Perth Zoo’s last remaining female elephant, Permai, arrived in South Australia on Tuesday, January 28, as she neared the end of her mammoth journey to Monarto Safari Park, east of Adelaide. Footage provided by Perth Zoo shows Permai’s journey, with the elephant receiving snacks of peanut butter sandwiches and watermelon slices as she travelled across Australia.Vision courtesy: Perth Zoo via Storyful
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00:00In 500 metres, you will arrive at your destination.
00:10Guess what everyone, we've just found the crossing to South Australia!
00:16Perth Zoo's last remaining female elephant, Permai, arrived in South Australia on Tuesday,
00:22January 28th, as she neared the end of her mammoth journey to Monato Safari Park, east
00:27of Adelaide.
00:40Footage provided by Perth Zoo shows Permai's journey, with the elephant receiving snacks
00:44of peanut butter sandwiches and watermelon slices as she travelled across Australia.
00:49Perth Zoo said their VIE, very important elephant, was travelling well and on track to be at
00:55Monato Safari Park by Wednesday.
00:58According to the zoo, a team of handlers were accompanying the elephant on her jumbo journey,
01:04taking turns driving the 2,700 kilometres to Monato.
01:28OK Bec, we've got 21 degrees here, so it's really a bit cooler than the gauge up there,
01:32but I reckon that's a pretty good temperature at the moment.
01:35Yeah, pretty good.
01:36Pretty happy.
01:37Excellent.
01:38Yeah.
01:39See how it goes later when it gets a bit warmer.
01:40Yeah.
01:41Great.
02:02Yeah.
02:03Yeah.
02:04Yeah.