A Perceptive Baby Elephant Figures Out How to Use His Trunk by Watching the Adults Use Theirs

An adorably perceptive baby elephant named Dok Rak, who lives at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, watched closely as the adults deftly picked up grass that had been strewn across the floor with their trunks and then did his very best to imitate them, figuring out how to position his trunk to get as much of that yummy grass as he could.

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.