An AI-generated video is falsely shared as a real incident of an elephant rescuing a child from a pit in a zoo enclosure
A video showing an elephant, in what seems to be a zoo enclosure, gently lifting a child from a pit and returning him safely to his parents is being circulated on social media (here, here, and here). It is being shared with the claim that it shows a real incident. Let’s verify the claim made in the post in this article.
Claim: The video shows a real incident where an elephant in a zoo enclosure rescues a child who fell into a pit and returns him to his parents.
Fact: The video does not show a real incident. It is an AI-generated video, confirmed by the AI detection tools with a 99.9% aggregate score. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
A reverse image search of keyframes from the viral video led us to the same video (archived) uploaded to the YouTube channel ‘MoumitasCreation6560‘ on 24 July 2025. The video description mentioned that it was generated using AI.
Upon reviewing her YouTube page, we found that she describes herself as a content creator who makes AI videos, funny AI animation videos, and voice-over animations.
We then analysed the video using the AI detection tool ‘Hive’, which gave an aggregate score of 99.9%, confirming that the video is AI-generated and does not show a real incident.
To sum up, an AI-generated video is falsely shared as a real incident of an elephant rescuing a child from a pit in a zoo enclosure.