{"id":334917,"date":"2025-12-07T11:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/334917\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T11:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:10:07","slug":"baby-elephant-practicing-baton-twirls-is-basically-ready-to-lead-a-marching-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/334917\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Elephant Practicing ‘Baton’ Twirls Is Basically Ready to Lead a Marching Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baby elephants are great at making playtime fun. They\u2019re a lot like human toddlers<\/a>\u2014they love to get dirty, splash in puddles, and turn any stick they find into the perfect toy. These giant, majestic animals truly live life to the fullest, and we\u2019re so lucky to get a front-row view thanks to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and their amazing keepers!<\/p>\n

In their recent Instagram video, we\u2019re introduced to Arthi as he confidently leads the baby elephant herd down a path. From the angle of the camera, he looks enormous and mature\u2014but the second half of the video shows his adorably silly side<\/a> as he plays with his new favorite stick. He twirls it like a baton, drops it, picks it up again, and generally is just thrilled the stick exists.<\/p>\n

Playful Arthi was rescued earlier this year and is a little over a year old. He was found alone, which is dangerous for a baby elephant since they are herd animals that stay close together as a family.<\/p>\n

This sweet little pachyderm didn\u2019t take long to adjust to his new family among other young elephants in the Nairobi Nursery. He has quickly demonstrated his confidence in leading the herd, but he also has a softer, playful side<\/a> that we just can\u2019t get enough of.<\/p>\n

Related: Tired Baby Elephant Hitches a Jumbo-Sized Piggyback Ride From His Friend<\/a><\/p>\n

What an amazing glimpse of both sides of Arthi\u2019s story. One day, he\u2019ll grow into a large, powerful elephant and likely a leader among his peers\u2014but for now, his softer toddler phase is the sweetest view we could ever have.<\/p>\n

Viewers\u2019 Reactions to Arthi Are So Thoughtful<\/p>\n

The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has done it again and wowed us with their amazing elephant content on Instagram. Viewers shared their reactions, including:<\/p>\n

\u201cBrilliant! \ud83d\ude02 \u2018Baton\u2019 twirling, rubbing his eye and snacking\u2014multi-tasking<\/a>!\u201d \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n

\u201cJust doing his thing. Stick, no stick. It\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Careful\u2026 you\u2019ll poke your eye out!\u2019 \u2014 said by many a mother!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is happy as a clam playing with that stick. It’s like giving a human toddler a box\u2014happy and content for hours!\u201d<\/p>\n

Arthi\u2019s journey is just beginning<\/a> and watching him grow is an amazing privilege. We can\u2019t wait to see what he discovers next!<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Dec 6, 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 elephants are great at making playtime fun. They\u2019re a lot like human toddlers\u2014they love to get dirty,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[169176,55376,10554,169177,4583,169175,79,10555,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-334917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-arthi","9":"tag-baby-elephant","10":"tag-baby-elephants","11":"tag-herd-animals","12":"tag-instagram-video","13":"tag-majestic-animals","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-sheldrick-wildlife-trust","16":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}