Schleich African Elephant Calf

Product Description

Newborn baby elephants already weigh 100 kilograms & are 90 centimetres tall. After just half an hour they can stand on their own legs & run with the herd. Baby elephants are still quite clumsy after their birth & must first learn how to handle their trunks. They are still not able to feed themselves with it, so suckle from their mothers for the first year. In the process they gain a good kilo in weight each day. It is very important that they grow big quickly, because a lion or crocodile can hardly cause any harm to healthy, adult animals. If a predator does come dangerously close, the adults form a circle around the young. They are well protected in the middle. Schleich manufacture amazingly wonderful accurate models of all sorts of animals, including this African Elephant Calf model. All Schleich models are beautifully hand painted to give wonderful role play to children & also make a great collectors item for the nature enthusiast.