A mother elephant didn’t hesitate when she realized her calf was walking towards a group of tourists. She immediately threw her trunk in front of the “little big guy” to stop the path.
The motherly gesture was shared on a Twitter profile of a Dutch nature lover. Watch below!
“Mother elephant prevents her son from approaching tourists,” reads the post’s caption.
The caption in the lower right corner of the image indicates that the scene took place in Kruger National Park in northeastern South Africa.
The act prompted a range of reactions from viewers of the content, as well as criticism of human behavior.
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“So sweet and caring,” praised one netizen, “it reminds me of when my son was little, he would try to run to people to say ‘hello’ and I would do a big ‘hook’ to him to stop”.
“You have an instinct to avoid people. But I think poaching has made this a lot more common,” said another. “It is indeed our fault.”
The mother elephant then kicked another family’s calf. Cash!