Social structure in elephant herds is surprisingly complex. The adults in the herd exhibit what scientists call "reciprocal altruism." That means that elephants will act in ways that give them no direct benefit—say, protecting or feeding a calf that isn"t theirs. They do that because the other elephants in their herd will do the same for them. Maybe the elephant is a good role model for Giving Tuesday?
Giving Tuesday
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
-
Celebrating a Paris landmark
-
Great hornbill, Thailand
-
Go by Kehinde Wiley
-
A big place to shop small
-
Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
-
Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
-
Let’s have a ball
-
American Wetlands Month
-
Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
-
Welcome to California
-
Happy Arbor Day!
-
World Children s Day
-
Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
-
Sanday Island and the North Sea, Scotland
-
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
-
The fantastic winter fox
-
Museum Night in Berlin
-
A hermitage with a view
-
Can you see the family resemblance?
-
Springtime in the Mediterranean
-
Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia
-
Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
-
Heron lies the Salton Sea
-
Wedded Rocks, Japan
-
The tallest animal in the world on the longest day of the year
-
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
-
Happy Father s Day
-
Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy
-
Welcome to my neck of the woods