Aerial shots have shown the touching moment a mother elephant cuddled her calf upon reuniting, days after the baby was separated from its herd.

The young elephant, aged between four and five months, can be seen nestled tightly with its mother after park officials relocated it following its disappearance on December 29.

The calf had been alone in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, India.

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