This heartbreaking image is making millions of people cry – a mother elephant keeps shaking her trunk, trying to wake up her baby elephant that has been lying motionless for hours. Every trembling movement, every miserable cry echoes throughout the forest, tearing the hearts of anyone who witnesses it.
According to local people, the baby elephant is said to have collapsed after a sudden illness. The mother elephant discovered it and has been by her baby’s side ever since, not eating, not walking, just standing silently beside its small body. Many times, she tried to lift her baby up, then disappointedly lowered her head, her eyes filled with tears.
The photographer who captured this emotional moment said: “It was one of the most painful and sacred scenes I have ever seen. Maternal love in the animal world – so profound and humane.”
The photo went viral on social media, making netizens choke up: “A mother’s love is something that no species can touch, whether human or animal.”