Elephants in Samburu : There is a diverse collection of Animals in Samburu and the reserve is much valued for its abundance of the Samburu Special Five which includes the Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and the beisa oryx, which are unique to this area of Kenya and can only be spotted in Samburu Reserve. There are about 75 species of Mammals and many more Birds in Samburu and the surrounding wildlife reserves such as Shaba National Reserve.
Elephants in Samburu National Reserve.
Elephants in Samburu: Due to the large numbers of elephants here, this area attracts a lot of researchers and documenters.
There are about 900 elephants recorded in the Samburu National reserve. Each family has over 50 adult males. The elephant family is usually led by a grown female adult. There is a generic relationship between these animals and they usually form clans. The elephant has a gestation period of about 640 days. The baby elephant usually weighs about 120 kilograms at birth.
Baby elephants are about 80 centimeters tall at birth but they grow into very large adults. Elephants use their trunks to pick up objects, bathing and drinking. They use the trumpet sound to warn others. Due to their size, they intimidate the predators and they only trouble the young elephants. Elephants can use their trunks to dig and find water in periods of drought. An adult elephant will drink about 90 to 140 liters of water a day.
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