When a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday morning, one elephant herd did something extraordinary and heart-melting. At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a viral Instagram video ...

The footage, released by the San Diego Zoo, shows elephants form an "alert circle" during a 5.2 magnitude earthquake near San Diego, California. According to the San Diego Zoo, the behavior is a ...

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The San Diego Zoo Safari Park captured a video of African elephants forming a protective circle around their young — an instinctive behavior known as an “alert circle.” The response was triggered by a ...

Elephants at San Diego Zoo form 'alert circle' during earthquake After a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California, elephants at the San Diego Zoo reacted instinctively, forming what is ...

When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Monday, humans followed the usual drill: drop, cover and hold on. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido had ...

The video has been viewed and shared hundreds of thousands of times. Tuesday, CBS 8 spoke to Marco Wendt, Spokesperson for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, to get more insight into this video.

I watched with fascination a video that captured a group of elephants creating an “alert circle” during an earthquake. When elephants sense an earthquake, often before it’s even felt by humans, they ...

When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Monday, humans followed the usual drill: drop, cover and hold on. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, ...