Cuteness Alert! Tricks or Kicks, These Smart Elephants Can Do Both

Video Editor: Sandeep Suman

Whether it's about playing tricks, exchanging high fives or being partners in crime, these smart elephants are quite the jacks-of-all-trades!

During a trip to Chaing Mai in Thailand, a man tried taking a selfie with a baby elephant. The jumbo, however, looked totally disinterested in the photo and playfully kicked the man's butt!

In one of the videos, Rene Casselly, a circus trainer from Budapest, Hungary, shows off his elephant’s incredible tricks – which he insists comes from having the ‘perfect trust’ with the animal.

I’m always trying to do things with my elephants that have not been seen before. Just recently, I taught my elephant to throw a ball into a basket from behind the three-point line.

Rene Casselly, Circus Trainer

In yet another amazing video, an elephant helps Rene dunk a basketball, do a flip in the air, juggle, climb a wall and even balances him on his tusks.

These videos show the trust animals and humans can have for each other. We can do amazing and unique stuff together as a team.

Rene Casselly, Circus Trainer

(With inputs from AP)