An Asian elephant in Kabini enjoys a mud bath after making a long journey through the forest. (National Geographic for Disney/Josh Helliker)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_77r.jpg
An elephant family gather at the end of a long journey in Kabini, India. (National Geographic for Disney/Josh Helliker)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_76r.jpg
Young elephants play together by a watering hole in Kabini, India. (National Geographic for Disney/Josh Helliker)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_70r.jpg
Asian elephants gather at a watering hole in Kabini after traveling a long distance together. (National Geographic for Disney/Josh Helliker)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_69r.jpg
An Asian elephant learns to mimic that of it's mother, and looks for a playmate. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_66r.jpg
An Asian elephant's eyelashes. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_64r.jpg
The young calf finds a playmate in the herds of Asian elephants, and begins to learn elephant culture from them. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_62r.jpg
Elephants pass on their wisdom and knowledge to each generation so that their culture and behaviors may remain for years to come. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_60.jpg
Feeding time at the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. (National Geographic for Disney/Jasper Schofield)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_50.jpg
Paula Kahumbu speaks with Farina Othman about the work Farina's project is doing to help protect elephants from entering palm oil plantations. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_44.jpg
Asian elephants fully immersed in the Kinabatangan River. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_42r.jpg
A Pygmy elephant swims across the Kinabatangan River. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_34.jpg
Farina Othman is an elephant ecologist who’s study focuses on reducing the conflict between humans and elephants. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_30r.jpg
Paula Kahumbu witnesses the rarest sub-species of Asian elephants, pygmy elephants, as they enter the Kinabatangan River. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_28r.jpg
The pygmy elephants are in no shortage of water as they live by the Kinabatangan River, and are well versed swimmers. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_25.jpg
The Bornean pygmy elephant displays its differences from its African cousins. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_22.jpg
Paula Kahumbu and field researcher, Englebert Dausip, travel down the Kinabatangan River in hopes of catching sight of the pygmy elephants that live here. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_21.jpg
On the edge of the Kinabatangan River, elephants face grave danger as their habitats slowly are being destroyed due to palm plantations. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_20.jpg
Paula Kahumbu documents one of her only sightings of the pygmy elephant in Borneo. (National Geographic for Disney/Cede Prudente)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_17.jpg
Asian pygmy elephants meander through the dense palm tree plantations. (National Geographic for Disney)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_13.jpg
Villagers live side-by-side with the elephants in India. (National Geographic for Disney/Kalyan Varma)Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_08r.jpg
Asian elephant displaying its smaller ears compared to its African relatives. (National Geographic for Disney/Katunyuta Oshea )Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_06r.jpg
Asian elephants have a few differences from African elephants, one of these is the size of Asian elephants are much smaller. (National Geographic for Disney/Katunyuta Oshea )Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_03r.jpg
An Asian elephant uses its trunk to feed on grass. (National Geographic for Disney/Katunyuta Oshea )Episode: #3 "Rainforest"Air Date 04/22/2023Asia_103_SecretsOfTheElephants_01r.jpg
