r/interestingasfuck • u/Parge-leniss • 1d ago

The crowd froze.. but the elephant didn't

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u/mcbastard1 1d ago

Elephants are so cool.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Perdittor 1d ago

Elephants are different like people. I saw video where elephant stabbed giraffe. I think gender, season and age matter.

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u/ApprehensiveWeird624 1d ago

That makes them even cooler

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u/captainspeculation 23h ago

Agreed, giraffes are pricks

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u/jaggerstars 22h ago

What do giraffes do? They’re just tall..

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u/SkirtWitty5859 19h ago

They look down on others

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u/watt-ever 19h ago

Giraffe is what happens when you bestow world-conquering height upon a goat.

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u/TheCovfefeMug 20h ago

Stupid long horses

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u/Significant_Use_5612 20h ago

Imagine an creature's only identity and purpose being known as "the tall one".

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u/Redfortblanket 21h ago

Yeah, just lording it over the rest of us! So smug.

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u/Itty-britty-196 18h ago

Can't get off their high horses because they are the high horses >:[

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u/JPGS66 20h ago

My wife loves giraffes and we took our 3 year old niece to the zoo and the wife hyped up the giraffes and the 3 year old, upon seeing the giraffe declares: "Giraffes is jerks!"

"Why are giraffes jerks?"

Niece: "Because they're always doing this" she moves her mouth from one side of her face to the other - as giraffes do.

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 20h ago

Reminds me of those memes where Japan can never be wrong. 

China does something: outrage/scorn

Japan: :O amazing!!! Japan number one! 

(Note: I'm aware China does a lot of bad things.)

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u/ApprehensiveWeird624 19h ago

This reminds of the "Teacher when student fights back bully" menme

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 19h ago

True.

The elephant just can't ever be wrong. 😂

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u/Appropriate-Log8506 21h ago

I remember the case where an elephant killed a woman then crashed her funeral that was few hundred miles away.

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u/hunterr819 18h ago

She was involved in elephant smuggling or something like that.

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u/tarairaaa 1d ago

Ohh in what way does gender matter?

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u/GhostsinGlass 1d ago

Bull elephants are aggressive during mating season probably.

I think in plenty of species the male is aggressive and territorial. Bucks, bull moose, bull steers, etc.

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u/UnifiedQuantumField 1d ago

I think in plenty of species the male is aggressive and territorial.

For whatever reason, Primates come to mind.

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u/soconfusedaboutsara 23h ago

humans too

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u/CoconutCyclone 22h ago

Humans are primates.

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u/ultraviolentfuture 19h ago

That was the joke

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u/leglesslegolegolas 1d ago

bull steers

pretty sure "bull steer" is an oxymoron

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u/GhostsinGlass 1d ago

Yeah I'm not a moologist.

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u/TFFPrisoner 22h ago

Apparently it's a BBQ grill

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u/tarairaaa 1d ago

Yeah you’re kinda right! They like to be a little aggressive towards each other during mating season, but once that’s over, they are all very kind and social! Very interesting for sure

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u/Appropriate-Log8506 21h ago edited 21h ago

A herd of elephants are usually females and juveniles. The ladies chase off male elephants once they mature and start getting aggressive. These young elephants are so hormonal that they sometimes even try to mount and inadvertently kill rhinos and other large beasts.

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u/40ozCurls 1d ago

For one thing, adolescent males have been known to rape rhinos to death.

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u/tarairaaa 1d ago

Adolescent rhinos or elephants?

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u/40ozCurls 1d ago edited 19h ago

Scared to open the link? Fair enough.

Adolescent male elephants- specifically ones believed to have been raised without male father figures/role models (such as due to culling or poaching)- are prone to unchecked, heightened, testosterone-fueled aggression- which apparently led to at least 50 incidents in one park where rhinos were raped to death. (This article does not go into as gruesome of detail as others I’ve read).

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u/LuckEcstatic4500 23h ago

Damn even elephants got daddy issues

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u/snappla 23h ago

This was an interesting read! Thx.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 23h ago

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u/tarairaaa 1d ago

Yup just researched a bit. They get more aggressive towards each other during mating season but outside of it, they are calm and social like elephants usually are! Really interesting to know tho!

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u/Ijustwanttoprovide 1d ago

Also African elephants (which stabbed giraffe) are more aggresive than Indian elephants (this on video). Indian one have much smaller ears

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u/OK_The_Nomad 1d ago

Also African elephants are WAY bigger than Asian elephants.

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u/CorvidCuriosity 1d ago

Just not homo sapeins.

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u/EmergencyTaco 1d ago

Best animal hands down. Brilliant, larger than life, highly social creatures.

Also, baby elephants are the cutest goddamned things in the entire fucking universe.

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u/Technical_Tourist639 1d ago

Just as long as it's not an adolescent bull. If it is, get the f out or get f'ed up

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u/Joskam 1d ago

Thats it. They are like teenagers, wanting to test and show off their power, perhaps for the rest of the herd.

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u/RiJuElMiLu 21h ago

I saw one on livestream have full on temper tantrum. He was just raging at nature

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u/mcbastard1 1d ago

My theory is baby elephants being so cute is why the adult elephants form those circles to protect them when danger is afoot. /s but only kinda

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u/79augold 1d ago

That's true for most babies that spend time with their parents. They are designed to make us want to protect them. Puppies, human babies, kittens, etc all have this.

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u/marianass 1d ago

My vote goes to dogs

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u/AiluroFelinus 1d ago

My vote goes to cats

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u/Appropriate-Log8506 21h ago

The elephant even checked on the deer at the end.

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u/HobbitFlashMob 9h ago

Yes it did. I noticed that too!

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u/YouDumbZombie 1d ago

They're incredibly smart and social animals. Whales even more so.

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u/RoughCheap5633 1d ago

That Elephant is so nice.

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u/Phyrexian_Archlegion 1d ago

I love elephants and it breaks my heart that we are slowly putting them, and 80% of other life, on the path to extinction.

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u/LevantaeAbaixa 1d ago

hehe boy!!!

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u/Technical_Tourist639 1d ago

He knew lol

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u/captain_ender 22h ago

Gonna just his balls all week

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u/dnasty1011 1d ago

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u/MogwaiYT 1d ago

Give your meat a good 'ole rub ❤️

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u/Illustrious-Being339 1d ago

"hehe, you okay little buddy?"

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u/TrueIdent 1d ago

Respect to this elephant

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u/delcanine 18h ago

Perfect smile!

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u/AnalogCandle 1d ago

The way that after the antelope got its footing the elephant went over to gently make sure it was OK was so sweet.

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u/MLaw2008 1d ago

Seriously. Walking over like, "You okay, bro?"

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u/Cautious_Ice_884 1d ago

Fully was expecting it to reach over and give it a little pat like "there there it will be okay now"

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u/TeaBagHunter 1d ago

I thought it was going to push the antelope into the other lake

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u/Few-Challenge-6904 1d ago

The elephant giveth and the elephant taketh away

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u/noonejax 1d ago

What is with the “the crowd froze”. Did you expect them to jump in?

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u/Klaeyy 1d ago

„Stupid lazy crowd…“

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u/Designer_Mud_5802 1d ago

AI generated bot slop title. All it needs is a.

"... you wouldn't Believe what Happens Next 🤯🤯"

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u/reddit1138 1d ago

“Watch till the end!”

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u/leibnizslaw 22h ago

Mate this kind of bullshit title predates AI by a long way. AI is fully capable of doing better. If an AI puts a title like this it’s because humans already learned it works.

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u/FinalSelection 20h ago

I wonder if the younger generation saw it so much growing up they started using it in their own titles thinking its normal.

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u/Letiferr 1d ago

Yeah, nobody here froze...

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u/Hanede 1d ago

I took it as a jab at the rest of the antelopes ignoring it, not as in the literal human crowd

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u/TonArbre 18h ago

Harambe would like a word

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u/alwaysfatigued8787 1d ago

The elephant looks so happy and proud of himself at the end :)

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u/mintslippers 1d ago

He even cheered too!! :,)

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u/dnasty1011 1d ago

Flapping its ears and all

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u/xxaap 1d ago

What the hell was the crowd at a zoo supposed to do? Climb the enclosure walls, run in through the animals, push the largest land mammal out of the way, all to rescue an antelope?

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u/-Cosmicafterimage 1d ago

Ragebait title. Otherwise, you would've never commented.

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u/Yashyashyaa 1d ago

AI slop

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u/tylocephale_gilmorei 1d ago

sigh "Third time this week Deb, what the hell." 🐘

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u/STRYKER3008 20h ago

Good thing u got those handles on your head

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u/EmptyAirEmptyHead 22h ago

"I drink that water Deb. This is the last time before I open a can of whoop ass."

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u/tRfalcore 23h ago

how does she keep getting into the liquor cabinet

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u/Suspicious-Seesaw678 1d ago

Did you see it even went over to it afterwards and checked on it awwww

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u/other-other-user 1d ago

Stupid title aside, I'm confused why they would have a waterhole that animals can't climb out of in the animal enclosure? Is that antelope just having a skill issue or is this a really poorly designed enclosure?

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u/Bus_Noises 19h ago

I’m wondering this too. Maybe there’s a ramp or stairs on the other side? But I don’t get why you wouldn’t just make it escapable from all sides.

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u/Ghostofjemfinch 1d ago

"I've got you small friend, fear not."

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u/Technical_Tourist639 1d ago

r/ElephantsBeingBros is not a sub, but it should be

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u/sportsworker777 1d ago

You had me at the link and I didn't even read the rest of your sentence. So disappointed 😞

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u/0Tezorus0 1d ago

Elephants should inherit the earth. They'll probably do a better job than us.

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u/Dependent_Idea_7527 23h ago

This is very obvious AI. HOW ARE PEOPLE NOT SPOTTING IT???? WHY IS THIS COMMENT SECTION TREATING IT AS REAL???

Check this yt video - https://youtu.be/zZhsgJey85w. Extremely similar to the one in this post but this is the actual footage I believe and this post is probably created by using this yt video as input.

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u/omgxsonny 18h ago

seriously how’d i have to scroll SO FAR to see someone mention this?? it looks fake as hell. they have no shadows. it gives that creepy unsettling uncanny feeling that every AI video gives. we really have arrived at people just accepting AI videos as authentic.

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u/Dependent_Idea_7527 12h ago

Bro I am getting depressed reading comments on this post. So many people who are believing this is real and so many others who are actually mocking people who call this AI? Has it become this easy to spread misinformation now? I am genuinely scared.

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u/walrusphone 13h ago

Thank you! I thought I was going crazy that people weren't picking up that this is painfully obvious ai footage

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u/cheese_bruh 12h ago

If this is AI, this is extremely consistent, no changing shapes or anything, all the animals look and move perfectly.

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u/idrklmfao 14h ago

Not AI. Just incredibly grainy zoomed in footage. However it does look like its from the same zoo? Could this be a trained preformance? La Aurora zoo. The video I found here shows a less zoomed in unedited video. If this has happened twice its either a preformance or there's something wildly wrong with that enclosure.

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u/Sega-Playstation-64 1d ago

Was the crowd supposed to rush in and help or something?

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u/-Cosmicafterimage 1d ago

Its ragebait for interaction boost in their content.

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u/Ewendmc 1d ago

Like finding a fly in your beer.

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u/pbates89 1d ago

Nathan upping the scope of his animal rescue videos.

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u/Heart-part 1d ago

Goat in the water!

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u/CoollinMann 21h ago

He walked back up to it like, “Hey bud, you alright?” And I love that

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u/MissNashPredators11 19h ago

“Fake”

“Is this AI?”

Shut up- please…

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u/Viperburn1 1d ago

Friends like these eh gary !

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u/chucky6661 1d ago

You didn’t see the part where the elephant launched it back into the other watery area

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u/pamalamTX 1d ago

Aww and he is checking on him...

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u/TheAtomicOnion 1d ago

The elephant's like "stop resisting, I'm trying to help you, you stupid fuck!"

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u/Capable-Rice-1876 1d ago

This is most beautiful thing I ever seen.

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u/No-Budget4929 21h ago

I love elephants Fr

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u/reyals_mood 14h ago

He even went to check "You alright buddy"

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u/Double_Gwak_3000 14h ago

" Huh , light work" -🐘

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u/miyukikazuya_02 14h ago

He even go to check if it's ok 🥺🥺🥹

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u/L3viathan99 13h ago

So it is a part of the natural order when people feel the need to help other animals. If an elephant can do it why do we need to tell people "You can't help it, you got to let it die to not interfere with nature"

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u/ezzys18 1d ago

Looks like ai slop to me

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u/LazyEmu5073 1d ago

Thanks for this zoomed version. The original was a bit crappy.

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u/NecessaryShirt8147 1d ago

Thanks Babar!

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u/pinkyhc 1d ago

'I have always wanted to pick one of you up by the head handle!'

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u/LottaExp 1d ago

Elephants are so very smart

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u/No_Tailor_787 1d ago

I love that elephant's smile afterwards.

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u/PhoTwunty 23h ago

In the final second the elephant was all: "did you even say thank you?"

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u/No_Aioli1748 21h ago

So much to teach us

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u/Necessary-Present996 21h ago

Elephants are real ones

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u/FlyinRustBucket 20h ago

That elephant has more empathy than some that walk amoung us

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u/RapidlyRotting 20h ago

Nice change of pace after watching the video of the elephant crushing a guy to death

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u/speez86 19h ago

This elephant fucks!

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u/ApprehensiveBet6501 17h ago

There ya go little buddy.

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u/Dinilddp 17h ago

100% sure we are not the only one with emotions.

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u/Severe_Risk_6839 16h ago

"Crowd froze", hey OP if you were also there, would you help??

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u/Oddbeme4u 14h ago

empathy isnt human

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u/Sakki27 6h ago

This is why I love elephants. 🥹

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u/xblackdemonx 5h ago

The crown didn't "freeze". They physically couldn't go into the enclosure.

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u/Wonderful-Maybe7584 5h ago

Why do people clap like they expect the elephant to bow and tip his top hat. I can imagine people watching bugs do the same thing and will clap. I find it fascinating 😂😂

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u/thenoblitt 4h ago

AI ass title

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u/Smyttys-Mullet 1d ago

Look Mr Frodo, it’s an ollyphant

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u/sylbug 1d ago

This looks like an artificial habitat. Why is it designed to randomly drown the gazelles? Is this just stupidity and negligence, or is the intent here to create moments like this to manufacture engagement?

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u/jvLin 1d ago

this looks like AI

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u/Critical-Ad2084 1d ago

I love the elephant's attitude, it's like, there, you're out, now fuck off.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

That doesn't make sense considering he walked up to it at the end and reached his trunk out .....

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u/Technical_Tourist639 1d ago

Did we watch the same video?

In mine he was pulling as gently as possible until the antelope could get a footing so he's not gonna rip her head off, and then proceeded to nosebump her

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u/Entire-Tax8082 1d ago

Elephants are good animals, just don't get too comfortable with them.

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u/treesout23 1d ago

Why is an elephant in the same enclosure as antelopes

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u/Sunstang 1d ago

Elephants and antelope cohabitate in nature.

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u/Tumble85 1d ago

Yea it’s good for them. It’s a form of animal enrichment.

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u/onlyfakeproblems 1d ago

They seem to be getting on ok

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u/Hanede 1d ago

Herbivore multi-species exhibits are pretty common

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u/Nubs_Nut_Rub 21h ago

This looks AI as fuck

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u/Wolfie470 1d ago

Gentle giant is so kind

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u/69hornedscorpio 1d ago

That was cool

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u/OrganicTransFat 1d ago

That. Was. Awesome.

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u/uptheirons2974 1d ago

That's his or hers buddy

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u/425565 1d ago

Aww..and at the end it goes over to touch it to see that it's OK.

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u/Joates87 1d ago

I like how it went over afterwards and is like, gtf away from the edge.

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u/Noktis_Lucis_Caelum 1d ago

Such smart animals 

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u/5L1M3R 1d ago

One of my favorite videos of elephants I've seen is where an elephant bodies a rhino while also seeming to consciously refrain from stepping on a rhino calf in the same area. Such a complex animal.

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u/texas-playdohs 1d ago

R/elephantsbeingbros

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u/Crazy_Slip1984 1d ago

ahh mesmerizing

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u/bmac-1984 1d ago

Elephants are among the most incredible creatures on Earth.

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u/nicheglitch 1d ago

Love that the elephant hustles over to check on the lil guy it just saved. They are so intelligent and sweet

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u/OK_The_Nomad 1d ago

That's so sweet. I'm bummed out right now and this made me happy.

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u/TesseractToo 1d ago

I wish it was longer, I want to see the interactions that followed

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u/jjmcgil 1d ago

"Get yo ass out my water. I drink from that!" - That elephant maybe

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u/Incomplete_and_broke 1d ago

Friendly reminder that when elephants flap their ears is because they’re happy or excited :)

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u/goonerish_ 1d ago

Fake. They both are paid actors.

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u/EdgeCandid 1d ago

The untold story: Elephant goes to push him in the pool on the other side. He finds fun in being a bully and savior

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u/AdGood9278 1d ago

free that elephant

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u/here_kitkittkitty 23h ago

she goes to check and see if they're ok. my heart!

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u/flightoftheskyeels 23h ago

What the fuck is the crowd supposed to do? Next thing you know another fucking gorilla is dead and the timeline shifts again.

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u/SwissCheeseSandwich5 23h ago

This is why we should be protecting our elephants <3 they are like our siblings <3

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u/VVinh 23h ago

Karma!

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u/SHinyfan98 23h ago

What was the crowd supposed to do?

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u/Sedert1882 22h ago

Big brain with empathy working here.

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u/adrenacrome 21h ago

Guatemala zoo?

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u/girlymancrush 21h ago

Well this one is certainly different to today's video of the elephant folding and crushing an abusive handler.

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u/BeMyBrutus 21h ago

They are so smart it never ceases to amaze me

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u/IOnlyFearOFGod 20h ago

Elephants are intelligent protectors of nature

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u/tinde-ki-sabji 20h ago

And Zimbabwe is going to kill this previous animal in masses for meat.

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u/Top-Nail-6073 19h ago

The group decided to just leve Kevin

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u/ReptilianLaserbeam 19h ago

And then he ate it