This is the adorable moment a young elephant stopped to wait for his struggling friend who'd been left behind by the herd.<br /><br />In the clip, which was captured in Kruger National Park in South Africa last week, a young elephant struggles to make it up a steep bank and is left behind by the herd.<br /><br />Another young elephant notices what his happening, stops and then turns back to help his friend. <br /><br />As he gets to the bank, the struggling elephant makes it to the top and the two friends appear to have a sort of embrace before running to catch up with the rest of the herd.<br /><br />"How cute is that?" Remarks one onlooker.<br /><br />Elephants are well documented to be highly social animals, which appear to have self-awareness and often show empathy for individuals of their kind.
