NextSharkNextShark.com
Latest Newsletter🍵 New alcohol/cancer study in AsiansRead

Article

Elephant mom tries to teach her clumsy calf how to go down a slope in viral video

  • A video of a mother elephant teaching her baby how to climb down a small slope as he dives headfirst and clumsily tumbles down has gone viral.

  • The video, shared to Twitter on Wednesday, has garnered over 10.6 million views.

  • Twitter users were left amused by the adorable baby elephant’s graceless attempt.

Asian America Daily - in under 5 minutes

Get our collection of Asian America's most essential stories, to your inbox daily, for free!

Unsure? Check out our Newsletter Archive

An adorable video shared to Twitter on Wednesday shows a mother elephant demonstrating how to carefully climb down a small slope as her calf clumsily follows after her.

In the video uploaded by Twitter user @buitengebiden, the mother elephant can be seen slowly walking down the slope, dragging her two rear feet behind her after stabilizing her front two legs on the ground as she carefully navigates the decline without falling. 

As the baby elephant’s turn comes next, he initially mimics the technique demonstrated by the mother shortly before diving headfirst and clumsily tumbling down the slope.

Twitter users were amused by the baby elephant’s attempt at following in his mother’s footsteps.

“That was a 10… stuck the landing. His legs are not as long as hers. I thought it was brilliant,” one user commented. 

“He did it HIS way,” another user wrote. 

The video has amassed over 10.6 million views and 393,400 likes at the time of this writing.

 

Featured Image: Twitter

 

Support our Journalism with a Contribution

Many people might not know this, but despite our large and loyal following which we are immensely grateful for, NextShark is still a small bootstrapped startup that runs on no outside funding or loans.

Everything you see today is built on the backs of warriors who have sacrificed opportunities to help give Asians all over the world a bigger voice.

However, we still face many trials and tribulations in our industry, from figuring out the most sustainable business model for independent media companies to facing the current COVID-19 pandemic decimating advertising revenues across the board.

We hope you consider making a contribution so we can continue to provide you with quality content that informs, educates and inspires the Asian community. Even a $1 contribution goes a long way.  Thank you for everyone's support. We love you all and can't appreciate you guys enough.

Support NextShark

Mastercard, Visa, Amex, Discover, Paypal