VIDEO | Elephant herd provides security to calf, surrounds it on walk

Elephants are such majestic animals, and they fiercely protect their young ones. A video of a herd of elephants walking on the road with a calf walking between them surfaced online and has been winning hearts. The video shows the herd of elephants walking like they are providing security to the young one.

The video was shared on Twitter by Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda on June 22, and it has received close to 600K views so far. The clip was shot in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore. It shows the herd of elephants walking on the road while the calf tries to walk as quickly as it can to match the steps of the adult elephants.

“No body on earth can provide better security than an elephant herd to the cute new born baby. It’s Z+++. Said to be from Sathyamangalam Coimbatore road,” Susanta Nanda wrote as the caption to the video.

Here is the 1st part of the clip shared by a colleague. Just see how it started & the way additional reinforcements come in at 0.12 sec to escort the kiddu. Fascinating. pic.twitter.com/VC0w3R48Et

— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) June 23, 2022

The clip shared by the IFS officer shows how the elephants gathered around the calf in the beginning.

Netizens loved the protective nature of the elephants and posted several comments.

“So beautiful. Elephants have such a strong bonding that every female elephant in the herd is a mother to all the calves. They are so very protective of their calves and this video says it all. God bless them,” commented a Twitter user. “This is a pure dose of positivity. That picture is so perfect. God bless them all,” wrote another. “Magnificent show of Majesty,” posted a third.

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