An elephant has won hearts in a zoo in Shenzhen, China, for showing sensitivity just like humans. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, a family was observing an elephant in the Weihai Zoo.
The moment when the child’s shoe falls into the elephant enclosure has quickly become viral on social media. Here, one sees that the elephant walks towards the show picks it up, and gives it back. It held its trunk gently to the boundary for some seconds and then dropped it back. Social media users are praising the gesture of the elephant, saying that it is admirable behavior. The video shared reads, “When this shoe fell into an elephant’s enclosure, the clever elephant returned!”
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Most people view elephants as very intelligent animals. Among the displayed in this video, which has been shared on @readersdigest Instagram handle, can be placed at the top of their intelligent activities. So far, it has been able to garner more than 53,000 likes, with many users commenting on it.
Let them go. I hate cages,” one user commented. A second user wrote, “Elephants are the most valuable creatures on Earth, period.” A third user said, “Elephants are more kind-hearted than humans. They should be free from captivity. They should be safe. They don’t want anything of ours and we take everything from them. A fourth user shared, “Humans can be so mean. We literally cage them and make them animals. And yet, they come to us with compassion.”
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