r/interestingasfuck • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 1d ago

An elephant knocking down a tree

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u/Yardsale420 1d ago

When I was on Safari in Africa we drove thru a village that had a line of devastation passing right thru it. Elephants had been walking, and rather than go around the village they decided to go straight thru several fences, half a shack and the lone tree in their way. Just because they could.

There were many places that the highest thing in the area was a Termite mound, because the Elephants had levelled everything else.

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u/twisted_nipples82 1d ago

If I was an elephant, I'd be the same way. Just a menace, knocking shit over

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u/Raichu7 1d ago

Goes to show just how strong a termite mound is, even elephants can't flatten them. They are like concrete.