The cow elephant’s active baby boy had been running around the zoo compound like normal all day – but not anymore. Her calf had been lying on the ground for a nap, but now he wouldn’t wake up. Her baby wasn’t responding to her trunk’s touch and her concern was growing. Suddenly though, a familiar face appeared to offer assistance.
On May 23, 2016, a video uploaded to YouTube hit social media squarely in the feels. The clip in question was filmed at Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic and its stars were a mother-and-son pair of Indian elephants. Prague Zoo first opened in 1931 and welcomed its first elephant two years later. The attraction now receives more than a million visitors a year, one of whom shot the footage that day.
