Clever Elephant Returns Visitor’s Shoe After it Fell into his Enclosure – Watch

Visitors to a zoo in China captured the moment a clever elephant returned a shoe using its trunk, after it fell into the enclosure.

A video shows the animal stooping to pick up the baby’s footwear and gently lift it back up into the little child’s hand.

The elephant is named Shanmai, which means ‘mountains’, and resides at Shendiaoshan Wild Animal Nature Reserve in Weihai.

According to a staff member, the elephant first thought the shoe was food but when it realized it wasn’t upon picking it up, it returned it to its owner.

LOOK: Rescued Crow Is Boy’s Best Friend, Waiting for Him to Get Home from School Every Day: ‘We’re his flock’

Shanmai’s keeper rewarded the animal’s kind gesture with a watermelon. Watch the moment below…

SHARE THE SMILE With Elephant Lovers on Social Media…