CNN obtained access to footage of a unique moment at the San Diego Zoo, when a herd of elephants surrounded one another for safety as a relatively minor earthquake shook the area.

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The zoo reported the herd returned to normal behavior a few minutes after the earthquake, though they continued to remain ...

African elephants at the San Diego Zoo instinctively formed a protective ... The USGS also recorded several aftershocks of lesser magnitudes in the area about 60 miles northeast of San Diego.

At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, video showed a herd of elephants huddling up to protect their young in instinctive behavior known as an "alert circle." The Safari Park is in Escondido ...

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“We now know that we’re looking at one of the more complicated species in the animal world,” says the San Diego Zoo’s Mike Wallace ... them in a nearby area, where they gradually regained ...

Witness the San Diego Zoo elephants' natural response to a 5.2 earthquake as they form an alert circle to safeguard their herd.

Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, from any possible ...

A herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo acted on instinct and formed an “alert circle” around their young to protect the calves against the earthquake that rattled Southern California on ...

This image taken from video released by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows a herd of elephants forming a circle to shield the two calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, during an earthquake Monday ...