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Never forget: It's National Elephant Appreciation Day, and they're adorable

Sure, Monday is the last day of summer, but more importantly, it’s National Elephant Appreciation Day. To celebrate this very important holiday, which was started in 1966 by pachyderm fan Wayne Hepburn, we have gathered some of the cutest elephant photos and videos we can find to help you appreciate the grand adorableness found in these gentle giants.Someone better let Team USA goalie Tim Howar
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Sure, Monday is the last day of summer, but more importantly, it’s National Elephant Appreciation Day.

To celebrate this very important holiday, which was started in 1966 by pachyderm fan Wayne Hepburn, we have gathered some of the cutest elephant photos and videos we can find to help you appreciate the grand adorableness found in these gentle giants.

Newborn female Asiatic Elephant (Elephas Maximus) calf born to Johti, a 44-year-old, plays at Ostrava's Zoo on May 31, 2011. The calf was born on Apri...
A newborn female elephant poses for the camera at Ostrava Zoo in the Czech Republic.JOE KLAMAR / Today

Someone better let Team USA goalie Tim Howard know there's a soccer player in England he better keep his eye on. Donna, a 2-year-old elephant at England's Whipsnade Zoo, is seen here showing zookeeper Elizabeth Fellow who's boss on the field. 

Elephant keeper Elizabeth Fellows plays football with Donna, a two-year-old elephant at Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable, central England on May 28, 2012....
Two-year-old Donna the elephant does her best to keep the soccer ball away from her zookeeper.ADRIAN DENNIS / Today

This baby elephant looks to be having some fun pinning down its pachyderm pal while playing outdoors. 

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Baby elephants playing together.Today

It takes a while to get used to that trunk! Watch one young elephant do its best to figure out what that extra-long snout is all about.

Some of the best art comes from the most unusual places, which is certainly the case for 13-year-old Karishma, who cleverly used her trunk to hold a brush and paint on a canvas at the Whipsnade Zoo in England. 

Karishma, a 13-year old female Asian elephant, and also Whipsnade Zoo's 'resident artist' uses her trunk to wield a brush and paint on canvas at Whips...
A 13-year-old elephant uses her trunk to hold a brush and paint on a canvas.CARL COURT / Today

This 6-day-old Asian elephant looks to be staying close to its mom's side ... or belly, rather ... while roaming the grounds at England's Whipsnade Zoo.

WHIPSNADE, ENGLAND - JULY 28:  A newborn Asian elephant stands with other members of its herd at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park on July 28, 2009 in Whipsn...
A newborn elephant sticks close to its mom.Dan Kitwood / Today

Ever feel like you're carrying an elephant on your back? Well one mom knows what that feels like after her baby elephant rolled over her back. It does not look like mom was a fan. 

The only thing cuter than one elephant is a pair of them, like this duo playing near Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka. 

Elephants are pictured at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela on June 10, 2012. Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage staged its biggest mass ...
Two elephants have some fun in Sri Lanka.ISHARA S.KODIKARA / Today