by A ɴᴇᴡʙᴏʀɴ elephant was caught on camera taking his first Bam.bi-like steps before faceplanting the ground. ᴡɪʟᴅʟɪғᴇ photographer Caroline Deschuymere, from Belgium, spotted the tiny elephant while exploring Mwinilunga Sᴀғᴀʀɪs in Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. Caroline was in the camp when she noticed an elephant stumble into the grounds and ɢɪᴠᴇ ʙɪʀᴛʜ.
The calf stumbles to his feet in Mwinilunga Sᴀғᴀʀɪs in Mana Pools, Zimbabwe, as he tries to keep up with his mother
Nearly there! The tiny elephant strug.gles to balance as he stretches out his trunk and tail for stability
Footage shows the baby elephant twist his trunk and move his tail as he strug.gles to balance his legs. The video shows the calf hesitate as he takes his first step before tum.bling to the ground. While his mother walks on ahead, the elephant tries again and falls over his trunk.
The elephant tum.bles to the ground as taking his first steps proves to be harder than he first imagined
He extends his trunk to keep up with his mother as he finally gets the knack of walking
The elephant strug.gles to get up as his feet slip on the ground like Dis.ney’s Bami on ice. But it didn’t take long before he got the knack of it and began walking alongside his mother. Caroline said: ‘Normally, I would look for the African ᴡɪʟᴅ dogs or lions first because they are more active in the early morning.
ᴡɪʟᴅʟɪғᴇ photographer Caroline Deschuymere, from Belgium, likened the elephant to Dis.ney’s Bam.bi
But that morning, for some reason, I saw tiny baby elephants everywhere, so I decided to stick with them. There are always elephants around camp who came to eat and drink during that time of day, and it is always a treat to just watch them, suddenly there was a commotion. At first, we couldn’t figure out what it was, but then we saw it, the cow had just dropped her baby.
The mother tenderly looks at her tiny calf as he struggles to keep up with her while walking through the sᴀғᴀʀɪ
The determined calf shows no signs of giving up as he shows off his steps in front of his mother
The baby tried to get on his feet for more than an hour, but his legs were still bent, so he first had to learn how to stretch them. Then he had to learn how to balance them; I could not stop laughing when he was trying to stay on his feet. He looked a little dr.unk. But finally, he did it, and his older sibling was very supportive.
