Xiaoxiang does not eat but wants to play with water. She is pushed by her mother: the picture of playing with caution is lovely

On June 21, the media released an aerial photo of the "children's group" of wild elephants in Yunnan Province. It's bath time again, and the elephant plunges into the pond.

From the video, some of the elephant's teammates slide in from the side of the pond, some squeeze in from the elephant group, and others mix in. Happy hours always go too fast. At lunchtime, the elephant pulls the baby elephant. The little elephant looks obedient and clever, but on the way, he plays a careful game and stealthily returns to the mud pool.

In the past two months, the wild Asian elephants that used to live in Xishuangbanna have moved all the way north. After crossing forests and towns, and experiencing the separation, convergence and even the birth of baby elephants, the pace of Yunnan elephants has not stopped.

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Before the UAV again photographed the rest image of the elephant group: after arriving at the coniferous pine forest, the elephant lay down to sleep; The little elephant launched a "butt twisting attack" on the elephant. About five minutes later, the elephant had to get up and take the little elephant into the woods to play

Wang Jie, head of yazhouxiang field monitoring team of Yunnan forest fire brigade, said that since May 27, we have used 5 vehicles, 20 people, 8 UAVs and 5 infrared night vision devices for 24-hour continuous monitoring, and we often face many emergencies in the process of monitoring.

At present, the population of Asian elephant in China is expanding steadily, and the number has increased from about 180 in 1985 to about 300 now. In view of the continuous expansion of Asian elephant population, the reporter learned from the State Forestry and grass administration that the state will issue a long-term plan for elephant protection, so as to better protect Asian elephants.