{"id":378517,"date":"2025-12-30T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378517\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T20:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:50:08","slug":"baby-elephant-has-an-emotional-support-tire-and-we-totally-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378517\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Elephant Has an Emotional Support Tire and We Totally Get It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly everyone has had a point in their life when they were attached to something that provided them great comfort. Oftentimes, for humans, it’s a pacifier, a fuzzy blanket, or even a stuffed animal<\/a>. Well, for Kaikai, the baby African Elephant<\/a>, it’s a giant tire!<\/p>\n

Yep, the little pachyderm is completely and utterly attached to an enormous tire, and apparently, she would take it everywhere if she could. According to a recent Instagram post shared by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, there is nothing the baby elephant loves more than to have her tire with her.<\/p>\n

The caption reads, “Kaikai would spend every minute with her tyre, if she could. In fact, she kind of does! By day, she whirls and twirls it around<\/a>; by night, she uses it as a plush mattress.” and the video proof they provided is positively adorable.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the clip, we see Kaikai playfully bouncing on her tire, and then we are treated to a view of her sleeping on it. And she was sleeping hard<\/a>… right up until Keeper Joseph accidentally woke the baby elephant by trying to get a close-up shot of her snoring.<\/p>\n

Related: Clever Baby Elephant Only Snacks on Tall Branches and Has a Genius Way To Reach Them<\/a><\/p>\n

The poor girl was a little bit confused and flustered when she was awoken from her deep slumber. What a sweet, sleepy baby she is. Keeper Joseph also compared Kaikai to another one of their orphaned elephants, saying, “You snore like Korbessa!”<\/p>\n

Over 750 Viewers Shared Their Reactions<\/p>\n

As the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has shared videos, they\u2019ve gained many new followers. The comment section shows just how much love people have for the tireless work these keepers do for every elephant they rescue. Here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n

“OMG, the sight of this cute angel baby asleep over her tire has just lifted my spirits. The gentle voice of Joseph, sorry because he disturbed her beauty sleep, just shows how deeply connected these keepers and the orphan babies are.”<\/p>\n

“I couldn’t help but laugh when she was trapped in the tire a bit… she is too adorable!”<\/p>\n

“Well, that\u2019s a new one! Adorable! Everyone walks – or sleeps – to the beat of their own drum!”<\/p>\n

“That moment when you\u2019re playing with your favorite toy<\/a>, and you just gotta take a quick nap. Yep – been there.”<\/p>\n

One thing is for sure\u2014this sweet baby girl sleeps just as hard as she plays. She\u2019s absolutely adorable whether she\u2019s awake or fast asleep!<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Dec 30, 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":"Nearly everyone has had a point in their life when they were attached to something that provided them…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[50918,55376,185184,185183,79,10555,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-378517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-african-elephant","9":"tag-baby-elephant","10":"tag-kaikai","11":"tag-keeper-joseph","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-sheldrick-wildlife-trust","14":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378517","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=378517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}