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This got me in the feels! I was anxious the elephant was injured. And the body language when they came back…well I got teary.
Jan 21, 2024 3:28 PM
SisterMidnight
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This got me in the feels! I was anxious the elephant was injured. And the body language when they came back…well I got teary.
Dometheus
Sound would have been great!
DidItForScience
Ow my balls! But thanks for that.
thesameasyours
pleaseacknowledgethecat
Elephants are amazing animals
vicmango201410
Sniff. I hit me right in the feels too
therandombagofmeat
Trunk bump
Cablestorm
probably humans fault he got in there in the first place.
AjKaramba
AWWWWWWW
EmbyTooKay
Im amazed the operator could help the elephant with such precision. If I were behind the wheel… the result would haunt my nightmares.
Laylah77
Spiritual animal for sure
WeAreOctopi
Thank you metal brother
clamdriver
I can dig it.
FrogBotherer
That elephant won't forget that.
KungofBees
Or anything else, so I've heard
IEatYourSombrero
Forget what
clamdriver
that
JasonMaggini
Elephants don't deserve to be the mascot for a terrible political party.
sprySpace350
Don't be an ass! (Not a political stance, just a funny comment I thought if :) )
NotACanadian
The real GOP mascot should be a Stegosaurus. Outdated even in dinosaur times and no one knows how something so stupid could still be smart enough to wield such dangerous power.
IMustGrowUpReally
If we go with Stegosaurus, will its tail become the Magamiser?
SixFingersOnMyRightHand
I was thinking eukaryotes if we're talking straight brainpower
NotACanadian
But we're all eukaryotes. And dear grandmother LUCA is too sweet and innocent.
gracefulone
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephant's foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. (1/4)
gracefulone
As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. (2/4)
gracefulone
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. (3/4)
gracefulone
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant. (4/4)
Shifuede
Had us in the first half, not gonna lie.
nogodsnomastersnopanties
I'm not an elephantologist or whatever but to me that behaviour at the end of the video looked more aggressive or territorial than thankful. Either way I'm glad the nice humans helped out.
charhan
Butting heads is a sign of love. I keep an elephant in my back yard. Elephant food courtesy of Amazon.
IPostWholesomeAndHelpfulComments
I don't know enough to be sure, but I've seen elephants bumping and rubbing heads with other elephants from their same herd to show affection and such, so it could be that.
SorryThatUserIsUnavailable
Always assuming everything's a conflict... *tusk tusk*
LookingLikeASnack
Not an elephantologist, not elephantology advice, but it raises its tusks and splays out its ears, which is aggressive behavior.
maststick
Tried to attack when it couldn’t it backed away rather than turning around which at least shows fear and defiance
breakingcode
I'm an expert from the JCB and CAT institute for bucket and scoop loader sociology & psychology. I can assure you that this is social, friendship (occasionally mating) behavior.
Feralkyn
Yeah it's a brief bluff charge I think, but it's impossible to know without psychic ability lol
LoftheDesert
That's what it looked like to me as well, but I am basing it on absolutely zero knowledge or experience with elephants.
SrPootStank
They're big and wrinkly with a long penisy nose.
landofentrapment
I’m an elephantologist who has studied elephants for elephanty years. And I can elephantly say I don’t know either
DidItForScience
Well I'm an elephantologist and elephantoloologoligist and I can definitively tell you that in the context of the video here when compared to decades of study on similar events... This is clearly a situation that uh... sorry I lost my train of thought.
Housemaster
Then your studies were irrelephant
mickeeteeze
Meh. All your schooling is irrelephant!
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AnUpvote
paynoattentiontousernames
"You didn't have to crush my balls while lifting me up"
Maviyakuku
Plot twist.
Elephants, and their close relatives Manatees, Dugongs - all have testicles on the inside.
https://youtu.be/bO2DpSJtFBo?si=tmFPw7p5QXDaj_AM
Caprittles
How was i supposed to know that wasnt your leg?
zombiejedediah
Fun fact: elephants have internal testicles.
MrSmilingDeath
And prehensile peens
Valdemaaaar
Whaaaat
Smayds
Yes, bull elephants have TWO trunks.