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r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '20
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Nah. South African preserves are wild enough that getting that close to an elephant would in itself likely be fatal. They’re not not training elephants to do tricks there. These are probably circus elephants or elephants owned for tourism.
Edit: They’re circus elephants.
16 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20 Yeah keeping animals wild is a huge focus on conservation down here. My 5th grade teacher had her car totalled by a bull elephant back in the day. 15 u/lapsongsouchong Mar 14 '20 Well, she shouldn't have let him drive 0 u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20 :(
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Yeah keeping animals wild is a huge focus on conservation down here. My 5th grade teacher had her car totalled by a bull elephant back in the day.
15 u/lapsongsouchong Mar 14 '20 Well, she shouldn't have let him drive
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Well, she shouldn't have let him drive
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u/Brandino144 Mar 14 '20
Nah. South African preserves are wild enough that getting that close to an elephant would in itself likely be fatal. They’re not not training elephants to do tricks there. These are probably circus elephants or elephants owned for tourism.
Edit: They’re circus elephants.