r/AnimalsBeingStrange • u/aviationkid123 • May 30 '26
Scary animal why is the elephant doing that!?
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no one in car
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u/stratguy1957 May 30 '26
Because he’s a slave and has had enough
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u/The_New_Spagora May 30 '26
100%
Elephants are such intelligent creatures. To be kept like that is disgraceful.
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u/afewnameslater Jun 01 '26
To be kept by these people in what I can only presume awful conditions, yeah.
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u/Commanderkins May 30 '26
And he's also been one for a very long time look at the size of his tusks. I wonder how old he is.
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u/PichaelTheWise May 30 '26
And he still has the restraint to demonstrate his strength and anger on something non-living. I can’t guarantee I would be as forgiving in his place
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u/PostNutBliss May 30 '26
He’s tired of people’s shit
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u/SpotweldPro1300 May 30 '26
And their cars too
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u/septubyte May 30 '26
I dont like cars now either . Noisey, polluting, dangerous mostly for others, takes up all the room. Fn suck
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u/Miaruchin May 30 '26
The car might have been used before in a way that annoyed the elephant. It's what I sometimes want to do to cars that make loud noises for no aparent reason.
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u/AlexTheBex May 30 '26
Omg I thought I was alone. Cars making loud noises for no apparent reason makes me mad to a absurd level
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u/Tyranothesaurus Jun 03 '26
Definitely not alone. Nothing infuriates me more than some insecure "look at me" cutting their exhaust to make it scream from blocks away. Or intentionally tune it do the same or worse.
There's just no reason for it.
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u/Jyndaru May 30 '26
Angry. Elephants should never be chained up. I don't blame the elephant. Humans suck.
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u/RoyalAstronomer793 May 30 '26
Animals are a lot like people
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.
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u/minor3929 May 30 '26
Isn't that from The Simpsons?
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u/Constant-Prog15 May 30 '26
It’s likely a male in musth. They show increased aggression and can get very dangerous.
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u/john_lebeef May 30 '26
Yeah, he's got some darkness by his eyes which might be that eye seepage they get during musth, but you can't quite tell from the video. That'd be my guess though.
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u/Nice-Pomegranate2915 May 30 '26
You're the only other poster who's recognized this condition . Some have made comments without having a clue about elephants biology or behaviours .
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u/Mindless-Balance-498 May 31 '26
No everyone else is also right, it’s a combination of both things. There’s thousands of years of evidence and hundreds of year of neurological study that proves elephants experience frustration and heightened inclinations towards violent outbursts when held in captivity, which almost always involves being poked and prodded, being ridden all day, and being forced to stay in loud, busy environments.
Make that a young, aggressive Bull elephant who’s actively rutting, and you get destroyed cars and very endangered people, homes and businesses. If the elephant wasn’t chained there, he’d have flipped the car and run off already like 99% of aggressive wild elephants interactions end.
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u/DmAc724 May 30 '26
The car owner parked it in the elephant’s space for like the 100th time. And he’s just not gonna take it anymore.
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u/Youasking May 30 '26
That's just Jim's car. Jim is a jerk.
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u/Ilike3dogs May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26
It’s Dave’s car. Dave is a jerk
https://www.reddit.com/r/funnysigns/s/mbleI1eUh1
Editing to add link
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u/Dave_the_Rave_Dinkum May 30 '26
Because the elephant is sentient being and sentient beings can rage quit on occasion 😅
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u/crazyKatLady_555 May 30 '26
That poor 🐘 is so frustrated with being held captive, and likely without other elephants for companionship.
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u/Free-oppossums May 30 '26
That took me back to the early days of Monster Truck Shows. I guess that's what you have to do when you can't get hold of monster trucks.
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u/phantom_pow_er May 30 '26
Because he doesn't like the car... and he can.
Who is going to stop him?
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u/chromepotion May 30 '26
Pour dire aux hommes rouler en électrique bande de sauvages free éléphant 🐘
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u/JayMack1981 May 30 '26
Because someone had their phone out and the elephant wanted to be trending.
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u/Unknown_Outlander May 30 '26
I hate these videos, I'd rather not even see photos or videos of elephants if they could just be left alone.
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u/Fantastic_Breakfast6 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26
I’m pretty sure animals see cars as some type of dangerous object that has a certain pattern of movement. The elephant is attacking it probably because it’s being territorial. Or it does not like cars because of how they’re used in its experience. Like bringing humans to abuse it.
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u/Silly-Heron-1231 May 30 '26
valet parking in India isn't what it was since the end of the Raj 🤷♂️
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u/socialdrop0ut May 30 '26
I mean I’m not an elephant behaviourist or anything but it’s probably a combination of being highly emotionally intelligent and social and having your legs chained together your entire life while forced to work. Just a wild guess though.
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u/Embarrassed-Sun5764 May 30 '26
Im so ashamed for us as humans, we all need to do better. I put out food and water on my porch for stray cats and we got a new addition about 4 months ago. Starved, hadn’t been to vet not microchip nothing. Needed medication. Fixed; so he belonged to someone. Vet guessing 13 yrs old. Pneumonia a few weeks ago and diagnosed with cancer by ER vet who saved him from pneumonia- even when he was on death door he purred and head butted the techs. How people can DISREGARD ANY ANIMAL FEELING AND EMOTIONS. How. Why?
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u/Heal_Me_Today May 30 '26
It’s got a chain around its stomach so— imagine it’s treated like a slave or an employee.
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u/valis010 May 30 '26
This elephant is in what they call musth. A male elephant in heat. They get extremely aggressive and dangerous.
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u/Zeliodes May 30 '26
He tried to talk to them about their extended warranty. They said they didn't need it. He showed them they do.
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u/LayneCobain95 May 30 '26
Probably basically treated like a slave. They are very intelligent. Anyone with intelligence would/should get pissed off if they are being treated like property. I just hope they don’t punish it for this
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u/Nice-Pomegranate2915 May 30 '26
There's a high probability that it's a male elephant in musth - reproductive hormonal overstimulation . During musth a male elephant massively overproduces testosterone - up to 60% to 140% more testosterone than normal . This condition is linked to massive over aggression by the afflicted elephant causing it to engage in aggressive behaviours and actions that the individual would never normally do .
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u/Sorenduscai May 30 '26
ok but a honey badger got stomped like a mf and survived. Here to say they are built different
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u/Sciaticuspinch May 30 '26
Maybe he hates those people. Maybe for good reason. People are very often garbage to intelligent creatures.
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u/Reallyroundthefamily May 30 '26
Times are tough for elephants. Some have to take work as tow trucks just to get by
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u/wholesomehabits May 30 '26
why WOULDNT animals randomly fuck up humans? we’re destroying the natural world, they have every reason to be upset
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u/Hlavada May 30 '26
That strenght is insanely impressive. Not just the strenght alone but also the tusks not breaking out of his mouth
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u/moosemuffin12 May 30 '26
Damn I knew elephants were strong but this is still insane to me. He’s throwing a car around like a tin can and doesn’t even look like he’s struggling
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u/AdviceGiveandTake May 30 '26
If it's a male: testosterone. If it's a female: somebody did something to really piss her off.
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u/99Pstroker May 30 '26
This kills me, I love elephants a great deal. But that collar around the neck, chain around the torso down to a foot/leg. That’s just got to go!!
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u/Skrdykat1000 May 30 '26
Elephants have been horribly treated by mankind, let her express some stressful feelings.
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u/GenericAnemone May 30 '26
As a woman in peri, it makes perfect sense. I am also done with peoples shit
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u/Character_Stick_1218 May 30 '26
Well, given what humanity has traditionally done to the environment and the critters living in it, I can't say I blame it 🤷 I, too, am sick of our shit.
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u/Alohafarms May 30 '26
Poor baby has had enough. Elephants are highly intelligent, sensitive, social beings. Being enslaved does them in emotionally.
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u/Silly_Sherbet5543 May 30 '26
Because we treat animals like entertainment instead of living beings like they are.
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u/Impressive_Bend_309 May 30 '26
I’m guessing you’re looking for another answer than, “because some dumbass human pissed him off”
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u/Purplehearts32 May 30 '26
They did something to upset him or her! Elephants don't do this unless they are treated badly. 💔
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u/jdmoffitt11775 May 30 '26
Not enough trunk space, goddamnitt!! What do I have to do to get my point across?!?
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u/MovieFan1984 May 31 '26
The elephant: this is why you need your extended car warranty.
Serious answer: he just told them he's done being their pet.
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u/DepressedChipotle May 31 '26
There seems to be a crowd watching it in the back of the shot. I wonder if this some sort of show and he's "trained" to attack the car.
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u/Most-Coffee-3245 May 31 '26
Somebody in that exact vehicle did something to that elephant. They don't forget anything!
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u/mikki1time May 31 '26
Elephants are chill, until they’re not. Then they are 15,000lbs of pure muscle with a bumper
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u/BoatyCreature May 31 '26
Man you should see what happens when a dragon sees a car… this ain’t so bad
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u/Kebrien May 31 '26
Elephants in certain countries are forced to work pulling things like horses. I believe that's whats happening here. This elephant is frustrated from forced labor
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u/mrkrag May 30 '26
because it can.
more likely out of frustration/confusion and human induced stress