AdvertisementChina's famous herd of wandering elephants have stopped for a well-earned rest after a record 300-mile trek across the country following their escape from a nature reserve. The herd appear to be sleeping in a pyramid shape as one baby elephant can be seen clinging onto an adult's leg whilst one rests its trunk on another. Another objective was to 'maintain silence to create conditions for guiding the elephant group to migrate west and south', the command centre said. The wild herd had been living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Nature Reserve until moving out of the area more than a month ago. Damage done by the elephants to farmland along their route is currently estimated at 6.8 million yuan ($1.1 million), according to Xinhua.

Source: Daily Mail June 08, 2021 08:14 UTC