A bizarre video has emerged of an elephant approaching a safari truck and rubbing her backside on it.

The footage, shot at Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, in January, shows the driver spraying the elephant with water in order to make the elephant leave.

"One of the young females got a little uncomfortable with our presence near the baby and came towards the jeeps," the filmer wrote online.

"She passed my jeep very closely and then used her backside to push against the other,"

At Yala National Park, in January 2017, I was taking a private safari when we happened upon a small group of elephants with a baby. One of the young females got a little uncomfortable with our presence near the baby and came towards the jeeps. She passed my jeep very closely and then used her backside to push against the other (which was full of local tourists). The tour guides sprayed water at her to dissuade her from damaging their vehicle. She pressed hard against the truck and then walked away.