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Baby elephant gets ‘hint’ that foster mom wants to be left alone

An orphaned elephant calf discovered recently that nagging its foster mom can bring about unpleasant consequences.

The accompanying footage, shared Wednesday by Wild is Life, shows the baby male elephant, Elliot, trying to wake mom to play, and reacting to her not-so-subtle hint to leave her alone.

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