A baby elephant got stuck in mud so elder elephants came to the rescue

 By 
Brian Koerber
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Baby elephants are adorable, majestic and helplessly clumsy animals.

Tourism group Wild Wings Safaris captured a heartwarming moment between a baby elephant and the rest of its loyal herd at Kruger National Park in South Africa. In the clip, the tiny elephant gets stuck in a watering hole and is too small to climb out.

Its mother struggles to rescue her little one, so the rest of the herd fetches some much-needed reinforcements.

The baby elephant emerged unharmed, but stumbled on its way out, because baby elephants are adorable, majestic and helplessly clumsy.

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