Do you know #elephant family is all women group. Made of #mother, #aunts, #grandmother & all other #ladies. Most of the times Male leave herd early. Kids are looked by all female elephants in herd not only mother. Most experienced female makes all decision for family. #WomensDay 
Obvious that experienced matriarch should lead #elephant family. She has accumulated immense traits/wisdom due to her long life. Which comes handy in long journeys & dangers. So when matriarch dies of some accident, the herd is directionless for some time.
Males keep on joining & leaving herds. Well one of the accepted theory is. That males when they get young are pushed out from the herd/family by dominant female, also called as matriarch. To check the inbreeding. Which only shows elephants are highly intelligent.
They say it takes a village to raise a kid. These ladies of the herd took it seriously. Protecting the calves and teaching them is responsibility of all the female members of the herd.
They are long ranging animals, keep walking. The matriarch or most experienced lady in the herd knows all water holes, villages & good habitats. She leads the family through the landscape for hundreds of kilometers. She takes them on a journey called as life.
In that process they spread seeds all over the landscape & help in regeneration. I had privilege to look after an elephant reserve, all I can say is; #forest walk with the #elephants. All pics are mine collected during last few years.
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