Playful baby elephants play a game of wrestling in the mud in Kruger National Park.

A small herd of elephants was swimming in a river yesterday (August 201) when the two babies decided to have a wrestling match.

The muddy fun continued until their mother stepped in to separate the two.

When you find baby elephants anywhere near water or mud it is always worth it to stop and observe them for a while. Majority of the time it turns out to be a very entertaining sighting and enough to make anyone smile. It was in the Kruger National Park where we came across such a scenario. A small herd of elephants was swimming in a river and amongst them were two very playful baby elephant brothers. The smaller one of the two was clearly in a playful mood and attempted to jump on the back of his bigger brother. Suddenly he slipped and fell back into the shallow water, flat on his bum. The little elephant adamantly got up again and decided to take on his bigger brother in a mud wrestling match. The baby elephant pushed over his brother and immediately jumped on top of him. The baby elephant adamantly wrestled his brother from above until he eventually got shrugged off. The bigger brother decided to retaliate and jumped on top if his young brother in return. The wrestling match came to an abrupt end when their mother stepped in to separate the two.