--- title: Baby Elephant Helped Out of Mud in South Africa: Video description: Sometimes nature is adorable canonical: https://time.com/4130816/baby-elephant-mud-south-africa/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-01T17:06:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:47.741Z og:title: Baby Elephant Stuck in Mud Gets Rescued by Older Elephants og:description: Sometimes nature is adorable og:url: https://time.com/4130816/baby-elephant-mud-south-africa/ 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: Baby Elephant Stuck in Mud Gets Rescued by Older Elephants twitter:description: Sometimes nature is adorable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Baby Elephant Stuck in Mud Gets Rescued by Older Elephants by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 1, 2015 5:06 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 1, 2015 5:06 PM UTC Sometimes you just need a helping hand. Or, in this case, a helping trunk. (Sorry.) When an elephant calf got stuck in a mud pit at South Africa’s Kruger National Park, his mom quickly arrived on the scene to help him out. She struggled for a bit until other members of the herd came by to join forces to scoop the baby up and out safely. The whole ordeal takes about two minutes — and then they all frolic off into the distance. Oh, after he gets out of the mud, the baby stumbles a few times because he is precious and perfect. _Read next:_ [_This Baby Giraffe and Baby Elephant Are Best Friends_](http://time.com/4088776/baby-giraffe-baby-elephant-best-friends/) ### 26 of LIFE’s Best Animal Covers  February 8, 1937 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Charles J. Belden). LIFE Magazine  March 1, 1937 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Henry M. Lester). LIFE Magazine  April 26, 1937 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Torkel Korling). LIFE Magazine  July 26, 1937 LIFE Magazine cover (photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt). 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