Mother Elephant's Quick Instincts Save Calf from Raging Rapids!

An elephant mum rescued her baby with her trunk after it was swept away in raging waters.  🔔 Subscribe to Wild Sightings here - https://bit.ly/3O2qSMi Click the notification button so you're first to see our brand new uploads 🦁 Wild Sightings is an independent channel and you can support us here - https://www.youtube.com/@wildsightings22/join Read more here - https://wild-sightings.com/latest-posts/ Dave Pusey was on safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa, when a herd of elephants embarked on a crossing of the Olifants River. Incredible footage - viewed more than 1.8million times - showed one of the calves slip in the river rapids and get dragged along by the power. The calf's mum acted quickly and grabbed her baby using her trunk and then put her whole body in the way to try and block the water from her child's path so they could get across. To begin your own safari journey, check out our partner here - https://bit.ly/49JSTFs As an affiliate partner of Oldoinyo Travels, we may earn a commission on qualifying purchases. For more videos like this, click here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLanFhHUmYf74oNyMmNCRy0kLM80o1Reet&si=ThdlnGkvJlsXKuu1 All videos are available to license without commentary and subtitles. To license this video clip for editorial or commercial use, contact [email protected].