If you are bird watching or walking through a zoo to capture some picturesque moment from the greens, you might come across wildlife enjoying the beauty of nature. Lucky ones might witness a peacock dancing or a mother kangaroo cuddling its little ones. But ever seen an elephant dancing?

In a trending reel, the jumbo appeared to perform some traditional Bharatanatyam moves. Along with two female dancers grooving in the front, the elephant swayed its trunk and moved its huge ears, giving a feeling to viewers that the animal was unexpectedly dancing.

Watch viral elephant 'dance' video below

All you need to know about the video

The video, which is being circulated across social media platforms, opens to capture two girls displaying classical dance steps on the camera. While they take the forefront, we see the elephant in the background. The jumbo appears to join the dancers to try some Bharatanatyam moves possible.

As the dancers move right to left and reverse their direction sooner, the elephant too follows. It carefully sways its trunk in the direction of the dancers' steps as if it was part of the performance and one of the background dancers.

"Two girls are performing Bharatanatyam when suddenly an elephant joins in, matching their moves and vibing along gracefully", read the caption of the viral video.

"Do not glorify this..."

While this dance video impressed netizens and made them say "This is the cutest thing on the internet today", some pointed out the elephant's behaviour to be rather concerning than entertaining.

"That elephant is stressed. It is not sign of dancing but stress", IFS officer Parveen Kaswan wrote. "Please do not glorify this. Elephants do it when they are under duress or stress. It is not Bharatanatyam", added Supriya Sahu IAS, who earlier served as the ACS Environment Climate Change & Forests.

According to studies, elephants are said to possess the ability to mimic behaviours they observe, including dancing-like movements or humanly gestures performed by their masters. While people initially the elephant in the viral video was joyously dancing with the two dancers, the tweets of authorities made people reflect on the possible truth.

X soon added a note on the video post, and said, "The elephants kept under captivity swaying sideways is an indicator of stress." "It isn't dancing or enjoying any music", the message clarified quoting wildlife sources.