Massive Elephant vs 3 Baby Hippos
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2018
- Elephants can be grumpy at the best of times and these hippos soon learned that this Ellie was not interested in visitors on his turf…
This footage was taken by Evan Malsbury in the Umfolozi River in South Africa.
Evan told Latestsightings.com: “We were part of an organized tour group that had arranged for a river cruise. There were several other boats on the river, nothing too unusual prior to this sighting, just many hippo groups grazing along the river.
According to the boat driver and the tour director, seeing elephants along the river as part of this cruise was extremely unusual, so everyone on board was jockeying for a better view. This was then that we saw an elephant close to the water’s edge. The elephant was alone for a while before the trio of hippos appeared and this was when the drama was taken up a notch. The hungry the hippos were no match for the elephant but thankfully no one but the tree was hurt.
Apparently, this was rare even for the tour director/cruise driver, it was the most unusual thing seen during our 14 day trip to South Africa. The tour director proposed that the hippos were younger and that they were learning about how to interact with elephants, and that the elephants were just trying to cross the river. It all seemed like a territorial standoff to me though.”
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What a kind elephant. Instead of charging at the hippos aggressively, he gently pushes a tree over to tell them to move along.
I like how the elephant didn’t mercilessly kill those innocent babies, but decided to just knock over a tree to give them a little scare so they can get off his territory. Smart, compassionate animal.
Elephant: "I thought I told you kids of get off my lawn!"
The elephant is like, "Since when were hippos that tiny?"
The restraint displayed by this enormous bull elephant suggests both intelligence and compassion. Makes his point beyond doubt without needlessly harming anyone. A true king.
Clearly the elephant didn’t want to hurt the baby hippos. He just scared them back into the water.
Elephant: What spooked those 3? I was just offerring an olive branch....
Baby hippos: "Are you my mother?"
Damn he broke that tree like nothing 🤯
The elephant was trolling 😂😂 like let me display power!!
Hippos - “ there’s nothing to be scared of here”
I like how the elephant understands that the hippos are small and stubborn and doesn’t attack them. Just pushes over a tree what a nice elephant
I love how the hippos avoid eye contact and thinks it's all ok
1:25
The way those 3 little hippos ran into the water is cute 🦛🦛🦛
1:19
The elephant sees that they are young and he's trying to teach them. Cute
I'm always fascinated by the essential benevolence of elephants. They seem to understand when they are dealing with other creatures that are "clueless" about invading their personal space. This elephant just wants to be left alone, and tries to intimidate the hippos into leaving rather than attacking them. The elephant could kill them easily, but doesn't really want to.
What a magnificent, majestic, ferocious, gentle being!
That elephant made those hippos look like bald guinea pigs.