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wild state, when a calf has been dropped, the herd remain in the 
vicinity until it is able to follow the mother, which is generally in 
about forty-eight hours. Elephants generally eat the after-birth. 
At birth the calves are usually covered with longish hair, and 
stand from two and a half to three feet at the shoulder. A cow 
belonging to Sanger, of Circus fame, dropped a still-born calf in the 
London Zoo. Measurements were as follows : — 
Length from tip of trunk to end of tail, 95 ins. ; trunk, 2 1 ins. ; 
height at shoulders, 35 ins. 
Sanderson weighed several calves when two days old and 
found the average weight to be 200 lbs. For several months 
they live entirely on milk and even for some time after they take to 
eating grass, their chief support is milk. The trunk of the young 
animal is very short from i o to 15 inches in length. Mothers rarely 
resent their youngsters being handled. The calves soon become 
playful and very mischievous. 
The mother should not be marched for two or three days after 
the birth of the calf. 
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