The calf was filmed being shoved along by the bull elephant’s trunk before the impatient male loses his temper.
He picks it up the 200-pound baby into the air before unceremoniously dropping him to one side.
Baby elephant tossed around after getting in the way of a bull
The baby can be heard screaming in alarm as he does so.
Eventually the baby’s mother comes along and ensures her baby’s OK.
The bull goes off chasing her, leaving the poor baby all alone amidst a heard of the huge beasts.
The poor little baby is hurled into the air by the angry bull elephant
Even after he tumbles to the ground the bull continues to nudge and shove him
The poor little animal is left all alone wondering what happened
Amazingly, the bull continues to pick on the baby and is later filmed shoving it to the side again.
The footage was captured by tourists in the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa by nature guide Jeni Smithies and photographer Lloyd Carter.
Remarkably the bull picks up the baby again as two female elephants look on
The footage was shot during the elephant’s mating season, which helps explain the bull’s aggression