Playful baboon jumps onto the back of baby elephant

The video shows a hilarious and very unusual moment in the African wild when a baboon casually jumped onto a baby elephant, then sitting down on its back like they have been old friends.
There are times when nature can absolutely blow you away with some of the most random and unexpected encounters while out on safari in the African wild. It really becomes fascinating when two species of a different kind interact with each other in the most unlikely ways imaginable. Two species of wild animals that never interact or have anything to do with each other are baboons and elephants. These two species leave each other alone and do their own thing as there are no competition for food or territories between them. With all that in mind, it makes the interaction seen in this video very unusual and unexpected. While watching a herd of elephants feeding, there was a small troop of baboons that passed by. Suddenly one young baboon went up to a baby elephant in the herd and sat in front of the elephant, just staring at it. The baby elephant became a little confused and before we knew it, the baboon jumped right on top of the head of the baby elephant before it causally went and sat down on the back of the baby elephant. We had no idea what was going on or why the baboon was so keen to sit on the back of the elephant. It looked like the baboon closely inspected the skin of the elephant and nibbled out a small tick or parasite form its skin. While they looked like old friends, things quickly changed, and the baby elephant became annoyed with the primate on its back. With a few swings of the body, the baby elephant managed to let the baboon know its not welcome anymore. With a swift jump the playful baboon decided it was best to get off and leave the baby elephant in peace. Probably one of the most random sights in the African wild I have seen in a very long time.