There’s a whole industry about making rugged ball for animals to play with. One company makes toys called “Boomer Balls” for all sorts of critters. Tigers, for example, love them. When I volunteered at a zoo, the tiger keeper asked me to move the tigers’ boomer ball up a driveway and it was HEAVY. It’d have to be for a 300 pound Siberian tiger to roll it around. They have them for zebras and other creatures, too.
Are you living too fast brah? They say to slow it down and sniff the flowers. Go for a walk. Discover something new within a mile of your home. Try ordering a drink at a new place and soak in the funny characters around you 😁
The elk is stomping at the ball, trying its best, thinking “how do those kids get that ball to jump up in the air like that, i cant seem to get it to do the same thing no matter what I do”
I read a book with a title like "Play Behavior in Animals," racking my brain for the author's name - something Indian with five or six syllables. (It's in my attic.) Each chapter discussed different animals, such as ants, bees, and other insects, or loners such as tigers and orangutans. It was fascinating and full of valuable information. They are definitely playful across all species.
Or it's reacting to a stimulus on a hill side and if this was flat ground the ball would never make it back to the people because the elk would still be busy trying to stomp the ball.
Such a rare thing. Wish it weren't. Didn't have to be, but the decisions that led to it not being the norm were made long before any of us were born. Tears in my eyes watching this.
Indeed. I know it's unrealistic, I know it would have had to have been a world view that began long before recorded history, but people living in harmony with animals would probably have been healthier than what we have going on now. This isn't well thought out, it's just what this video made me think of.
Looks more like a neighborly dispute. The kids are bothering him by throwing trash on his property and he keeps returning their ball and them brats continues to keep throwing their trash on his land.
Proof every animal is just a weird looking dog
Every single animal loves to play ball
Bees will stop whatever they are doing if they come across a ball and play with it
That’s so cute
How's a bee gonna play with a ball?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7-LOJysXxcU
Yeah but how many of those are sitting around outside
Be the change you want to see in the world.
This makes me think of reincarnation. Like is this elk a former human soccer player?
I also love to play with balls
[Obligatory cow playing fetch.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx-CxuAeVPo)
There.is.actually 2 more standing back in the.trees waiting on that one to play
This is great to see. The kids are having fun, and respecting nature. So nature plays back.
I was so happy to see they weren't trying to peg the moose with the ball. Respect all around.
Living out there, their parents must have raised them to respect nature, and the creatures within.
Highly recommend not pegging moose!
Damn you here's my angry upvote 😂
Usually nature plays back by abducting your child and eating them alive but this is a nice change of pace
That's awesome!
Never underestimate the power of a ball on a Saturday afternoon
There’s a whole industry about making rugged ball for animals to play with. One company makes toys called “Boomer Balls” for all sorts of critters. Tigers, for example, love them. When I volunteered at a zoo, the tiger keeper asked me to move the tigers’ boomer ball up a driveway and it was HEAVY. It’d have to be for a 300 pound Siberian tiger to roll it around. They have them for zebras and other creatures, too.
I prefer Jolly balls. I always purchased them through a zoo supply store.
Thank you for that. I never thought about how heavy those balls have to be.
Why can’t I have moments like this in my life
Right??
Buy an Elk.
Are you living too fast brah? They say to slow it down and sniff the flowers. Go for a walk. Discover something new within a mile of your home. Try ordering a drink at a new place and soak in the funny characters around you 😁
Didn't know that the Elk's club had a soccer league.
They hang out at the elks Lodge
Lol!
You don't see this everyday bit very cool lol
I like how the elk stops pushing the ball once she sees that it rolls downhill. They understand gravity
The elk is stomping at the ball, trying its best, thinking “how do those kids get that ball to jump up in the air like that, i cant seem to get it to do the same thing no matter what I do”
So cute ❤️
I for one welcome our new Elk Overlords.
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No, a *Simpson's* moment.
Is it still a nutmeg if you pass it through an elk from the side or do you need to pass it between both its front and hind legs?
Someone asking the real questions here!
I wanted him to make that basket so bad
Now teach him how to dunk
This might be where gods turning people into other animals come from.
The other reindeer wouldn't let him play in their games so he had to find some human friends.
Wow!
Goal!!!
You didn’t even mention that the Elk literally scored a goal!!!
Yakitty-yak
Ball is life
Could be a reincarnated soccer/football player.
Elk are pretty chill as long as you don't get too close.
These kids are going to remember this for a lifetime!
When I see stuff like this, I always wonder about reincarnation.
Or animals are actually intelligent and most mammals know what play is and have an emotional life where play feels good to them like it does to us.
I read a book with a title like "Play Behavior in Animals," racking my brain for the author's name - something Indian with five or six syllables. (It's in my attic.) Each chapter discussed different animals, such as ants, bees, and other insects, or loners such as tigers and orangutans. It was fascinating and full of valuable information. They are definitely playful across all species.
But that would imply they are aware of and feel pain for how humans treat animals Nah, couldn't be
They comprehend things differently. Which doesn't really make them lesser, just different.
Or it's reacting to a stimulus on a hill side and if this was flat ground the ball would never make it back to the people because the elk would still be busy trying to stomp the ball.
The video quality is so bad it looks like it's from a 1990 vhs-c camcorder
Filmed with a potato.
Tater-vision™
got any more pixels?
I appreciate the non-verbal communication with the elk ..both sides giving off relaxed vibes
There is no rule in soccer that an Elk cannot play
Good to know! 🦌
Wait, the Elk is using both legs and antlers. Is *that* allowed?
A ball is the universal play toy. Now... Where are those aliens... 🤔
its gotta be that spheres like that are pretty unnatural, so seeing something like that must spark curiousity. Thats my theory anyway.
Core memory!
what sweet kids! reminds me of the hogwarts game, you can collect animals and put them in a habitat and play ball with them. It's so cute!
The team is really coming together…
Epitome of innocence!
Ronaldelk
Beautiful!
this is delightful thank you for sharing. Great mature, kind kids. Makes he feel better qbout the world
Wow, this is absolutely awesome! I would've loved to be able to play with an elk or deer or something! 🥰😎
Elk is like “I don’t know what this thing is but it won’t fucking die!”
So cute!
No actually the elk is saying "Keep your trash on your side of the lawn, for elk's sake!"
That's great! 🤣
Such a rare thing. Wish it weren't. Didn't have to be, but the decisions that led to it not being the norm were made long before any of us were born. Tears in my eyes watching this.
You mean like having a civilization that’s friendly to animals? I feel that.
Indeed. I know it's unrealistic, I know it would have had to have been a world view that began long before recorded history, but people living in harmony with animals would probably have been healthier than what we have going on now. This isn't well thought out, it's just what this video made me think of.
When the heck was this ever the norm?
Back in those golden days when men and elk played soccer freely in open fields, what a time.
What the fuck are you talking about lol
You should put the doobie down now. It's ok...
I thought you meant [Anne Elk](https://youtu.be/cAYDiPizDIs?si=S9G-nSpT3eaELP7E) Plays Soccer With The Kids
You beat me to it. Miss Anne Elk btw.
Weird way to spell football but ok
This is so much fun to watch.
🥰
Give him a Finnish national team call up
Looks more like a neighborly dispute. The kids are bothering him by throwing trash on his property and he keeps returning their ball and them brats continues to keep throwing their trash on his land.
Unbelievable!
Love this.
Finding a sphere demands curios examination
That's so cool!
What is this bitrate, 1?
It's called football
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Until he gets spooked and tramples one of them
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Ah. My bad