Elephant mother stops calf from getting too close to safari tourists. Watch viral video

A video that has gone crazy viral on social media shows a mother elephant stopping its baby from getting close to the tourists at a national park. The video has 1.5 million views.

A video that has gone viral on social media shows an elephant mother protecting its baby from going too close to the visitors at a national park. She shields her newborn calf from approaching the tourists and this gesture shows a strong sense of kinship which is quite common among these species. The video was shared on Twitter handle named Buitengebieden and it has 1.5 million views.

"Mother elephant stops its child from approaching the tourists,” the video caption reads. The mother elephant and the baby are seen crossing the road when the tourists waiting to see them grab the little one's attention. It runs towards the tourists but is stopped by the mother from going any further. She uses her trunk to stop the baby from going too close to humans.

Watch the video here:

Mother elephant stops its child from approaching the tourists.. pic.twitter.com/ASruHsJKnn

This triggered an array of reactions among netizens. People suggested that these animals fear humans and try to avoid them completely, mainly because of poaching and other activities. “They do have an instinct to avoid people, but I believe poaching has made it much, much worse. That is our fault indeed,” a user wrote.