Life is full of beautiful things, but few things can compare to the sight of babies taking their first steps into this new world in which they were born. That is especially true when the babies we talk about are littleelephantcalves.
Fresno Chaffee Zoo has recently welcomed a couple of younglings just like that to theirfamily. And yet, despite being no older than a month, these little elephants have already taken over everyone’s hearts, as people can’t get enough of watching everything that they do. Scroll down to learn more!
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The video demonstrating their cuteness, in particular, was about one of the calves playing with a giant red ball, which made him seem like real-life Dumbo
But even before their public appearance, they were already quitefamousonline. One of the videos that made sure of it was of one of the calves playing with a ball that appeared quite giant when compared to the tiny elephant.
This sight made people onlinefall in lovewith him almost instantly. Everyone was melting over how the calf didn’t seem to know what to do with his trunk or how he held his ears out as wide as he could, which is not something you’d see a grown elephant do.
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In many ways, thezoo’snewborns appear to be just like human children. Putting aside the fact that they’re already over 3 feet tall and weigh a good couple of hundred pounds, they’re just as clumsy, playful, curious, vulnerable, and adorable. Unlike humans, they might be able to walk almost immediately after birth, but they suck ontheir trunksto calm themselves down, just like human babies suck on their thumbs.
But it’s not just elephants, is it? It seems that all babies of different mammals seem to capture our hearts with ease. After all, it’s not without a reason that we see them so often online and in various ads. Do you wonder why that is? Well, Bethan Bell ofBBC Newsmight just have an answer for us here.
It seems that we judge the appearance of other animals using the same criteria that fit our own babies, even if that judgment is often quite inappropriate when looking at the evolutionary context.
This, of course, doesn’t mean that we can confuse a human child with, say, an elephant calf. But even though we understand the difference, the impulse to care for that cute little creature is strong nonetheless, and we often are unable to try and resist it.
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