This is the adorable moment a wild baby elephant toppled over backwards as it got to its feet.

The cute scene was captured in Kruger National Park in South Africa on December 9.

"Baby elephants in the wild always make for entertaining viewing with their funny behaviour and by just being cute," said the filmer.

I managed to capture this quick but adorable moment involving the interaction between a tiny elephant calf and his mother during a safari in the Kruger National Park.
We came across a large breeding herd of elephants which was made up of many females and their young. Many of the young elephants were not even a month old and we knew with so many baby elephants around we should spend some time watching the herd. Baby elephants in the wild always make for entertaining viewing with their funny behaviour and by just being cute.
I noticed one male elephant calf standing underneath his mother, looking rather unstable on his feet. The baby elephant looked wobbly on his feet, swaying from side to side. The baby elephant slowly fell forward onto his knees. The mother elephant gently helped her youngster back onto his feet but the standing again didn’t last long. After his forward fall, the baby elephant took a sudden backwards tumble straight onto his back. We couldn’t help but to feel sorry for the little elephant, looking like just standing up straight is still a big struggle. With a little more encouragement from his mother, the baby elephant finally managed to get stable on his feet and continued to drink his mother’s milk.