An adorable video showed when a baby elephant tried to scare off a safari vehicle in South Africa.

The baby, filmed on May 19th, marched up to the front of the vehicle making soft trumpeting noises while waving its trunk around. After a few unsuccessful calls it turned away and rejoined its herd.

The filmer commented: "I was leading a safari when we came across a small herd of elephants standing next to the road which was very narrow. I decided to stop rather and not attempt to pass the herd so closely.

"Suddenly one of the baby elephants came into the road with a trumpeting noise. The baby elephant looked focused on us and the next moment it was charging towards the vehicle while making a trumpeting noise. This is one of those experiences where if it was a big bull elephant, we would have had some serious problems.

"In this case luckily it was a young elephant, already wanting to show it is in charge way before its time and size, making me a bit calmer about the situation. The baby elephant came mock charging towards the vehicle one more time with a last trumpeting sound before turning around, realizing the safari vehicle was still too big to push around or intimidate."

The video shows the moment when a young male elephant decided to show a safari vehicle full of tourists that he is the boss of the road.
Finding elephants on safari is always a great experience. With elephants being the largest mammals on the planet, an encounter with these giants on safari can be anything from exciting, heartwarming, funny or just plain scary. I was leading a safari when we came across a small herd of elephants standing next to the road which was very narrow. I decided to stop rather and not attempt to pass the herd so closely. Suddenly one of the baby elephants came into the road with a trumpeting noise. The baby elephant looked focussed on us and the next moment it was charging towards the vehicle while making a trumpeting noise. This is one of those experiences where if it was a big bull elephant, we would have had some serious problems. In this case luckily it was a young elephant, already wanting to show it is in charge way before its time and size, making me a bit calmer about the situation. The baby elephant came mock charging towards the vehicle one more time with a last trumpeting sound before turning around, realizing the safari vehicle was still too big to push around or intimidate.