- By Poorva Karki
- Fri, 01 Sep 2023 02:14 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Elephants are one of the cutest animals, and there are countless reasons to back that. From them playing with humans to the baby elephants doing their daily shenanigans, these animals can never disappoint when it comes to being adorable. A similar video proving the same surfaced online, where a baby elephant was seen extremely curious after it discovered its trunk. The discovery took place after the calf accidentally stepped on it, and the rest of the video was all about the little one trying to control the truck. The video melted several hearts on the internet and went viral on social media. The video was shared on social media site X (formerly Twitter) by the handle ‘Buitengebieden’. The post was captioned, “Baby elephant discovering its trunk."
In the video, a baby elephant was seen engaged with its tiny trunk. It appeared that the animal just discovered one of its body parts, the trunk. At one point, the calf accidentally stepped on its trunk. Later in the video, the little one was seen trying to control its truck, which appeared as if functioning on its own.
Baby elephant discovering its trunk.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/n8RFEFgIaQ
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 1, 2023
The video won many hearts across the internet, making it go viral. Many called the incident cute and compared it with a human baby discovering their feet, others expressed their adoration for the calf. The video was shared today and has pulled 378.5K views from the netizens.
Taking to the comment section, people shared their take. “Then it goes straight away for the shower,” a user said. “Elephants are always excited to watch,” added a second person. “Reminds me of babies when discovering their fingers. They play with them all day,” joined a third viewer. “Such an adorable and highly intelligent baby elephant!” lauded a fourth user. “He’s like! Yo what is this?” commented a fifth netizen. “It's so young and tender,” wrote a sixth person. “Awww, he’s like how do you use this thing and I definitely shouldn’t step on it,” said another. “Bro was like doesn't this look like a snake? Can't believe I came out with this,” joined a next one.