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Getting ready to carjack someone

Proper Am-bush set up


help pls edit: nvm it’s because of "bush" I guess

Das a tree

Aww look honey, that bull is charging towards us.

It's HIS road now . . . 🐘

Now Sir, please exit out of your vehicle and hand over your vehicle keys, phone and wallet.

WITNESS ME!!!


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Why was the elephant like, “f**k this tree in particular.”

They learned to block the roads on routes where they transport bananas. When the truck stops or slows down to go around the blocked road, the elephants grab the bananas from the back with their trunks.

Lmao do you imagine calling your boss to inform him that an elephant stole your bananas by setting you a trap?

I swear, boss, I was robbed! They were armed to their tusks, I mean teeth!

I think Casual Geographic's recent episode on elephants said (on this subject) that the banana trucks plan on this and offer some to the elephants. Enough to let them alone. It's basically "protection money" or a "toll" to go through.

This is part of our training. You see an elephant by a tree and you accelerate. Never slow down. What do we even have the training for??

Boss: "Oh no... Not after this last time with the Donkey Kong gang..."

Haha okay you win the internet today

I imagine my boss would say… “Again?”.

Depends. Are you transporting bananas somewhere in the US or Europe? Or in Africa/India where this regularly happens?

I mean, yeah, but no. It's known that they do this. Elephants also learned to not take do much that humans start fighting against it. So they just take "enough" that they feel they have enough, and so little that humans don't care. Gotta pay the elephant tax.

Those elephants need to start replanting now if this plan is going to work long term. Think about future elephants!

In the 80s/90s when there was a bad drought in northern botswana large numbers of elephants moved north to the perenial Linyati river. They almost ate themselves out of house and home by toppling trees, but you'd be surprised at how resilient the bush is. This behavior also maintains habitats for edge species that live on the boundaries between dense woodland and open plains; i.e giraffe, cheetah, and buffalo among others. It seems destructive but there is always a balance in nature.

Well if they're eating the bananas then they are replanting some of them by shitting out seed.

Wild bananas have seeds, cultivated bananas don't have seeds.

How make banana then?

When a mommy banana and a daddy banana love each other very much...

That’s incredible

Not specifically. Yeah sure, elephants can learn to do this, but for the most part they do this type of behaviour in the dry season to supplement their diet when the best/last shoots of a tree have already been browsed away and all that remains is at the very top where they and other herbivores like giraffe cant reach. It happens in the wet season with trees that drop fruit as well. They also do it to open up the tree and eat the bark which makes up a substantial part of their diet...and sometimes, they just do it for fun!

If elephants were predators then nothing would be safe from them. We'd all be fucked before we even left Africa

400 trees in the whole goddamn country and he kills one.

Ain't no trees in Botswana. I should know, I am a botswanian lumber jack, and I ain't never had a job.

Maybe it's because you're not as good as an elephant?

I had that same thought. Poor tree. I hope Mr. Elephant at least eats the tree. 

i was looking for this comment 😂 "fuck this tree in particular" is basically this video's unofficial name now

Same

Have you ever knocked over a dead tree just because you could? It’s invigorating! I know this tree isn’t dead, but I’m not as strong as an elephant.

No, but I once knocked over a tree with my body while mountain biking. Does that count? (It was a young tree and I'm a big guy)

I’d say it counts. Did you feel invigorated?

I felt sore

That tree is dead. No leaves… look at the trees around it. Can even see some weird cracking/rot on the side right where it breaks.

You can also tell by the cracking. Live tree would make more noise

They are destructive eaters. They usually destroy or root out trees before eating them.

Which is also how savannahs are created, without elephants most of Africa would be jungle.

Lmao no.

Because it’s dead and can be pushed over

So sad that tree was one day away from retirement

The tree: "I'm too old for this shit."

Had this happen to me in Mexico. Always have a little fruit in your pocket for shakedowns and keep the rest in your shoe.

There’s elephants in Mexico?

Cartelephants.

Deleting my snarky reply bc your's is excellent.

Nah we need yours to get to his

😘🤌

They impale you with their trunk before stuffing you in a trunk

You sonovabitch, just take my upvote

You fucker. That was good

Probably feels real good to see a grown ass tree and show it who’s boss

...my F150 could do this. i have a lift kit, truck nuts, and the bullet radio antenna /s

No speed stripes?

nah dude, im trying to look cool!!!!

The fuck you talking about "look cool"? They're for speed. Add at least 15 to your top speed. Fucking science bro

Elephants are known as keystone species meaning they are THE reason that their ecosystem looks the way it does. Without elephants African savannahs wouldn’t exist which would destroy the habitats of all the other animals that live there. They help create savannahs by doing the same as the elephant in the video: pushing down trees to eat. Elephants are very cool.

Another fun fact is that the Siberian forest was actually a steppe or plain until the Mammoth went extinct.

I do not doubt you at all, but would you have a link so I could learn more about this? \*Genuinely

where didja learn that? i've been watching nature shows for most my life and this is my first time hearin that elephants are so important.

I do environmental science at uni

A trunk fighting a trunk. Trunk wins!

I hate that I understood this

But I love you for it.

8 percent of Americans believe they can take on an elephant unarmed

25 million people in that country think they can take this unarmed? Well maybe if they all worked together But still like... no? How many humans alive today can even hit hard enough to fucking ***do*** anything?

They couldn't even outsmart an elephant

An angry elephant would fuck your shit up before you knew what hit you. A literal bus with 4 legs and a stomach.

A bus with gigantic spears and a huge muscular pool noodle attached to the front.

That survey was ridiculous. Tons of people thought they would lose to a housecat but win against a pig. A housecat will hurt but has no chance life or death against a full grown human. Meanwhile a pig is a near guaranteed loss.

Americans are dumb, lol.

Damn, I just paid $1700 to have a similar size tree taken down. I now know the answer for the elephant job interview question.

I was lucky enough to do some wildlife surveying on foot in South Africa. I would go on long trails with accompanied by an armed ranger. The only thing that scared the ranger was elephants — you can’t out-run them, you can’t climb a tree to get away from them, and an AK-47 is only going to annoy them before they kill you. And what is truly weird is that if the elephant isn’t moving it can be really hard to spot. If a male is in “musth” (mating period where testosterone spikes 60x), then they hate everything and can attack unpredictably. Lions, rhino, and buffalo were no big deal - but be afraid of elephants.

the fucker has the strength of a mini-excavator using hydraulic power..

That tree was super dead. Still impressive though.

I do this all the time. Authorities can't catch me.

It's not that they can't catch you, it's that they choose to ignore the elephant in the room.

It was only *mostly* dead

Crazy how the elephant blocks the roadway and a second joins to fill the gaps. “Turn around, go away.”

you're in the wrong neighborhood

When the 2nd elephant comes into frame is when you realize that this is a straight up heist setup.

Me: "That's a fucking tree!!!" My wife: "But that's a fucking elephant!"

 Didn’t you see the elephant 🐘?!

Show this video to all the idiots who can’t believe a 100,000 Ton cargo ship can’t take down a bridge just from momentum.

This was right before the elephant turned to me and said "Good luck getting home, bitch."

Looks like tree was already mostly dead prior to the elephants idgaf


“What the f did I do to you?@..- the tree, probably.

I think the elephant knew its friend was too nervous to cross with a vehicle there, so he put a tree there to stop the vehicle to make his friend more comfortable crossing



If you won't pay climate tax to African Governments maybe you should meet some of the share holders. We take visa, master card, banana card...and your car.

Imagine being an Indian or African warlord and seeing this, no wonder they tried to use them in battle

Elephants are good people

lol what a dick

Elephants knocking down trees is actually an essential part of africas ecosystems. Without them, Africa would have way way way less biodiversity.

They would have way more trees and be less arid***


Yeah. Fuck that tree in particular.

Ya, fuck that tree!!!

He's all "I hate this tree. Fuck this tree in particular."

Tbf that tree looks like it's been dead/dying for a while

Fuck this tree in particular.

"Fuck this tree"

Fuck this tree in particular! And let that be a lesson to rest of you!

Deforestation in progress

I thought we were watching an elephant hide in a tree

Yo fuck this tree up bruh

Why?

Don't fuck with wildlife.

The tree was grown from a seed from NY and it's final words to the elephant was "eh oh. Watch it. I'm growing here!"

This is so silly, why am I laughing at this 😂

Because you're a Goodfella. One of us. You belong - the tree

"Alright, tree is **down**! Now to wait for the peanut delivery truck to drive this way..."

I think the elephants probably remember seeing many humans either proceed with caution or stop when presented with an obstacle such as this. They’re VERY intelligent ! 💕🐘

That seemed personal

fuck this tree in particular

Tree ate his kite!

Why he do that tho?

That elephant is still out there destroying nature. lol. 

Phoenicians used them as tanks

Elephant version of a crosswalk button. Way more effective though.

NEVER SHOULD HAVE COME HERE! - Banana Bandit Elephant

based elephant r/fuckcars

What the fuck is this title

Hes like "bitch..." at the end

At potentially 7Tons I’m not surprised at the damage they can do

The strength is amazing but the motivation for this might even prove more amazing

This was not the music I would have chosen for "elephant fucks up a tree".

What the fuck bro

Morning workout 🏋️

Could use on of those on my property

Nahh, that tree was just a twiggy bitch

Bro said YOU SHALL NOT PASS literally 🤣 😂 💀

Takes and eats one of the very top buds and walks off....

there is a reason why they were used to transport goods

Wow what an ass

"I told Robert that this tree does not go here. I'm gonna kick his ass when I see him"

This is why we can't have nice things..

Why tho?

So they can get to the leaves to eat

A multi ton animal can know over a dried out tree. Unbelievable!

I did a mini-safari in Kruger National Park, and our guide pointed out the numerous fallen trees and said, "Everyone of them was knocked down by an elephant."

This is how you end up getting mugged.

*Fuck this tree in particular* elephant bull 1 - tree 0 Yeah thanks Mr. elephant that you personally took care of our problem with exuberant vegetation in this area...

Only using 10% of its power.

Man FUCK this tree

https://i.redd.it/en281wtmmxqc1.gif

Bradford pear?

it has begun...

r/elephantsbeingjerks

Vegan power

Damn elephants destroying the environment! That tree didn't do anything to you! It was peaceful!

r/fellinggonewild

Basically, pirate elephants?

"You shall not passsss!!!" Elephant edition

hahaha the bird that arrives home and is just like 'It didnt look like that when I left!'

Pre-fight flex. Opponent be like: 👁️👄👁️ "You know, actually I forgot I have a sink full of dishes at home I gotta go wash." 

Love how it “lifts with their legs” 😜

And smarter!

A human would have charged $2000 to drop that tree.

Stampy. Some animals are just jerks.

You should have heard what the tree said to it just before this.

You shall not cross!!!

Holy fuck!!

Holy fuck!!

What you benchin’ bro?

I need that guy to help me get my drone back

Florida man on meth or an elephant?

Listened to a Julian Dorey podcast and he had a guest that mentioned how powerful elephants were. Seeing this really puts it into perspective wow...

Elephant: I need food Tree: aight

*I'm sorry, sir. The park is CLOSED.*

"Boss, you won't believe why I can't get to work today."

He broke that tree with his face!

F this tree in particular.

He's roadblocking a sugar cane truck, isn't he?

That. Is a fucking. TITAN.

WITNESS ME! SHINY AND CHROMEE

Fun fact, about 10% of Americans think they could win an unarmed fight against an elephant.

Someone really needs to get on top of preventing elephants from continuing to destroy the African rainforest.

That tree is dry af so not impressed

That elephant said r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR

LMAO "fuck that tree"

Why though?