Nhi Linh is a first-time mom, and it is clear she has conflicted feelings about her calf. On one hand, she shows interest in Linh Mai and responds whenever she vocalizes. On the other, she does not appear comfortable with the interaction and proximity to her daughter. Sometimes, she shows her discomfort by displaying frustration and aggression towards her calf.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
When that happens, Bozie\u2014an experienced mother and the dominant female of their herd\u2014steps in to guide those interactions. If Nhi Linh acts up, Bozie shows her displeasure by nudging Nhi Linh with her foot, cutting in front of her to push her back, or slapping her tail on her own leg. The message seems to come through loud and clear, as Nhi Linh then stops displaying those behaviors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Based on these interactions, it seems Bozie will play a pivotal role in facilitating Linh Mai\u2019s introductions to Nhi Linh and Trong Nhi. \u00a0This past week, we gave all three adult females \u2014 Bozie, Trong Nhi and Nhi Linh \u2014 access to three sides of the calf\u2019s enclosure, creating multiple opportunities for close proximity under protected conditions\u2014that is, with a safety barrier between them.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nhi Linh is a first-time mom, and it is clear she has conflicted feelings about her calf. On…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":615912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":["post-615911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116133153002095206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}