A helping (trunk) from mum! Cute photos of baby elephant pushed over busy motorway as herd holds up traffic jam for HOURS

Herd of elephants stopped traffic in the Coimbtore district of Tamil Nadu.[CN]

象群断绝了泰米尔纳德邦哥印拜陀市的交通。

One of an increasing number of 'clashes' between animals and humans.[CN]

人类和动物的“冲突”再度加剧。

Wild elephants kill more people than lions, tigers, leopards or lions in India.[CN]

在印度，野象杀死的人比狮子，老虎，豹子的都要多。

A helping trunk: The youngest member of this Indian elephant herd is given a boost to get himself over the central reservation as the family crossed the road in the Coimbtore district of Tamil Nadu.[CN]

搭把鼻：在泰米尔纳德邦哥印拜陀市，大象家族过公路时象群最年幼的小象被妈妈用象鼻推离中央分隔带。

Slow: The herd took hours to cross the road and move out the area, leaving a huge traffic jam in their wake.[CN]

不着不急：象群过公路，迁出这个地区花了好几个小时。紧随它们而来的是该地区的大塞车。

Dangerous: However, no one was hurt in the incident - but with India losing its forest at a rapid rate, more and more elephants and humans are being hurt every year as the two clash.[CN]

险象环生：所幸没有人或象在此次事件中受伤。但随着印度森林面积的锐减，每年在双方冲突中越来越多的人或大象受到伤害。

Death toll: There were as many as 391 human deaths caused by elephants last year, and 39 of the large mammals were also killed, sometimes by speeding cars, and sometimes by poaching.[CN]

死亡人象数量：上一年度高达391人因象致死，同期39个大象死亡，有被疾驰的汽车撞死的，有被非法狩猎死亡的。

Changing landscape: One of the main reason behind these conflicts is the blocking of the traditional migratory path of elephants.[CN]

森林景观的变化：这些冲突后主要原因是，原有大象迁徙路线被封锁堵塞。

As the cause of a traffic jam, it doesn't come much cuter than this: a tiny elephant struggling to make a quick crossing - and getting a helping hand (or trunk) from mum.

This little chap was the smallest member of a herd who decided to cross the road in the Coimbtore district of Tamil Nadu, a state in southern Indian.

But what makes for a sweet image does not make for happy drivers.

The herd ended up hanging around for hours - leaving trucks, cars and motorbikes trapped on the dual carriageway with no one to go, and nothing to do but watch mother nature's largest land mammals go about their day to day lives.

But there is a more serious side to the problem than a few frustrated drivers.

As India's rapid urbanisation continues, the elephants who once roamed the large forests are coming into contact with their human neighbours on a more frequent basis, pushed into their path as their migration routes become blocked.

Coimbatore, and nearby Hosur and Gudalur, are particular hotspots where as many as 700 elephants call the area home. 

Wildlife activists claims at least 20 people are killed by elephants every year in this region alone - elephants which, a few years ago, would never have come close a human settlement.

Meanwhile, 10 to 15 of the magnificent creatures are killed on the roads, either by speeding vehicles or poachers after their valuable ivory tusks.

However, the Indian government statistics suggest, across the country, wild elephants kill far more people than tigers, leopards or lions. As many as 391 people and 39 elephants died due to man-animal conflict in 12 months to 2015 across the country.

Yet wildlife activist Umesh Marudhachalam is clear on exactly whose fault this is. 

'The problem is not with the animals, it is with the human. We have destroyed their habitat and encroached up their migration route. What is remaining of the buffer should be preserved,' he said.

One of the main reason behind these conflicts is the blocking of the traditional migratory path of elephants, which results in elephants crossing into human habitations and ravaging crops, activists say.