are new born elephants blind?

Answer 1

No. Our new one at the St. Louis Zoo, Malhia is running around and cute and stuff.

http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/mammals/elephants/asianelephant/babyelephant2006/

Answer 2

NO...

In the case of the elephant life cycle, it is early childhood that is most captivating. The new-born enters this world at an incredible mass of 77-113 kg, with a height of about 91 cm at the shoulder, and unbelievably may consume 11.4 litres of milk a day.

The young calves are tended not only by their mothers, but also by other females of the herd. There are many eyewitness accounts of the females in the herd gathering around to welcome the CLose Up Of Baby Elephantnew-born. Within minutes of the birth, the mother and other females trumpet, rumble and scream, oozing temporal secretions down the side of their faces. During these initial minutes the mother also attempts to help the new-born rise to its feet. This is a matter of survival since the new-born must stand to drink its mother's milk. Without this necessary food, the calf is sure to perish.

This kinship and social contact allows the young elephants to successfully reach other stages in life cycles. Infancy is not only an important time for the young calves, but also for the young mothers-to-be. It is through the close interaction and kinship between the two that allows the young females to develop necessary skills required for motherhood. However, first time mothers can be very awkward with their babies and depending on their experience can even play a role in hindering the calf from feeding.

The infancy life-cycle of an elephant is not a brief period. Young elephants are started on the process of weaning in their first year of life and may continue to be weaned until their tenth year, or until another sibling is born. This prolonged dependency period is vital to the elephant. As a minimum, the African elephant calf is entirely dependent (emotionally and physically) on his/her mother for three to five years.

The elephant is an amazingly social creature. This particular period in development can be viewed as extended social contact. Also, it is clear evidence of the well documented fact that it plays an important educational period for elephants while their brains develop and they learn important survival and cultural knowledge.

The behaviouristic cliché of a person/elephant as a blank slate can be an interesting analogy to illustrate the point (Despite the fact that in its original case it was not only totally incorrect in its place of focus, and that it really does not capture the many varied forms of motivation for learning nor the social contextual influences and on... it is a useful way of seeing the elephant)

Answer 3

No.But I don't study them but i guess I should start right.

Answer 4

no