Tourists in Thailand were half surprised and half shocked when a cute baby elephant suddenly dashed to play with one from their group.

The footage filmed back in 2018 shows the small elephant running towards a man and gently pushing his head against him. Mind you, even a baby elephant is still a very large and strong animal.

After some playing around, the animal decides it's had enough and heads back to the mother elephant that's been watching the spectacle from a distance.

Victor was watching a family of elephants in Thailand, when suddenly a little baby elephant ran up to him and pushed him a few times with his trunk and ran back to his mother elephant. According to Victor, the baby elephant decided to play in this way.

Credit to: @victorkinny