{"id":27792,"date":"2025-07-27T21:40:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T21:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/27792\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T21:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T21:40:05","slug":"this-baby-elephant-hugged-two-people-with-its-trunk-and-feet-heres-how-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/27792\/","title":{"rendered":"This baby elephant hugged two people with its trunk and feet\u2014Here&#8217;s how and why |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122935530.jpg\" alt=\"This baby elephant hugged two people with its trunk and feet\u2014Here's how and why\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> In the middle of fast-scrolling feeds and constant headlines, a quiet moment of kindness is winning hearts online. A short video showing a baby elephant gently hugging two humans has gone viral\u2013 not for drama, but for pure, unscripted warmth. Shared by the X handle Nature is Amazing, the clip has already crossed 3.9 lakh views and continues to spread smiles across social media.A quiet display of affection goes viralThe video begins with a baby elephant calmly approaching a man and a woman. What follows is a tender moment\u2013 the calf playfully interacts with them using its trunk and then gently wraps it around the man, almost like a hug. Both people burst into laughter, clearly surprised by the elephant\u2019s unfiltered affection.Watch the video here: Posted with the caption, \u201cbaby elephants think humans are so cute and want to hug us,\u201d the video quickly started circulating widely. Many viewers found the interaction touching, noting the natural gentleness of the young animal and the comfort it seemed to offer.Users share their thoughts: \u201cjust magical\u201dThe reactions on social media were immediate and heartfelt. People from different corners of the internet shared how the video brought them unexpected comfort during an ordinary day.\u201cThis is the most wholesome thing I have seen in a long time. Elephants are just magical,\u201d wrote one user.Another commented, \u201cI cannot get over how gentle it is. You can tell it genuinely loves them.\u201dSeveral viewers likened the elephant\u2019s behaviour to that of young children. One said, \u201cThey are like toddlers in giant bodies. That trunk hug is everything.\u201dOthers mentioned how it helped lift their mood. \u201cThis made my day. I want a baby elephant hug now,\u201d one user posted. Another shared, \u201cJust when I thought today was awful, this video came along and healed my heart.\u201dA user added, \u201cThe way it wraps its trunk like it&#8217;s saying I love you is just too beautiful to handle.\u201d Another summed it up by saying, \u201cThis is why elephants are my favourite animals. So emotional, so aware.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the middle of fast-scrolling feeds and constant headlines, a quiet moment of kindness is winning hearts online.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[21968,21967,49,48,21973,21972,21970,21971,66,21974,21975,21969,323],"class_list":["post-27792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-baby-elephant","tag-baby-elephant-hug","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-elephant-affection","tag-elephant-interactions-with-humans","tag-heartwarming-animal-moments","tag-kindness-online","tag-science","tag-social-media-reactions-elephant-video","tag-viral-animal-videos","tag-viral-elephant-video","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}