This is the adorable moment a clever elephant returned a little boy’s tiny shoe after it was thrown into a zoo enclosure.
In the cute clip, the huge creature can be seen gently lifting the little blue and yellow shoe using its huge foot and long trunk.
Slowly grabbing the tiny shoe, the friendly giant gently returned the shoe, placing it back in the young visitor’s hand.
The intelligent creature called Shanmai, which means “Mountains,” lives in the Shendiaoshan Wild Animal Nature Reserve in Weihai, China.
At first glance, Shanmai initially believed the shoe was food, but upon picking it up he soon realized it was not a snack to eat, according to a staff member.
Adorable pictures have emerged from a nature reserve in China, showing a kind elephant returning the show to a toddler after he fell into a zoo enclosure (pictured).
The clever giant named Shanmai initially thought the shoe was food, but soon realized it wasn’t when he picked it up (pictured: the elephant returning the shoe).
But the kind elephant’s good deed did not go unnoticed when a zookeeper rewarded Shanmai with a watermelon for his kind gesture.
This comes shortly after tourists in South Africa had a terrifying encounter with an angry male elephant during a safari.
The horrifying clip showed the enraged elephant lifting the bus of helpless tourists into the air with its tusks before dramatically slamming them into the ground not once, but twice.
Cowering passengers could be heard crying as the driver shouted loudly at the huge beast in Pilanesberg National Park, near Johannesburg, South Africa, to get away from the vehicle.
Despite the tour guide loudly yelling at the animal to “move, move” while banging on the side of his open van, the elephant was undeterred and kicked its paws at the tourists waiting to embark on their safari.
Firing a second round, the 11-foot creature let out a loud trumpet before placing its massive fangs beneath the vehicle, nearly toppling it as it lifted into the clouds.
In the clip that appeared online on March 19, the disgruntled elephant walked away from the bus, while vigorously flapping its wide ears.
Angry elephants are known to have their eyes wide and ears open when approaching a perceived threat, according to Asia Africa.
An angry elephant (pictured) nearly knocks over a tour bus in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa, not once, but twice.
In the terrifying footage the driver could be heard shouting at the beast to “move” before the elephant made a second round, nearly knocking over the truck full of tourists (pictured).
The terrified driver tried to reverse away from the disgruntled tusker who seemed headed for a third battle with the truck full of tourists.
But when the animal approached for the third round, the driver put his palms together and pleaded: ‘No. Enough, enough, enough, enough.
While trying to quickly escape, the furious animal kept its eyes fixed on the vehicle until the end of the footage.
No one on board the vehicle was injured as a result of the incident, according to local media.
Wildlife officials have previously warned drivers and tour operators to always make way for the animals and to be especially careful around breeding herds.
