Stuff like this reminds me that not only are Elephants immensely intelligent and deeply social, they also generally consider humans to be legitimately “cute/adorable” in the same way we do for dogs or cats.
This playful elephant is likely acting accordingly.
Elephant scientist testing whether humans understand object permanence.
"Ohohohohho, human, you have been bamboozled this day. BEHOLD! The hat is not eaten."





















