{"id":279997,"date":"2025-11-12T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279997\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:39:09","slug":"baby-elephants-oversized-joy-while-playing-with-massive-ball-is-total-cuteness-overload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279997\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Elephant\u2019s Oversized Joy While Playing With Massive Ball Is Total Cuteness Overload"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baby animal cuteness<\/a> is without a doubt one of the most powerful forces in the known universe. It is a force so powerful that it can convince a full-grown elephant to give up their favorite toy of the past 25 years, so that their baby can play with it.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the story of Oregon Zoo<\/a> elephant Rose-Tu and her adorable daughter, the baby elephant, Tula-Tu, and the blue ball they now share.<\/p>\n

According to this video, Rose-Tu has loved playing with this big blue ball since before her daughter was even a twinkle in her eye. However, motherhood has changed her perspective.<\/p>\n

While she might have previously been hesitant to let any other elephant play with her favorite blue ball, she wants Tula-Tu to experience all the same joys as her, so she is now sharing it with her. And based on this adorable footage, we think that Rose-Tu has made the right call.<\/p>\n

Related: Baby Elephant’s Adorable Case of the Zoomies Will Instantly Make Anyone’s Day<\/a><\/p>\n

Tula-Tu just looks as happy as a clam playing with her mother\u2019s blue ball! She will spend hours rolling around and playfully resting her body on it, while her mother looks on proudly.<\/p>\n

What was once the playful joy of one generation has now become the favorite pastime of another. This blue ball is a wonderful way to deepen the bond between a mother and a daughter, through a shared love of play!<\/p>\n

The Internet simply couldn\u2019t get enough of Rose-Tu, Tula-Tu, and their shared love of this big blue ball!<\/p>\n

Many people commented that the way Tula-Tu was taking after her mother was ridiculously cute. While others shared that they can easily watch this video all day.<\/p>\n

Tula Also Has Incredible \u2018Soccer\u2019 Skills<\/p>\n

As this other video shows, Tula-Tu is also a very \u201cskilled\u201d soccer player. She isn\u2019t playing soccer with a soccer ball, though. Instead, she uses a pumpkin.<\/p>\n

But nevertheless, her skills are still very impressive, as evidenced by all the off-camera reactions from nearby zoo visitors watching Tula-Tu do her thing.<\/p>\n

One of them even remarked that watching Tula-Tu play soccer with this pumpkin \u201cIs the best thing I have ever seen!\u201d<\/p>\n

We totally agree! Maybe outside of watching Tula-Tu and her mother play with their favorite blue ball, this might just be the best thing anyone has ever seen!<\/p>\n

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This story was originally reported by PetHelpful<\/a> on Nov 12, 2025, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baby animal cuteness is without a doubt one of the most powerful forces in the known universe. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[162208,64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-279997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-adorable-daughter","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}