This is the heartbreaking moment a mother elephant tries to revive its dead calf by nudging it while trumpeting its trunk.
The footage, captured in Assam, India, shows the elephant nudging the dead calf with its feet while trumpeting its trunk as it lies dead in a river.
The footage, captured in Assam, India, shows the elephant nudging the dead calf with its feet while trumpeting its trunk as it lies dead in a river
And another said: ‘The depth of a mother’s bond and love knows no bounds – be it a human or an animal mother.’
The newborn elephant had wandered away from the herd and died three days ago, according to NDTV
The video, which has been viewed over 43,000 times, has received 996 likes and over 200 retweets
In April this year, a baby elephant was found guarding her dead mother’s body after she ate poisonous crops in Thailand
The orphaned Park Mae Mae was discovered by villagers on April 23, around 12 hours after her mother died, refusing to leave the elephant’s body