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I watched with fascination a video that captured a group of elephants creating an “alert circle” during an earthquake. When elephants sense an earthquake, often before it’s even felt by ...

Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park huddled together, facing outward, in a behavior called an "alert circle" after an earthquake hit. Screenshot via San Diego Zoo Safari Park When a 5.2 ...

In doing so, they formed what is known as an “alert circle.” The older elephants scrambled in a circle to surround and shield the two 7-year-old calves. Mindy Albright, a curator of mammals at ...

When a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck the area on Monday, Mkhaya's herd wasted no time forming a protective barrier around her, known as an "alert circle." The phenomenon, captured on video ...

In a remarkable display of instinct, a herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo formed a protective “alert circle” around their young during the 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Southern ...

At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a viral Instagram video shows the elephants quickly forming a protective circle around their youngest members, a behavior known as an “alert circle.” ...

When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Monday, humans followed the usual drill: drop, cover and hold on. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido ...

A zoo spokesperson said the behavior is called an alert circle and said it is “intended to protect the young — and the entire herd — from threats.” The earthquake near Julian rattled much ...

“They sensed something was off and potentially dangerous. Immediately, they ran together and formed what we call an alert circle,” Albright said. “This is a defense mechanism that elephant ...

When a 5.2 earthquake hit near San Diego, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park caught its elephants on video taking action to protect their young,... When an earthquake struck San Diego, these elephants ...

The three adult females scanned their surroundings and quickly banded together, forming a tight circle around two 7-year-old calves named Zuli and Mkhaya, according to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...