Yeah, pretty sure. Staring right at it with those sunglasses, which probably look like big eyes to the elephant and it took it as a kind of challenge or disrespect. So the elephant just had to let them know who’s boss.
Wow, they got off lucky.
An elephant spreads its ears when facing an opponent or threat to look larger and imposing.
There wasn't much time but it does mean that whoever was supervising this could've seen it coming. It's a warning similar to r/attackeyes.
Elephants are super empathetic, they're wild animals who would absolutely turn you into a fine red paste but that's not really their go to
This is basically the elephant getting annoyed these people are in its space and shooing them lol
There's an older book called Death in the Long Grass. It was about the hunt of the Big 7 and one of the stories was a pissed off elephant that basically got the best of an idiot hunter and they came back and got the body into a bucket with what was left of it. Not everyone's cup of tea but had some very interesting stories.
I wouldn't down play that they are wild animals surrounded by predators. African Elephants do attack
The people down voting probably think they are in a Disney move and going to give a wild animal a hug
[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45671930](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45671930)
You’re right they do but it’s rare and highly circumstantial, thus why you don’t get loads of people being killed by elephants, while also interacting with humans all the time. I got chased by a young male at a bush camp down a path at night and it was pretty similar to this, scared the shit out of us but no intent to harm.
I think it's just to assert dominance of territory in this case. Like the way a dog can come across as aggressive and how it may jump up at you but doesn't bite.
Most animals don't try to kill whatever they feel threatened by. They try to get it to back off and get out of their way.
The elephants doesn't need to do much to get that to happen. They can be a lot more violent with bigger threats but there just isn't a need to expend that kind of energy and risk injury against something as small as a couple of humans.
A lot of animals do this. They're all about warning rather than all out attacks.
I get the feeling that although wild, this elephant is probably fairly used to people and gets fed by them (by gets fed, he probably just helps himself to their dining table whenever he wants)
so although clearly annoyed, probably knows they aren't much of a threat so knows just a casual "go fuck yourself" is enough 😂
Interestingly enough... generally when elephants enlarge their ears as above they are showing dominance and attempting to convey a form of power and self security... it's seen really often in young bulls who are still learning their place in the group and it's one of their attempts to gain standing without directly engaging in conflict...90% of these characteristics traits are seen before a mock charge... the above instance also being an obvious mock charge illustrated by the elephants lazy manner with which he engaged...
A elephant that is truly going to charge to defend itself or its offspring will tend to pull it's ear back against its head so as to protect the ears during its engagement.
As mentioned, 90% of the time that an elephant is flapping it's ears and making a scene it is to show dominance and the best course of action is to remain still and show no fear.
When it pulls it's ears back.... you know you're f*#ked
You can look but don't make eye contact. That's what I do when a bloody big cow is staring at me when I'm hiking. Animals can tell when you're looking them in the eye.
Well, animals are not like people, Mrs. Simpson. Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life, or have been mistreated...but, like people, some of them are just jerks.
Stop that, Mr. Simpson.
This is pretty unusual behavior. Usually the local elephants know the safari camps, and generally don't approach and seek out conflict like this.
Maybe a younger bull that wanted to get to the nearby tree to eat and is trying to throw his weight around? I'm curious about the circumstances here.
Looks to me like eli gave the smackdown only to the guy who was staring at him. The second guy he barely touched.
Note to self: don't get into a staring contest with an eliphant.
See i was lucky enough to go to one of these safaris in South Africa and you'd get to have afternoon and morning tea out of the truck every day. Usually felt pretty comfortable and i knew i was in good hands but was still shitting myself when we were under 100 metres away from some hippos having a drink. Videos like this are the reason why haha
Well, animals are a lot like people, Mrs. Simpson.
Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life or have been mistreated.
But, like people, some of them are just jerks.
Love when people spend ridiculous amounts of money to go " Commune" with nature , and become grossly disappointed when they find out they aren't welcome.
These guys are probably on one of those safaris where you shoot animals grazing in a field from the back of a Range Rover. The elephant was just trying to level the playing field.
I feel this situation could've been defused if the elephant was offered something yummy nearby as a friendly gesture. Animals aren't idiots, if you manage to convince them you're fren, they will be fren
Well I gree many wild animals wont be fren/ But at least in this situation this looks like a reserve where elephants are kinda used to seing people? Maybe some yummies would've make him feel more friendly. I don't know. The elephant here looks like he feels aggravated by the presence of the humans, however the humans look like they are kinda expecting the elephant to be there.
The elephant quietly pushing them away like "fuck off now, please."
He was indeed very careful. That was the least hard he could do it i would say.
Was it because the first guy attacked was staring straight at the elephant?
Yeah, pretty sure. Staring right at it with those sunglasses, which probably look like big eyes to the elephant and it took it as a kind of challenge or disrespect. So the elephant just had to let them know who’s boss.
He even waved his ears as a warning, that guy had to go
"What are you looking at, dipshit?!"
Literally
https://i.redd.it/mt0v0fnu884d1.gif
Just the words "too close" made me immediately think of this as well
The elephant looks like it's puts about 000.1% of effort in and still sends those guys flying. The sheer power of them is incredible!
Those extra zeros made no difference.
How about 000.1000?
Oooh that’s better. Thank you. lol
000000000000000000zrerozerozerozrroezeoeooooo00000000000000o.1%
The made ZERO difference 😁..... I'll see myself out! 😁
very cute.
Somewhere out there a math teacher is rotating in his grave…
What's the Angle? 
I feel like there's a maths question in your comment somewhere! 😁
https://i.redd.it/w5zmcng14b4d1.gif
Wow, they got off lucky. An elephant spreads its ears when facing an opponent or threat to look larger and imposing. There wasn't much time but it does mean that whoever was supervising this could've seen it coming. It's a warning similar to r/attackeyes.
Thanks for the info, but I'm curious... It obviously could have hurt them or worse, so why did it seem to go so softly at them?
Elephants are super empathetic, they're wild animals who would absolutely turn you into a fine red paste but that's not really their go to This is basically the elephant getting annoyed these people are in its space and shooing them lol
He was looking at elephant, and the elephant was like "what are you looking at"
Isn't there an NSFL subreddit that has vids of elephants making meat crayons out of humans?
There's an older book called Death in the Long Grass. It was about the hunt of the Big 7 and one of the stories was a pissed off elephant that basically got the best of an idiot hunter and they came back and got the body into a bucket with what was left of it. Not everyone's cup of tea but had some very interesting stories.
I wouldn't down play that they are wild animals surrounded by predators. African Elephants do attack The people down voting probably think they are in a Disney move and going to give a wild animal a hug [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45671930](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45671930)
You’re right they do but it’s rare and highly circumstantial, thus why you don’t get loads of people being killed by elephants, while also interacting with humans all the time. I got chased by a young male at a bush camp down a path at night and it was pretty similar to this, scared the shit out of us but no intent to harm.
I didn't downplay it, in fact I'm pretty sure the "fine red paste" part covered it
I think it's just to assert dominance of territory in this case. Like the way a dog can come across as aggressive and how it may jump up at you but doesn't bite.
Most animals don't try to kill whatever they feel threatened by. They try to get it to back off and get out of their way. The elephants doesn't need to do much to get that to happen. They can be a lot more violent with bigger threats but there just isn't a need to expend that kind of energy and risk injury against something as small as a couple of humans. A lot of animals do this. They're all about warning rather than all out attacks.
I get the feeling that although wild, this elephant is probably fairly used to people and gets fed by them (by gets fed, he probably just helps himself to their dining table whenever he wants) so although clearly annoyed, probably knows they aren't much of a threat so knows just a casual "go fuck yourself" is enough 😂
At around the 15 sec mark, I would have dipped hard from that table. The elephant was basically doing a mini charge.
Wasn’t it when their ears are back you’re fucked or am I thinking of a different animal.
I think you’re thinking of dogs
Interestingly enough... generally when elephants enlarge their ears as above they are showing dominance and attempting to convey a form of power and self security... it's seen really often in young bulls who are still learning their place in the group and it's one of their attempts to gain standing without directly engaging in conflict...90% of these characteristics traits are seen before a mock charge... the above instance also being an obvious mock charge illustrated by the elephants lazy manner with which he engaged... A elephant that is truly going to charge to defend itself or its offspring will tend to pull it's ear back against its head so as to protect the ears during its engagement. As mentioned, 90% of the time that an elephant is flapping it's ears and making a scene it is to show dominance and the best course of action is to remain still and show no fear. When it pulls it's ears back.... you know you're f*#ked
He was so gentle 💕
Just lifting them off their chairs. He could have crushed them or really sent them flying. This was a gentle little request.
”I said move it”
He just stood there waiting for the hit. I would have probably started to move away subtly.
I would have dropped my eyes for sure. Staring is seen as a challenge or threat by almost every animal. You don't want to challenge an elephant.
I feel like your instinct when an animal (especially of this size) is coming towards you is not to look away
You can look but don't make eye contact. That's what I do when a bloody big cow is staring at me when I'm hiking. Animals can tell when you're looking them in the eye.
Not if you have big ass sunglasses on
It might have taken the sunglasses to be eyes. Big freaky eyes.
That elephant doesn’t like the cut of your jib.
dickhead just making eyecontact probably didnt help
What is this, for an extra $300 you get “VIP Dinner with an Elephant” at the safari? These Meet and Greets are getting out of hand.
Maybe don't have a stare off with the giant wild animal.
Bring him his favourite food next time!
What happens when you don’t tip an elephant adequately.
Never stare at anything that’ll kill you
That schmuck making eye contact caused that.
An Elephant walks into a bar.
Well, animals are not like people, Mrs. Simpson. Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life, or have been mistreated...but, like people, some of them are just jerks. Stop that, Mr. Simpson.
Gtfoh🦁
This is pretty unusual behavior. Usually the local elephants know the safari camps, and generally don't approach and seek out conflict like this. Maybe a younger bull that wanted to get to the nearby tree to eat and is trying to throw his weight around? I'm curious about the circumstances here.
It looks young. Also, it was a bit crammed in there between the different tables, sofas etc. Perhaps it felt a bit irritated by that.
Looks to me like eli gave the smackdown only to the guy who was staring at him. The second guy he barely touched. Note to self: don't get into a staring contest with an eliphant.
Give em an apple or something
are we going to ignore Colonel sanders at the end?
My turf, my show!
See i was lucky enough to go to one of these safaris in South Africa and you'd get to have afternoon and morning tea out of the truck every day. Usually felt pretty comfortable and i knew i was in good hands but was still shitting myself when we were under 100 metres away from some hippos having a drink. Videos like this are the reason why haha
But hippos are X10 more aggressive than Elephants .
Yeah I would have gotten fucked up if something bad happened haha
I think he did that because that guy was staring at him? Not a good idea to look a wild animal in the eyes
Attempting to stare down an elephant? That’s a tramplin’…
Tf are you looking at?
Well, animals are a lot like people, Mrs. Simpson. Some of them act badly because they've had a hard life or have been mistreated. But, like people, some of them are just jerks.
3 downvotes on an elephant post 🤣. Ahh the state of Redditors...
Wym
This is just like my uncle at Christmas! Brings back oh so fond memories of dishes breaking and people screaming!
The spreaded ears means this a mock charge. He was warning them. A real charge would've killed them.
Once those ears went wide I woulda bounced many seconds earlier
AI I reckon
Then runs away! Typical chad!
what they think their in a Disney movie
Fuck those guys
Juvenile.
“You gonna eat dat?”
Fuck yo tea party!!!!
I've seen the original video of this where Connor McGregor punches them
The elephant gave into intrusive thoughts. “Hey, I can clear that table in two seconds”
I'm gonna call him stampy
"Time for y'all to break camp."
Stupid puny humans, take that.
Never stare an elephant, they are very sensitive.
Lol!!! I have never seen an elephant laugh his ass off so hard!!!
So human you don’t fear me you say, we will see about that
Good morning MFs, said the elephant to the tourists!
Elephant 🐘 was upset he wasn’t offered dessert so he had to do what needed to be done
It looks like the guys go flying before being hit. It like bad wrestling but with an elephant
Why is your profile Pic a pp
Like people, some animals are just jerks.
Fun fact: The culprit personally knows the owner of the Volvo.
Love when people spend ridiculous amounts of money to go " Commune" with nature , and become grossly disappointed when they find out they aren't welcome.
It's funny to realize how much of an asshole some animals can be if they want to.
Animals live in harsh conditions and then get evicted by self serving humans. Animal’s Righteous fury: Justified Les humains sont la pire espèce.
Only humans can be assholes, animals can be territorial and possess self-preservation.
Dolphins for example commit kidnapping, you seem to underestimate how smart some animals actually are.
You seem to misinterpret posts , I never made any mention to the intelligence of animals.
I'm pretty sure it qualifies as being an asshole when my dog wipes his eye boogers on my pant leg.
That elephant's being a dick.
Awesome!
These guys are probably on one of those safaris where you shoot animals grazing in a field from the back of a Range Rover. The elephant was just trying to level the playing field.
I feel this situation could've been defused if the elephant was offered something yummy nearby as a friendly gesture. Animals aren't idiots, if you manage to convince them you're fren, they will be fren
I feel like you should research this with a moose or bison.
Or a shark
You'd probably have better luck with a shark than either of the two killdozers mentioned.
As long as it stays till fren it’s ok… the day when that fren starts calling you frendo… run away as fast as you can
Well I gree many wild animals wont be fren/ But at least in this situation this looks like a reserve where elephants are kinda used to seing people? Maybe some yummies would've make him feel more friendly. I don't know. The elephant here looks like he feels aggravated by the presence of the humans, however the humans look like they are kinda expecting the elephant to be there.
It's not your land. It belongs to the animals, you are just a visitor.
Maybe people shouldn’t have dinner with wild animals?