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Baby Elephant Wants To Shake Noses

This wholesome meme pairs a candid wildlife photograph of a baby African elephant standing in tall savanna grass, gently reaching its trunk out toward a flock of white egret birds, with a screenshot of a Tumblr comment thread narrating the interaction from the baby elephant's perspective. The comment has the baby elephant politely greeting the 'small feathered things', introducing itself, and earnestly asking multiple times if they can shake noses, resulting in an incredibly cute, heartwarming moment.
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hello small feathered things i am a baby elephant it is nice to meet you may we shake noses? MAY WE SHAKE NOSES

Overview

This wholesome meme pairs a candid wildlife photograph of a baby African elephant standing in tall savanna grass, gently reaching its trunk out toward a flock of white egret birds, with a screenshot of a Tumblr comment thread narrating the interaction from the baby elephant's perspective. The comment has the baby elephant politely greeting the 'small feathered things', introducing itself, and earnestly asking multiple times if they can shake noses, resulting in an incredibly cute, heartwarming moment.

Origin notes

This meme originated from a comment thread on Tumblr, and was later reposted to X.com (formerly Twitter) to the WholesomeMeme community as noted in the provided source information. The original wildlife photograph is credited to 'sansgod' in the screenshot.

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