There are some new beasts in soccer and they won’t be entering the World Cup anytime soon. The reason? They’ve got a bit of a size advantage than the regular players!
So who are these new soccer stars? They’re baby elephants living at the Wildlife Trust nursery in Nairobi, Kenya! The elephants are orphans, most likely because people working in the ivory trade have killed their families. To ensure their survival, they’re brought to the nursery, where they live off of a milk formula and husbandry plan until they’re able to become independent. Though the amount of time this takes depends on the elephant, most are released to live a free life on the Tsavo East National Park by the age of ten.
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