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Playful Baby Elephant Shares Cuddle with Tourist in Heartwarming Encounter

  In a charming moment captured at a Thai elephant sanctuary, a young elephant enthusiastically approached a visitor for a cuddle, offering a playful interaction that delighted everyone watching The video shows a woman seated on the muddy ground when, unexpectedly, a baby elephant bounds over, eager to make her acquaintance. The audience can’t help but laugh as the calf cozily settles on her lap. A bystander comments that the woman seems to be enjoying the unusual encounter. However, the calf’s boundless energy keeps it moving around, occasionally shifting in ways that look a little uncomfortable for the woman. She smiles and strokes the baby elephant as it readjusts onto her thighs, embracing the affectionate moment. But when the calf rolls backward onto her shins, she lets out a soft “ow,” prompting a nearby person to step in and lend a hand. Unperturbed, the little elephant soon rolls f...

On the Hunting Trail With The Hadzabe Tribe

 Armed with bows, arrows, knives, and machetes, the group of five or six teens and young adults from 10 to 20 years old, trotted away in a well-balanced cadence. We followed suit through the large spiked acacia bushes and thick shrubs. Signs of the strengths of these spikes were noticeable on the bare back and arms of the hunters, all with visible scars. They did not seem to mind as they trailed further out.

Truth be told, previous hunting accidents, knives, and animals encounters caused these scars, not the scary thorns. On our end, we appreciated our long pants and sleeves to save us from similar scars.

Baobab and river hunting grounds

Hadzabe hunter preparing to shoot

We tried hard to keep up as there are no trails, no signs to navigate and relied on the Hadzabe to lead us back. We reached an overlook by the river, where a couple of rare trees and baobabs stood above the shrubs. The hunters lifted their bows and had a shot at two small birds, the size of doves, perched high on the branches. But the chance was on the bird side. Arrows flew high and landed hard.

Red-faced mousebirds

Hunter shooting the bird in the tree

Hunter with two shot birds

As they picked their arrows, the hunters carried on their search, running over the edge of the cliff. Not far below stood the river, where another group of women in colorful grabs washed clothes and filled containers with water. From the hunters and the group of women, we witnessed the traditional way of rural Africa – a scene probably untouched over hundreds of thousands of years.

Filling water containers

Suddenly the hunters got excited and ran faster toward a corner of the cliff. With the dry season, animals tend to gather close to the water, a more fruitful hunting ground. One hunter came back with a small golden mongoose on his arrow. The poor beast was hardly the size of half-a-arm and still squeamish. But how could we be sensitive and mindful of the little beast when five hungry men were about to share its small carcass.

Kid with mongoose

Hunter about to prepare the mongoose

But this was still a pitiful hunt, and the hunters were definitely interested in more game. The day started to warm up. We had a hard time following the Hadzabe hunters around over the uneven rocky terrain. The patience and hunting skills of the hunters, however, paid off as they arrowed down two small birds.


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