully, our elephants are going to be OK.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35It must be incredibly stressful for them.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It's also been a very noisy journey.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40But this is just a few hours in their lives,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44so hopefully it won't be long before they realise that this long journey was worth it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05This is Ithumba, the new release site and journey's end for our six little eles.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Eight hours later, we've finally arrived.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Hello, gorgeous!
0:11:21 > 0:11:27This is the eles' new home, it's the first time they will have seen it
0:11:27 > 0:11:29and I hope they're all right.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40They're so desperate to get out of the truck, that they've jammed the door catch.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Unless the keepers can get the door open, Napasha could hurt himself trying to climb out.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55But once the gates are opened
0:11:55 > 0:12:00our excited little orphans can take their first steps to freedom.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Everyone has arrived safely
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and moments later Wendi and the others follow Napasha.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16One by one, the babies experience the strange sights,
0:12:16 > 0:12:21sounds and smells of their new home for the very first time.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40These elephants are so relieved to get out of those trucks,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44and they're so hot and this is the perfect way to cool down.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48And after that eight-hour journey, I feel like I want to join them.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54After an extremely long and hard day
0:12:54 > 0:12:57this mud wallow must be a welcome relief.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02But the long journey was worth it because these six little ones
0:13:02 > 0:13:07are now one step closer to living wild and free once again.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11With the young elephants starting to relax,
0:13:11 > 0:13:16the trucks head off to collect the four older females, who we hope will be joining us very soon.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Meanwhile, back at the Nairobi nursery,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24the four babies we left behind are still slightly subdued.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27It's hard for them, but slowly they seem to be coming to terms
0:13:27 > 0:13:31with the fact that Wendi, their mini-matriarch, has gone.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34They're obviously feeling very insecure
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and are sticking close to Edwin and the other keepers.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40But, luckily, little Ndomot has finally calmed down
0:13:40 > 0:13:44and seems resigned to the fact that Wendi is no longer there.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Even so, at the end of the day as all the babies head off to bed,
0:13:53 > 0:13:57he can't help making one final check that she's not hiding somewhere...
0:13:59 > 0:14:01..before running to catch up with the others.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16Once home, all the babies settle down, safe in the knowledge
0:14:16 > 0:14:19that at least their human family are still there for them.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51The big day's finally here, and the trucks have arrived from Ithumba.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Just let's take a look at that.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58My goodness me. If that's what one of the little ones with Michaela can do,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00and they're just two years old,
0:15:00 > 0:15:04I'm not looking forward to seeing what our ones are going to do,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06and they're much bigger.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09And here come the first two elephants.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13But what will they do now? I feel so nervous.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21They're bound to remember having been in trucks before,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24so the keepers are reassuring them that everything's OK.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36(Go on, girl, you can do it.)
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Look at that stretch!
0:15:38 > 0:15:41She's determined only to go as far as she wants.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47(They're going to push now. No, no, no, not yet!)
0:15:47 > 0:15:50OK, she's in, she's in.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59The doors are shut. OK, we've got two in. Phew, what a relief!
0:15:59 > 0:16:04At least now we know we're going to have two elephants going up to Ithumba to join those little ones,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06and that is so important.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13OK, here come the second two.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Do you know, that's interesting again cos this is Kinna, this one here,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29with the damaged ear.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Kinna at the moment seems to be the most feisty,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35almost as if she is the leader - will she be the new matriarch?
0:16:35 > 0:16:40If you look at her face, all elephants have a gland here, the temporal gland.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43And she's secreting temporin down her face.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45That's a sign perhaps that she's excited,
0:16:45 > 0:16:51that she's giving off messages to the others that something's going on, and it's different.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54So far neither of these two elephants
0:16:54 > 0:16:58have actually been right inside the trucks.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00See where the keepers are ready?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Phew. Well, now what?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19It's the first morning here at the new release site
0:17:19 > 0:17:22and after the drama of yesterday's truck journey,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25it's the first time our little eles have had a chance
0:17:25 > 0:17:28to explore their new surroundings.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30But everything's so different.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35They must be feeling very scared and disorientated.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39For Wendi and the orphans, today must be like starting a new school.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Everything's changed, nothing's familiar.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45They're not really sure how to behave or what to do.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49The only things they're sticking to are the things they know -
0:17:49 > 0:17:51each other and the keepers.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Our poor little orphans
0:17:56 > 0:17:59really do seem completely shell-shocked to be here.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04And they're also very jumpy this morning.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Any slight noise, the ears go up, the trunk goes up,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and they're very pushy this morning as well.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Even greedy little Napasha seems to be off his food.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22For once, he's more interested in seeking reassurance than filling his tummy.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27One thing that's really quite worrying
0:18:27 > 0:18:31is that in just one day these elephants have visibly lost weight.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34In Nairobi they were really quite plump, but if you look here
0:18:34 > 0:18:38you can see it's quite sunk in and you can really see these hip bones.
0:18:38 > 0:18:43There are two reasons for that. Yesterday they spent eight hours on a truck,
0:18:43 > 0:18:48whereas normally they'd be grazing all day, and once they got here they were too stressed to eat.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Today all this vegetation is new to them
0:18:51 > 0:18:56and they're not really sure what they're supposed to be eating.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59It's very difficult, seeing them like this.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Wendi's done all she can, but she's actually out of her depth here.
0:19:04 > 0:19:09They really need the leadership of the bigger elephants as soon as possible.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24We've managed to get the first two elephants in. They hit the road an hour ago.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28But the last two are proving to be much more difficult.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Convincing them to go in is going to be a lot tougher.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Now, whenever the elephants travel there's always a vet with us.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45The vet's actually trying to give them a sedative.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52They've managed to inject one of them
0:19:52 > 0:19:56but Kinna has run away before they could empty the syringe.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Kinna's really upset now.
0:20:01 > 0:20:07She's looking out of the corner of her eye. She knows that something bad is going on behind her.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12SHE TRUMPETS
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Now, did that work?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17You know, I mean, that's just so ironic.
0:20:17 > 0:20:24It went so well with those first two and I thought, "Yes, we're in! And maybe it'll just be easy."
0:20:24 > 0:20:29But these actually are the older two and this is turning out to be much, much more difficult.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I think the sedative is beginning to work.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37So Yatta should be pretty much ready to go in.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39She's just...
0:20:39 > 0:20:42just slowly, slowly relaxing.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49But Kinna, I just don't know about you at all.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53I bet all she wants right now is to be back with Emily.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Here they go, they're going to try and get Yatta in.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Well, this just shows you how powerful
0:21:02 > 0:21:04a young elephant is.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10OK, go on. In you go. In you go.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13In you go.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Yes, yes, yes!
0:21:25 > 0:21:28OK, three down, one to go.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31But I've got real doubts about Kinna.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36I want to stay and see what happens to her but I just can't afford to lose the others.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Right, off we go.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I'm going to race to try and catch up with the others.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49They're way ahead by now.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55We've had to leave Kinna behind.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00She's been jabbed, but whether they manage to get her into a truck or not and get her to Ithumba,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02I just haven't got a clue.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05I'll be amazed, to be honest, if they do.
0:22:05 > 0:22:11But three elephants in trucks, three elephants for those little babies from the Nairobi orphanage.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13That is just so important.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17It's what it's all about. They need the security of a bigger elephant right now.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21They need a matriarch, somebody to rally round.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24And the irony is, I was so sure that it was going to be Kinna.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27To me she seemed to be a leader, she was feisty,
0:22:27 > 0:22:33she was always bellowing her head off, she always wanted to get back to where Emily was, leading the troops.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36And blow me if we haven't had to leave her behind!
0:22:47 > 0:22:51'The keepers have heard by radio that some of the trucks have left
0:22:51 > 0:22:57'so we hope that help is on its way for our bewildered and exhausted little eles.'
0:22:59 > 0:23:02This is a very calm, relaxed, peaceful scene
0:23:02 > 0:23:05but in 20 minutes' time all that will change.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07The trucks from Voi will arrive.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Now, no doubt the elephants will be nervous because they'll hear the sound of the trucks,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16but they have an amazing sense of communication so it's highly likely
0:23:16 > 0:23:21they will know that those elephants are on their way before they even see them so they'll also be excited.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25So this calmness isn't going to last.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27This is basically the calm before the storm.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37- HE SPEAKS IN SWAHILI - What did they say, Bernard? - The truck is five minutes away.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42- Five minutes. When we hear the truck, are we going to move the elephants closer?- Yeah.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46We're down to the last leg now.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Of course, in the back of my mind the whole way has been Kinna.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51What has happened to Kinna?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Is she on the road? Will she join the herd?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Fingers crossed.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Here we are.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03First question is, how are the eles?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Oh, I just hope everything's OK.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16So far, so good. I mean, the drive was fantastic.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21And here they come.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29ELEPHANTS TRUMPET
0:24:29 > 0:24:33This is where the keepers really come into their own.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Calming the eles down and reassuring them in this strange new place is vital.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44This is Yatta.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48She's the one that we had to sedate so I'm just hoping that she's OK.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50She's bound to be a bit woozy.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57OK, they're calling her to where the others are.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Look at them nodding their heads.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It's just such a shame that only three of them have made it.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Oh, fantastic! It's the other truck.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13It must be Kinna. They must have Kinna.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15That is so exciting.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Now that is fantastic news.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27There was me thinking, "How are these three going to feel? How was Kinna going to feel?"
0:25:27 > 0:25:29She must be in the truck.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36HE SPEAKS IN SWAHILI
0:25:39 > 0:25:42She's OK. Phew!
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I've got to let on, Kinna, I think is my favourite.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50And here come the others. The others are coming over to have a look.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I can't believe they want to go anywhere near a truck.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Kinna must be calling to them.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09That's amazing.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20One large step to freedom.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Brave little elephants.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Now, these big girls are here for a reason
0:26:32 > 0:26:35and I think they're about to find out what it is.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47All the trucks have arrived now so the keepers need to move the orphans towards the stockade.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51I don't know how they're feeling but I'M pretty excited.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54'This really is make-or-break time.'
0:26:54 > 0:26:58It's the babies, it's the babies from Nairobi.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Look at that, that is just amazing.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11They incredibly calmly went up to see the bigger elephants
0:27:11 > 0:27:14and now they just look a bit bemused.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17You can see they're all using their trunks,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20just checking out one another, saying hello.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Michaela, hi, how did it go?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Well, they were incredibly calm, actually.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32I was surprised. I thought that they would be really excited and wound up
0:27:32 > 0:27:35but they very calmly walked towards the other elephants.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39They seemed to know they were there, but they were, like, "Whoa, what are these big things?"
0:27:39 > 0:27:43It's incredible, isn't it?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I think I want to cry!
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Don't worry.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49It's so sweet, it's so touching.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53- See the way this one, the big one... - The trunk is going over the back.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- That's Mulika, in fact. - And that's Napasha that the trunk is going over.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00That's so gentle, isn't it?
0:28:00 > 0:28:05- I think it's over to the elephants now isn't it?- I think so. Shall we step back?
0:28:05 > 0:28:08After everything they've been through in the past few days,
0:28:08 > 0:28:13it's wonderful to see all these elephants starting to relax.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17They still have a long way to go before they really bond as a herd,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20but hopefully, just for the moment,
0:28:20 > 0:28:24everyone can draw breath before the next big adventure begins.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32Tomorrow on Elephant Diaries, rescued babies flood in,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35filling the empty stables at the Nairobi nursery.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39In Tsavo, something's upsetting Emily.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44And at the new release site, there's big trouble.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I woke up this morning feeling on top of the world,
0:28:47 > 0:28:50really excited about seeing the eles again and the keepers.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55And one word has changed all of that, and that word is rabies.
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