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Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk

Baby elephant picks up a piece of bark to scratch the top of its itchy trunk

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Getting to an itch on the head can be quite a challenge if you’re an elephant – but luckily, this ingenious calf has come up with a great way to get it.
The clever boy was spotted picking up a piece of bark with a trunk and deftly moving the makeshift tool around until it touched the itch.

The image of an elephant wandering along the track, with its mother and siblings, in Kruger National Park in South Africa.

The calf saw the bark lying in the middle of the road and, without thinking, picked it up and went to treat the unpleasant itch.

The hilarious photos were taken by South African photographer Sean Parker, 40, living in Dubai.

He said: ‘Looking at the calf with the stick was exciting. Clouds had gathered, and a gentle rain was falling as this baby elephant tried to get her two calves across a dirt road.

‘She seemed to be struggling to control them, and one suddenly broke rank. Then it continued to amuse us by playing with a piece of bark it found on the road.

‘It looked like it was trying to get an itch on its back but ended up getting only its trunk. This game lasted about half an hour until the frustrated cow gave a thunderous trumpet, and the youngster turned back to her.

‘Just before his stern reprimand, he gave the piece of bark a last and longing look.’

Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk
Resourceful calf: The young elephant was seen using a piece of bark to scratch an itch at Kruger National Park in South Africa
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk
This could work! The calf spotted the piece of bark lying on the road and immediately went for it, says photographer Sean Parker
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk
Makeshift tool: The hilarious photos were taken on a dirt road in Kruger National Park by South African photographer Sean Parker
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk
Almost there: The elephant deftly manoeuvres the piece of bark with its trunk – eventually reaching the pesky itch
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk
Resourceful: The young elephant had been wandering along a track in the national park with its mother and sibling
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk
Job done! The calf seems to be satisfied as it casually tosses the piece of bark over its back and rejoins its family
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk
Ready for the day: With its itch attended to, the young elephant appeared to almost skip away after discarding the piece of bark
Nature And Wildlife Tv | Baby Elephant Picks Up A Piece Of Bark To Scratch The Top Of Its Itchy Trunk
Telling off: The playtime lasted for about half an hour until the mother let out a thunderous trumpet and the calf scuttled back to her
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