Playful fight of migrating elephants seen in Xinping

A playful fight between two of the migrating elephants was captured by drones in Xinping county, central Yunnan’s Yuxi city, on July 6. The fight was finally stopped by a third elephant, whose nose remained in between during the "conflict".

The 14-member elephant herd advanced 11.1 km southwest from 5 pm Sunday to 5 pm Monday, entering Xinping county from Eshan county in the wee hours of Monday, according to the headquarters in charge of monitoring their migration.

A male elephant that strayed from the herd a month ago is now 66.7 km away from the group in Hongta district in Yuxi.

The animals have traveled approximately 500 km north from their forest home in southern Yunnan's Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, reaching the provincial capital Kunming on June 2.

Source: CCTV and Xinhua; Trans-editing by Wang Shixue