Baby Elephant Tries To Help Dying Mother | This Wild Life | BBC Earth

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[chichichi]

That baby cuddling with the mom. Tears in my eyes.

[depression_plusplus]

Show this video to people who thinks animals are just emotionless...

Baby might not know his mother has passed, but still lovingly hugged his mother shows the deep connection that is between them

[maryedelguzman]

Two years later, this video still brings tears when I watch it. But I am happy to note that DSWT rescued Cherie's baby Sokotie who is now a big nauthy boy.

[GandalfTheTsaagan]

Damn, that's heartbreaking, I can't imagine the emotional trainwerk that the baby experienced

[SkeensSeattleUSA]

This was the hardest thing I have ever watched. My tears run down my face and I can’t finish this video. Thank God there are ppl to help. #EveryElephantNeedsAherd

[Leonidas]

That was heartwrenching ...got me cryin at 930 am damn this is extremely sad...rest in peace

[anshujaiswal]

I can't hold my tears when the Lil Ellie was trying to make her mom get up

[mageshambathur]

Missing the parents is painful not only for human but also for animals like this....heartbraking

[seamuswright]

Elephants are one of my favorite animals to see this is very heartbreaking this is why more people need to cherish what beautiful things are in life and that we need to look out for each other just like elephants because we don't have much time in this life we need to spend it as amazing as possible and to the fullest

[uppityupshaw]

The Baby hugging the mom...heartbreaking! 💔

[meilinpang]

So sad! It's heart broken! I love elephants! I always pray for them to have happy healthy safe life! Thank you for all the people trying to help and save the elephants!

[SatyajitRoy]

Life departs. but the emotion stays forever.

[mr.buscheese]

That baby must be an emotional wreck. And elephants form VERY tight bonds. Heck, they even form bonds with different species.

[whichiswhich]

This is heartbreaking and I cried. Elephants are so emotional.

[Durrpadil]

Such a sweet little supportive elephant... Proof of emotion! So much of me wants to turn into vet mode and diagnose and help the mother... take blood samples, check her vitals, etc. ; n ;

[Waffles]

This is such a tender moment that I have tears 😭 in my eyes. This is heartbreaking 💔

[davelawson]

That was heartbreaking. I hope the baby is alright.

[redruby]

5yrs later seeing this and I’m praying the baby is ok

[magslay]

I wasn't prepared for this. I knew I shouldn't have clicked the video when I saw the title.

[MajCyric]

SO The wee one will be cared for by the other females of the family... and normally the family will stay in the area for a time mourning the loss of the family member before moving on... And later on when the family passes that same area again, they will remember the loss and mourn again... Such beautiful gentle giants elephants are... And they also often have better long term memory then the avg human does...