An elephant at Oregon Zoo has been filmed giving tourists a virtual high-five while splashing around in a pond.

The video, captured on Monday (April 23), shows the elephant Samudra cooling down in the pond while making a big splash and swimming in front of the amazed zoo-goers.

At one point the elephant stands up and raises its right front leg in the air, as if giving those watching an air high five.

Committed to conservation, Oregon Zoo is currently working to save endangered California condors, Oregon silverspot and Taylor's checkerspot butterflies, western pond turtles and Oregon spotted frogs.
Other projects include studies on Asian elephants, polar bears, orangutans and giant pandas. Celebrating 125 years of community support, the zoo relies in part on donations through the Oregon Zoo Foundation to undertake these and many other animal welfare, education and sustainability programs.