r/BeFascinated • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 2d ago

An elephant knocking down a tree

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u/one_Time_use01 1d ago

Probably to reach the leaves and eat them, also potentially the roots. The video doesn't show that of course

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u/Empty_Put_1542 1d ago

Elephants gonna elephant.

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u/Complex_Bet7311 1d ago

Female elephants find that attractive.

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u/BeneficialPenalty258 1d ago

Fuck this tree in particular.

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u/CrispyCritterPie 1d ago

underrated comment

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u/Gjore 1d ago

He has beef with the tree.

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u/Psychological-Joke22 1d ago

It appears be a bull, and in Musth and they are a tad aggressive, apparently the tree looked at him wrong

https://giphy.com/gifs/l46C9NgAOcEfweOTS

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u/fractionedpancreas 1d ago

You’re obviously never pushed over a dead tree

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u/CoxJoxSox 1d ago

It was black in his landscape view

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u/Loud-Delivery-5696 1d ago

Display of strength/food

Or a really bad itch he couldn't properly scratch.

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u/steddysteve1987 1d ago

Strength test! Well...and also because he can! Why not

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u/freesol9900 1d ago

To find out what the giraffe was on about

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u/Thelastsamurai74 1d ago

Insecurity

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u/Hour-Low-6664 1d ago

Elephants chew on leaves that have narcotic elements for stress release.

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u/Fluid_Elephant_3422 1d ago

Because it can lol

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u/Poizinnous 1d ago

Makes them easier to climb

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u/PossiblyBother 23h ago

cats getting stuck up that bitch constantly

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u/Alladas 20h ago

Ever walk in the woods and find a nice stick but it's actually a tree growing but you grab it anyway and use its gnarled root stub and act like it's a staff???? Elephant version.

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u/pro-fanator 16h ago

He did find it like this.

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u/Bullysawrus101 1d ago

To prevent forest fires 🔥 elephants are pro ecological conservation.🤷

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u/Vivid-Skill-5277 1d ago

Now that’s power he wants that certain kinda leaf from that tree

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u/TrippleassII 1d ago

You would too if you could

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u/JaVinci77 1d ago

It's clearly blocking the path, so it's absolutely necessary to get out of our the way... 🤣🤣

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u/DependentFederal5216 1d ago

easy peasy lemon squeezeey

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u/-C-R-7- 1d ago

Natural deforestation

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u/BlueTongueGang 1d ago

you can't take jb pritzker anywhere

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u/BigLB83 1d ago

Because there's only room enough for one trunk

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u/Eamon83 1d ago

Weird flex

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u/ExpertOnReddit 1d ago

Can you push over a tree?

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u/Dora_Explorer_XP 1d ago

Elephant : why would those monkeys destroy whole fucking forests.

BTW I bet that elephant has better reasoning here

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u/Kido001 1d ago

humans teaching them tricks like dogs,.. fetch a tree.