Cutetropolis reader Skimpy found this extraordinary story of an orphan elephant and the caring people who rescued her, including one man who stayed around the clock to give her comfort.
If my job was to take care of baby heffalumps, I’m not sure I would take a day off either unless I became sick myself.
They grow full size pretty quickly. There is not a lot of time to horse around with them while they’re still little enough not to squish you.
allein 🐾October 28, 2025 / 6:21 pm
They’re all so sweet!
Ricky & Bibi's MomOctober 28, 2025 / 6:49 pm
Oh, how I needed this sweetness! I’m about to head to my condo’s annual owner-board-manager meeting. These are seldom uncontentious, and as we have a brand-new manager who has been sending made-up policy notifications, I am not at all looking forward to it. I may come back to look at heffalumps again afterwards.
6RabbitsOctober 28, 2025 / 9:19 pm
Sending you hexes to block the evil!
Ricky & Bibi's MomOctober 28, 2025 / 11:40 pm
Evil successfully blocked, thank you!
The meeting was far less contentious than I feared. Tiresome, yes. Horrific, not even close. New manager apologized for recent spate of non-checked, premature drafts of memos being sent, which had been upsetting various owners (myself included) unnecessarily. Altogether, folks seemed recognizably human—not something one can count on at these events.
In short: Yay!
DEBGOctober 29, 2025 / 10:07 am
That’s the best possible outcome–good!
6RabbitsOctober 28, 2025 / 9:18 pm
That one guy has been working with elephants for 18 years!😳🐘
I love in the last video when the baby lifts up her/his head and trunk, and you can see his/her tongue come out! Unbelievably cute!🥰
The nannie elephants are so sweet with baby Joy!
If my job was to take care of baby heffalumps, I’m not sure I would take a day off either unless I became sick myself.
They grow full size pretty quickly. There is not a lot of time to horse around with them while they’re still little enough not to squish you.
They’re all so sweet!
Oh, how I needed this sweetness! I’m about to head to my condo’s annual owner-board-manager meeting. These are seldom uncontentious, and as we have a brand-new manager who has been sending made-up policy notifications, I am not at all looking forward to it. I may come back to look at heffalumps again afterwards.
Sending you hexes to block the evil!
Evil successfully blocked, thank you!
The meeting was far less contentious than I feared. Tiresome, yes. Horrific, not even close. New manager apologized for recent spate of non-checked, premature drafts of memos being sent, which had been upsetting various owners (myself included) unnecessarily. Altogether, folks seemed recognizably human—not something one can count on at these events.
In short: Yay!
That’s the best possible outcome–good!
That one guy has been working with elephants for 18 years!😳🐘
I love in the last video when the baby lifts up her/his head and trunk, and you can see his/her tongue come out! Unbelievably cute!🥰
The looks on love on both faces warmed my heart.