This is the adorable moment two elephants cuddle up together as they settle down to sleep.

Kavi, a two-tonne Asian bull, is seen plonking himself down onto Ashoka and shuffling about to create the perfect spooning position.

The clip was released keepers at Sydney Zoo to celebrate National Hug Day in Australia, which is this Friday.

The footage shows Ashoka already lying down in his cosy barn as seven-year-old Kavi enters and looks to make himself comfortable.

Adorable footage shows Kavi, a two-tonne Asian bull, plonking himself down onto resident brother Ashoka and shuffling about to create the perfect spooning position in the home at Sydney Zoo

He heads straight over to Ashoka before dropping down on his side and pushing himself up against him in a show of affection.

Ashoka then lifts his front leg and places it over the top of his resident brother to allow Kavi to get in closer.

‘Humans aren’t the only ones that hug,’ said Jo Maitland, an elephant keeper at Sydney Zoo.

‘Elephants are a social species that thrive from relationships they have with one another.

The footage shows Ashoka already lying down in his cosy barn as seven-year-old Kavi enters and looks to make himself comfortable