{"id":299751,"date":"2025-07-28T23:51:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299751\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T23:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:51:20","slug":"baby-elephant-sneaks-up-on-a-couple-to-give-them-squishy-hugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299751\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Elephant Sneaks Up On A Couple To Give Them &#8220;Squishy Hugs&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/saysdotcom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@saysdotcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VZzynzi6RGJG0QbRfy3O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a>\u00a0for the latest stories and breaking news.<\/p>\n<p>A heartwarming video of a baby elephant has gone viral, captivating millions online with its wholesome interaction<\/p>\n<p>The clip, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by @amazingnature, shows the young elephant playfully sneaking up on a man and a woman relaxing in a field.<\/p>\n<p>As the pair turns around, the calf affectionately places its trunk on them before going in for a full, warm hug, seemingly unaware of its own size and weight.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"img-fluid\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-28-at-4.05.48\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"SAYS.com\"  \/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AMAZlNGNATURE\/status\/1949195075155624283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@amazingnature \/ X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Baby elephants think humans are so cute and want to hug us,&#8221; read the caption of the viral video.<\/p>\n<p>The video has since garnered over one million views, with many users commenting on the adorable moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so cute how the baby elephant does not have any clue how big it is,&#8221; one user commented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are like toddlers in giant bodies. That trunk hug is everything,&#8221; another person wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">baby elephants think humans are so cute and want to hug us \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QcDrHy0EV0\">pic.twitter.com\/QcDrHy0EV0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nature is Amazing \u2618\ufe0f (@AMAZlNGNATURE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMAZlNGNATURE\/status\/1949195075155624283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on\u00a0Instagram,\u00a0TikTok, and\u00a0WhatsApp\u00a0for the latest stories and breaking news. A heartwarming video of a baby elephant has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[10670,110865,12,110866,70,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-299751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-elephants","9":"tag-fureverfriends","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-saysfureverfriends","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114933549208824183","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299751","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=299751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}