Yes, I am talking about a Bull Elephant who migrated to Somalia from Kenya using old migratory routes.
An elephant marched hundreds of kilometres and briefly crossed into Somalia in 2016 marking the first time the animal has been seen in the country in 20 years, conservationists said.
Morgan, a male bull in his 30s, was fitted with a tracking collar in December in Kenya's coastal Tana River Delta, but in mid-February began an unexpected march northwards to Somalia, reaching the border nearly three weeks later.
His march has excited conservationists who say it shows the elephant remembered ancient routes after decades of absence due to war.
"He obviously had something in his mind about where he's going," said Iain Douglas-Hamilton of Save the Elephants, a conservation organisation that has put tracking collars on hundreds of African elephants.
Morgan's journey suggests that the Kenya-Somalia border area is becoming less dangerous and that if security were to return to southern Somalia so might the exiled elephants.
From Tana River, Morgan trudged 20 kilometres (12 miles) on the first night and then hid in thick forest the following day, before continuing his march under cover of darkness. He maintained this pattern for the next 18 days.
Credits : Phys.org 
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