What a cutie! Can you think of anything better than a baby elephant? They\u2019re pretty darn adorable. Especially this sweet little guy, who is a real friendly fella to all of the humans who visit him at the ethical sanctuary where he lives. The baby was just dying to say hi to one person who was there for a visit. He\u2019s pure joy personified.<\/p>\n
Nev must\u2019ve been so smitten with the baby. The elephant is incredibly precious, and he was willing to be friends too.<\/p>\n
As the traveler noted in her caption, touching the animals is not permitted at the sanctuary. But that doesn\u2019t mean the elephants don\u2019t want to meet you! The little guy was probably so fascinated by the humans there to see him.<\/p>\n
Related: Video of Baby Elephant Learning to Use Her Trunk Delivers Maximum Cuteness<\/a><\/p>\n He was posted up on the fence that surrounds his enclosure, with his little face sticking out from between planks of wood. Look at his trunk! I can\u2019t get over it. The baby swayed back and forth as he watched the woman. He was sort of giving puppy vibes.<\/p>\n Again, I know we aren\u2019t allowed to touch the animals. But can\u2019t you just imagine playing fetch with the tiny one? If only they\u2019d stay this small!<\/p>\n \u201cThis baby just wanted attention,\u201d the woman wrote in the video\u2019s caption. He really did!<\/p>\n People in the comments section were so in love with him.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018You cannot touch, feed, or bathe elephants,\u2019 do you know how impossible that sounds to me?\u201d joked one person.<\/p>\n \u201cI would walk away with a suspiciously elephants-shaped bag (plural because I’m not separating mama and baby!!!),\u201d teased another commenter.<\/p>\n \u201cOh my goodness stop, I wish I could just hug the baby elephant,\u201d chimed in one person.<\/p>\n \u201cThe best part is it\u2019s thinking the same thing about you too. Baby elephants think we\u2019re cute,\u201d pointed out someone else<\/p>\n How Big Are Baby Elephants?<\/p>\n This elephant might look cute, but he\u2019s still an elephant after all! How big are baby elephants anyway?<\/p>\n The size<\/a> of a baby elephant varies by the breed, but on average African Elephant newborns are about three feet high and weigh about 264 lbs. That\u2019s a big baby! But just think, one day he\u2019ll have so much love to give.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Feb 19, 2026, 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":"What a cutie! Can you think of anything better than a baby elephant? They\u2019re pretty darn adorable. Especially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[5747,5746,61,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-307129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-baby-elephant","tag-baby-elephants","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}