{"id":189409,"date":"2025-06-16T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189409\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:24:13","slug":"quick-thinking-zoo-elephant-rescued-a-drowning-gazelle-with-its-trunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/189409\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick-Thinking Zoo Elephant Rescued a Drowning Gazelle with its Trunk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-219150 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-16-084030-1024x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"304\"  \/>\u2013 screenshot, via USA Today,<\/p>\n<p>At a zoo in Guatemala, an elephant intervened to save its fellow enclosure-mate in a startling interspecies display of kindness that delighted zoogoers.<\/p>\n<p>At the Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City, a gazelle fell into the watering hole inside its enclosure and couldn\u2019t climb over the steep rocky edge.<\/p>\n<p>An elephant who shared the enclosure with the gazelle herd noticed what was happening and trundled into action. Using its trunk, the elephant first tried to pull the gazelle up of the water, but its struggles caused the elephant to lose its grip.<\/p>\n<p>Grasping the gazelle\u2019s horns more firmly, it yanked it out of the water at the second time of trying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMira mira,\u201d or \u201cLook look!\u201d cried a spectator who caught the moment on film, and who cheered along with others when the gazelle was back on land.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, reports USA Today, this isn\u2019t the first time that an elephant at this very zoo has acted as a lifeguard. In 2022, Trombita, a 61-year-old Asian elephant, also noticed a gazelle stranded in the water. She trumpeted in alarm until a nearby zookeeper came by to see what was the matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE INTERSPECIES KINDNESS: <\/strong><a title=\"Amid Great Chase, Tiger and Boar Call a Truce After Falling into Well and Waiting for Rescuers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/calling-a-truce-tiger-and-boar-trapped-in-a-well-put-aside-their-differences-while-rescuers-work\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amid Great Chase, Tiger and Boar Call a Truce After Falling into Well and Waiting for Rescuers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quickly jumping into the enclosure, the zookeeper helped the animal to safety.<\/p>\n<p>While it seems that something needs to be done about the enclosure\u2019s water hole, for the moment at least there\u2019s always a lifeguard\u2014a very, very large lifeguard\u2014on duty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH the rescue effort below\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARE This Light And Charming Video As A Way To Start Your Day\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2013 screenshot, via USA Today, At a zoo in Guatemala, an elephant intervened to save its fellow enclosure-mate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[933,13652,10670,22856,66551,70,11918,16,15,77677,1717,11919],"class_list":{"0":"post-189409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-drowning","10":"tag-elephants","11":"tag-guatemala","12":"tag-kindness","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-top-videos","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-uplifting","18":"tag-wildlife","19":"tag-zoos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114693974639102301","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}