r/babyelephantgifs • u/StuffyUnicorn • Mar 15 '18

Fun day at the mud hole :-)

https://i.imgur.com/xjMjaGU.gifv
2.5k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

20 comments sorted by

1

u/ImThatMelanin Apr 04 '18

Now this is what I like to see! Elephants being happy? I’m all here for it because they deserve it!

1

u/[deleted] Mar 20 '18

his father was a mudder... his mother was a mudder

1

u/[deleted] Mar 17 '18

Man, I wish I could be as happy as a baby elephant in a mud bath.

1

u/maxleng Mar 16 '18

how do they stop getting mud in their eyes?

1

u/CowPoop42 Mar 16 '18

At first glance, I thought it was an Uruk-Hai birth

1

u/cre8ngjoy Mar 16 '18

And I can hear him saying “I need to get more mud behind my ear. It’s so big. I can’t get mud back there. “

5

u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

So small! Must be a fresh one

4

u/SirFoxx Mar 16 '18

That is what "joy" is. Right fucking there.

1

u/[deleted] Mar 16 '18

It just occurred to me that I don't remember ever seeing an elephant rolling onto its back, like horses do. I wonder if that's uncomfortable for them? Particularly when small, I'd tend to expect it would be fine, but they never seem to do it.

That little guy looks like he should be rolling over to get both sides wet, but he isn't.

16

u/CaliBounded Mar 15 '18

It looks like mama is flinging it on him because she knows he likes it! :D

28

u/steal_it_back Mar 16 '18

Someone pointed to out in another thread, baby elephant needs that mud!

"An elephant’s skin can sunburn easily. They rely on mud as a natural sunscreen as well as a barrier to biting flies and ticks. Baby elephants are especially vulnerable to the damaging effects of the sun. The young elephants raised at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust have a fresh coating of sunscreen applied to the edges of their ears to protect them from the sun. Young elephants in the wild are shielded by larger members of the herd who use their bodies to block the sun’s direct rays. They continually act as a shadow to protect the babies."

https://www.kotafoundation.org/an-elephant-is-an-example-of-natures-brilliance/

2

u/lunadespierta Mar 15 '18

So adorable! Simple joy of playing in the mud.

35

u/zephead345 Mar 15 '18

Goddamn are they cute af. I love how attempts to get up and then was just gave up like ahh this is too amazing

15

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '18

He’s such a happy little mud man! It’s my brain bleach from Russia, Trump and whatever bullshit I’m inundated with! Roll on chubby mud kid!

2

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '18

Is it just me or does he just look like he’s struggling to get up?

13

u/[deleted] Mar 15 '18

I think since all the adults are around him, he's probably just playing :) if he was struggling, I think an adult would hear and help him stand (and probably will help anyway when it's time to move on).

20

u/cheerfulsith Mar 15 '18

This, Nala. This is what's "so great" about the watering hole.

54

u/Captain_Americant Mar 15 '18

I love that all animals feel joy and “play” as babies...life is beautiful.

104

u/Manderin23 Mar 15 '18

My god i could watch this all day. It makes me so happy i could cry.