Baby elephant sneezes, scares himself and hides behind his mother.
Posted Oct 28, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC
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Seems like it was more scared of the people making noises than it’s own sneeze
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Or embarrassed
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That was my thought, too.
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Do elephants actually get embarrassed?
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Very likely yes, they are incredibly emotionally intelligent social animals.
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Cute little baby. 🥹
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I wonder if he was lifting his little trunk in "hi!" after seeing the humans waving.
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Nah, they were posturing. Look at the ears. They were trying to appear scary.
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Right. Hard not to anthropomorphize something this cute.
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Very true.
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The ears were posturing, but the nose is doing what noses usually do: scenting the air. People tend to forget this with elephants, I guess because they also use their nose as a psuedo-hand. But most animals rely on their sense of smell first and foremost to detect threats, and especially so with elephants, whose eyesight is quite poor.
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Couldn't possibly have been the raucous laughter from the monkey gallery that startled the little guy.
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He wasn't scared of his sneeze lmao he was essbarrassed yall were laughing at him
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I felt some strong Dumbo vibes from that group. I wanted to tell him we weren’t laughing to be mean. It was adorable though!
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Mom they're using some evil kind of spells! :'(
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Nice
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Bless you!
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Aw
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So adorable!
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ik thats what evryone is thinking
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Awwwww 🐘🤗🤗🤗🤗♥️♥️
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D'aww. Precious.
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cute but at the same time lol
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Mom is like, wtf you laughing at? Don't make me come there and punch your face.