Elephant grabs camera and takes an 'elphie'

The selfie has since gone viral.

Elephant grabs camera and takes an 'elphie'

A snap from Canadian man, Christian LeBlanc, of a magnificent elephant has gone viral after he loaded it onto his Instagram account.

A couple of months ago he was in Thailand with his girlfriend visiting an elephant sanctuary, and they bought a basket of bananas to feed the majestic animals.

However after the bananas were finished, one elephant rummaged around for more and quickly reached for Christian's GoPro camera.

The result was the snap below.

The camera was on a time-lapse feature, so the creature didn't have to press any buttons.

LeBlanc told CBC news that "with one swift movement" the elephant grabbed the camera and took the photo.

Le Blanc said: "I didn't even have time to think. It all happened so fast.

"I'm still in shock that it turned out that way. I'm in shock that this story has gone viral. It's been a pretty crazy two days."

He has since continued his travels through the Philippines happily snapping away with other animals, such as the whale shark below.

We're not jealous, honest….

H/T: Daily Mail

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