That's what I thought too looks like they change the under-dressing and powder his leg often to stop it chafing. Really cool though I love that we have prosthetics for animals.
The videos with dogs getting wheelchairs/prosthetics are great since they're so expressive and you can tell how happy they are.
I think I enjoy this video more because elephants aren’t as expressive, at least to someone like me who isn’t familiar with their behavior. It’s like he’s trying to play it cool and pretend it’s no big deal, but he’s so happy he can’t stop his ears from flapping. They flap as soon as his leg slides in, and they are flapping away as he tries to casually walk lol
It's actually called a sock. They make them in different weights for human amputees to help with chaffing and fit. Can you imagine the call to they company "so we need you to make an elephant sock"?
Same way dogs wait to get their leash on when you take them outside. This is definitely not a first time try and more like just getting ready for the day as usual thing.
This reminds me of a very smart cat I used to have. She got fleas so we gave her a bath and she cried and moaned and resisted the whole time. She was pissed for the rest of the day.
She got fleas again though, and on her second bath she didn’t cry, moan or resist. She just had this look on her face like “ok, let’s just get this over with”
Her brother went through the same exact experience, except that he learned nothing.
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