Cute Baby Elephant Encounters Snow for the First Time
Sound the baby animal alarm! Mumba, a one-year-old elephant at Amsterdam Artis Zoo, encounters snow for the very first time in this adorable video.
Sound the baby animal alarm! Mumba, a one-year-old elephant at Amsterdam Artis Zoo, encounters snow for the very first time in this adorable video.
In case you were wondering whether or not elephants enjoy being poked and prodded while they're eating-- they don't. The guy in this video got a little too close to this elephant's personal bubble and the massive beast let him know by delivering a near knockout blow with his powerful trunk.
Somehow this elephant got hopelessly stuck upside-down in a ditch with no hope of getting out. That is until rescue workers came along. At first they tried to dig him out, but he proved too big, and they eventually had to use heavy machinery. But the majestic beast emerged in good health.
Since arriving at the Phnom Tamao Rescue Center in Cambodia when she was eight months old, Lucky the elephant has perfected her dancing skills. Although you probably wouldn't want to get too close to her on the dance floor, the creature certainly knows how to have a good time. Just wait and see what she does when the music comes on.
Whether it was curiosity or a needed change from the natural-looking water directly behind them, elephants at the Askari Game Lodge in South Africa decided to taste a little of a swimming pool. Since an elephant never forgets, we guess that means they've developed a taste for chlorine.
An elephant calf was born at the San Diego Zoo on September 26. Camera caught the big baby taking his awkward first steps as his mother looked on. Check out the sweet scene after the jump.
Sound the "cute" alarm! In this amateur video captured by a tourist, a baby elephant at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, England takes its first few hesitant steps.
Every tropical vacation needs sunsets, drinks with umbrellas, and apparently, baby elephants playing on beaches. Our travel agent didn't bother to mention this to us.