Elephant gently leads caretaker to sing as herd gathers in a circle to listen: \u2018Act of love\u2019<\/a>)<\/p>\nIn the video, Chailert is seen resting her head against the elephant\u2019s face as she sings softly. The elephant, identified as Faa Mai, responds by curling its trunk around her in what appears to be a gesture of trust, comfort, and love.<\/p>\n
Watch the clip here:<\/p>\n
Chailert shares the story behind the moment<\/p>\n
In her caption accompanying the post, Chailert shared the background of the scene. \u201cEvery afternoon is a time for relaxation. Herds of elephants gather under the shade of the trees, and it becomes my moment to spend quiet time with them,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
She continued, \u201cOne of their favourite things when standing together is listening to me sing. Especially Faa Mai\u2014when she\u2019s happy and enjoying the music, she won\u2019t let me walk away. She always finds a way to keep me standing there, singing her favourite song until the very end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chailert also added, \u201cSong not only brings joy to elephants, but it also helps soften their hearts and makes them even more gentle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Internet moved by elephant\u2019s affection<\/p>\n
The video has already garnered over 258k views, with viewers pouring in with emotional and heartfelt comments. One user commented, \u201cThis is beyond beautiful\u2014pure love and trust.\u201d Another shared, \u201cI can feel the bond through the screen. What a magical moment.\u201d A third viewer wrote, \u201cAnimals understand far more than we give them credit for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Someone else remarked, \u201cThis is exactly the kind of content that heals the soul.\u201d Another added, \u201cThe way she leans in and the elephant responds is just so moving.\u201d One more user wrote, \u201cI was crying halfway through the video. So much compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A touching video of an elephant gently wrapping its trunk around a woman while she sings has captured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,5276,27531,36412,41030,128,3349,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-48107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-elephant","11":"tag-elephants","12":"tag-lek-chailert","13":"tag-save-elephant-foundation","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-viral-video","16":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48107","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=48107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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A woman sang to an elephant, who wrapped its trunk around her in a tender moment that captured hearts online.(Instagram\/lek_chailert) <\/p>\n