Dedicated Elephant Caretaker Puts Young Elephant Right To Sleep With Melodious Lullaby

Feb 17, 2020 by apost team

Everybody loves adorable animal stories, especially those that show how animals are a bit like us. Nothing gives us that sweet tingly sensation in our hearts and makes us say "aww" like seeing an animal give a human-like response.

So for today's daily dose of cute, you and your friends will want to have this story on your minds: There's an elephant in Thailand who drifts to sleep each night, like a human child, to the sweetly sung lullabies of her caretaker.

Lek Chailart founded the Elephant Nature Park to help save these beautiful creatures. She uses the park to rehabilitate elephants that have been physically or emotionally abused. Many of the elephants come from circuses and have suffered years of trauma. Chailart has cared for elephants will all sorts of ailments, from broken bones to blindness, reports CBS News.

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And while all of her charges receive the loving attention of Chailart's kind heart, one elephant gets the most intimate treatment of all. It's Faa Mai, a female born ten years ago at the Elephant Park, that falls asleep to the soothing tones of Chailart's singing. The process is as adorable as it is incredible.

When Chailart decides it's time for Faa Mai to go to sleep, she approaches the elephant and begins her song. Faa Mai responds by wrapping the woman in her trunk and pulling her closer. This, of course, results in an embrace so heartwarming that it's hard to even imagine.

Chailart then guides Faa Mai to a covered area like a mother bringing a child up to the bedroom, and the elephant lowers herself down to the ground. While Chailart gives a light massage with a towel, Faa Mai lies down and curls up her trunk, getting ready to fall asleep. A few moments later, with Chailart still singing and patting the elephant's head, Faa Mai drifts off, the lullaby having worked its magic. It's then that the other elephants often come over to take in Chailart's song, the video shows.

So, it might be hard to believe, but elephants (and probably lots of other animals) are as susceptible to the perfect lullaby as any human child. Make sure your friends and family hear about this, because it will brighten up their days just as much as it has yours.