From the ‘Adorable Rescues’ file comes this video featuring an elephant calf stuck in the mud.
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Wild Wings Safaris, a safari tourism business in Africa, shot the footage of the calf struggling to make its way up a small but treacherous hill.
The baby’s mom tries to come to the rescue, but to no avail — until another adult female gets in on the action.
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Using their leverage above the calf, the older elephants use their trunks to lift the baby’s hind quarters up, proving that trunks are really versatile tools.