This Momma Elephant Was Frantically Trying To Wake Up Her Baby – So Keepers Sprang Into Action

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As the keeper walks away smiling, the baby elephant quickly gets to his feet as if nothing had happened – to the audible relief of the watching public. It would appear that mommy’s distress was the natural over-reaction of a worried parent. Max, it appears, is just a very deep sleeper.

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The video’s description says it all. “After a day’s ‘work’ sometimes [the calf] sleeps so soundly his mother can’t wake him up,” It explains. “But the keepers are always there to help.” The heart-melting video ends with elephants and keepers walking happily across the enclosure together.

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So is it normal for Janita to have been so worried about her sleeping baby? One of the things that makes elephants so relatable to animal lovers is the strong bonds they develop with friends and family. Canisius Ambassadors for Conservation, an animal advocacy group based at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, describes the relationship between an elephant cow and its calf as “the closest [bond] of any animal.”

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Janita and Max’s video has captured hearts across the internet, and received more than five million views since its upload. But it also caused some division and controversy among social media users. Some viewer thought the whole episode was very touching, while others noticed something deeply sinister that disturbed them.

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The film clearly shows the Prague keepers carrying spiked poles known as a billhooks or elephant goads. The implements are notorious among animal welfare activists for being used as weapons of control against elephants by abusive handlers. On the other hand, they have been defended as being merely training tools.

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