'Elephant equivalent of handshake': Photograph shows calf squeezing man's nose

A mesmerizing photograph which captures essence of human-animal communication has surfaced. Shared on Instagram by Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Kenya, picture shows a calf elephant “proffering its trunk” in se of a human so as to remember his scent. Since posted on October 22, picture has garnered over 21,800 likes and numbers are still rising.

Shot in backdrop of Kenyan wildlife trust, photograph shows “orphan” animal holding trunk of its keeper’s se. In caption, y wrote that it was an “essentially elephant equivalent of shaking hands.” Explaining furr, y wrote that,   elephant species never forgets a scent.” So, our orphans often greet ir Keepers by proffering ir trunks, inviting m to blow into it,” it wrote.

'What’s t to love?'

orable photograph has created quite a buzz on internet. "What’s t to LOVE about se fantastic animals!?, wrote a user. While ar ded, “Bondeni has such a beautiful face and I’m sure he loves to greet everyone who looks after him.” Yet user joked, “ Perhaps if l pull hard eugh, you too can have a trunk like mine!!!”

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While this baby elephant seems subtle, a video shared by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Susanta Nanda shows an elephant playing with buffalo in wilds. In video, a 'naughty elephant' can be seen playfully kicking one of buffalos sitting quietly and minding its own business. 

video is so orable that it has mand to garner over 8,700 views since it was shared two hours ago by Susanta on Twitter. Netizens are in awe of elephant and it's playful nature as one user wrote, "Love how he boinked and ran away." Ar user jokingly commented, "ar elephant must have dared this fellow to do that, for 100 bananas!"

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