Elephant photo has been online since at least 2018; it’s not a recent sign of an apocalypse

Are elephants on the hills the new canaries in the coal mines? A recent Instagram post says an image of three elephants walking uphill is a sign of a looming apocalypse. 

"Zoologists around the world are now sounding the alarm that something apocalyptic could be around the corner," says a person in a March 19 Instagram video. "They said that the animals have been moving restless for the past few weeks, moving to higher ground."

The person then goes on to say that the image "is a picture that somebody captured of the animals running toward the hills of higher ground."

But the photo was taken at least six years ago. 

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Doing a reverse-image search, we found that the picture was uploaded to a German photo website on May 30, 2018. 

A Google translation of the German photo description says: "Three elephants walk in the jungle in Chiang Mai, Thailand." 

We rate claims that this photo was taken within the past few weeks False.