The other day on Facebook I saw a story with a photo that showed an elephant carrying a lion cub while the mother lion walked beside them. A reverse image search found the separate photos that had been edited together to make the fake image. The text explained that it was so hot that the cub was in danger of dying. In this post we will be looking at facts about the lion cubs life cycle, how they are raised by their mothers in the wild, whether the fathers are involved in this process and how they are trained to be hunters themselves. Funnily enough a fact check done on this image of elephant with the lion cub was also listed by Google. Not James Corden, it seems, who tweeted an image of an elephant carrying a tiny lion cub on its trunk while walking peacefully alongside a lioness. It shows an elephant carrying a lion cub in its trunk as a lioness walks alongside. According to the post, the photo was considered to be the best photo of the century, though there is no mention of who made this consideration. And we call them wild animals." The Photoshopped image was made using three different and unrelated pictures of Elephant, Lion and Cub. I never ever knew this was possible! The post claimed that the act of apparent kindness was to save the cub from the heat of the Savannah. !” The elephant is seen carrying the lion cub on its trunk. The elephant carried the cub to the closest water hole. Would they be able to reach shade and water in time? Elephant Carrying Lion Cub. The image of Savanna Elephant is from Kruger National Park, South Africa going back to at least 2005. The popular Kruger Sightings platform shared a Photoshopped post of an elephant carrying a lion cub for April Fool's Day. The Photographer was following a lioness carrying her cub & she was getting really tired after long walk in hot summer. Image of Lioness from South Africa reserve is from 2012. Conclusion: It is clear that the post “This is the best photograph of the century” is an edited image used by the “Kruger Sightings” social media team as an April fool’s joke on 1st April 2018. Says a photo shows an elephant carrying a lion cub to a pool of water so it wouldn’t die. The Photoshopped image was made using three different and unrelated pictures of Elephant, Lion and Cub. Image of Lioness from South Africa reserve is from 2012. Phalaborwa, South Africa: Lion cub is helped by Elephant after she and her mom got tired walking for miles to a water hole. All the important lion cubs facts you should know. Suddenly, an elephant showed up and looked as if it was wanting to help the tired lioness! The text on the picture claim that when the lioness and her cub were crossing ‘the savannah’ due to heat the lion cub was unable to walk and an elephant carried him to the water pool while the lioness moved along. A Facebook post showing an elephant carrying a lion cub with its trunk is a HOAX. For a couple years now, the image, which shows a lion cub tucked into an elephant's trunk as the animal walks alongside a lioness, has been shared widely on Facebook. Since 2018, the image of an ‘Elephant carrying a lion cub with its mother walking by it’ has been widely shared on social media with a beautiful story- “Considered one of the best photos of this century. ELEPHANT HELPS LIONESS Latest Sightings-Kruger posted this with comment: "We were following a lioness carrying her cub for around 2 Km when we could see she was getting really tired. The post went viral, reaching 20 million people as far as the US, Canada, and India. The elephant put its trunk down, the cub jumped up and the elephant started carrying the lion cub!!" The image of Savanna Elephant is from Kruger National Park, South Africa going back to at least 2005. According to the post, the photo was considered to be the best photo of the century, though there is no mention of who made this consideration. The image was created as an April fool by a Twitter account dedicated to animal sightings in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. “We were following a lioness carrying her cub for around 2kms when we could see she was getting really tired. An elephant realised that the cub would die and carried him in his trunk to a pool of water walking beside his mother. For a couple years now, the image, which shows a lion cub tucked into an elephant's trunk as the animal walks alongside a … And we call them wild animals.” And we call them wild animals.” This is the caption of a picture doing the rounds on Facebook that shows an elephant walking with a lion cub nestled in its trunk, a lioness beside them. This viral image of an elephant carrying a lion cub is not real and was initially shared as an April Fool’s prank.