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sometimes they do not do it on purpose sometimes they take other elephant young because they think it is ther own and sometuimes they take them if they dotn like that elephant because it is stealing territory

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Adult elephants may take other baby elephants to protect them, provide them with social support and companionship, or to offer them guidance and care in the absence of their mothers. This behavior is often seen in situations where the baby elephant is orphaned or separated from its herd.

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Because they snuggle have big ears and an adorible trunk and because there elephants!

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elephants have babies to reproduce and subdue the earth

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Elephants and humans are mammals they both give birth to live young and suckle them with milk produced in the mammary glands of the mother.

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Yes but it takes longer

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