This is the moment a playful baby elephant slides down a muddy slope on its knees in a Chinese rainforest. The frolicking calf was filmed at the Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan. In the short clip, the little Asian elephant, named Yishuang, uses the rainforest floor as a makeshift 'Slip 'n Slide' and whizzes downhill at speed. Three-year-old Asian elephant calf Yishuang uses the rain forest floor as a make shift 'Slip 'n Slide' at the Xishuangbanna Wild Elephant Valley in southern ChinaThe young elephant has been compared to 'a naughty preschooler' by trainersThe incident was filmed while staff took the calf out for field training. A park spokesperson said Yishuang was born on December 22, 2017 and is developing well after becoming the fifth calf born at their breeding centre.

Source: Daily Mail July 08, 2021 12:50 UTC