--- title: Baby Elephant Plays With Birds in Kruger National Park in South Africa description: Watch a sprightly calf meet a flock of swallows canonical: https://time.com/3977047/baby-elephant-plays-with-birds/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-29T17:58:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:12.367Z og:title: Watch This Tiny Baby Elephant Play With a Flock of Birds og:description: A reminder that not everything is awful og:url: https://time.com/3977047/baby-elephant-plays-with-birds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Tiny Baby Elephant Play With a Flock of Birds twitter:description: A reminder that not everything is awful twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Baby Elephant Playing With Birds Will Remind You That Not Everything Is Awful ## Video: Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog? [Watch (HLS stream): Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6qldqUSm.m3u8) (1:34)  _Published 2011-09-12. Boo, a five-year-old Pomeranian with over 1.6 million followers on Facebook, has just released his first book_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 29, 2015 5:58 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 29, 2015 5:58 PM UTC There is a whole lot of ugliness and despair in this world, but occasionally, something will happen to remind us that not _everything_ is terrible. Some things are actually _wonderful_. Like this baby elephant in South Africa who was spotted playing with birds. You’ll see the sprightly, good-natured elephant calf [chasing a flock of swallows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIy5aiRdtrc) in Kruger National Park. We can only imagine that shortly after this video was recorded, the elephant struck up a friendship with a few of the birds and now they’re all off somewhere creating a special language. Because miracles can and do happen. ### Mini Horses and Toddler Friends May Be the Cutest Thing Ever Published in LIFE  3-year-old cover girl Cynthia West with Chauncey. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Ronnie getting sized up. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Ronnie stands uncomfortably with normal horse collar. He eats only four pounds of hay a day compared to 40 pounds for draft horse. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A young girl with Chauncey the miniature horse. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Chauncey and 2 larger horses. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cedric being held by a trainer. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cynthia riding Cedric. 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