A heartwarming video of a baby elephant having fun with its owner is going viral on social media platforms.
The viral video was shared on the micro-blogging platform Twitter by Buitengebieden. The clip, filmed by Sheldrick Wildlife, showed the calf cuddling and playing with the keeper lying on the ground.
Baby elephant cuddle.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/yl8yCir2gU
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) June 26, 2022
The heartwarming video has over two million views and likes. It has been retweeted by thousands of users.
Netizens had some heartwarming comments over the video.
I would pay good money for a baby elephant to hug me https://t.co/2eDum7x9da
— Ally Green 🪩 (@Vintageasoul) June 27, 2022
Bobo just wants some love pic.twitter.com/rz8uJfdPXZ
— Looney Tunes (@LooneyTunes) June 27, 2022
The smarter the animal, the more cuddly it will get in its infancy to attract the attention of its caretaker, and to satisfy its need to be pampered. pic.twitter.com/WDuQfK3WRq
— Brendda Chen (@BrenddaChen) June 27, 2022
These little things just make me smile and smile some more, which is so nice these days considering all the negative stuff going on around us. Could watch it over and over…beautiful.
— Tee Jay (@TeeJay46193808) June 27, 2022
Recently, scientists from the University of Turku proved male elephants that live in groups feel less stressed.
Females feel less stressed when surrounded by their babies.
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They studied how stress levels affected elephants’ social behaviour in Myanmar.
They concluded males exhibit high levels of stress when they have no friends while females show to be less stressed when they were with babies.
The researchers compared the levels of stress hormones in their faeces to assess whether sociality is linked to stress.
