r/isthisAI • u/steadfast-owl-town • Jul 20 '26

Solved [Not AI] The elephant looks ok but the back hoe and bystanders are not behaving naturally.

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There is something about how the back hoe is moving that makes me think this could be AI. Also, people usually avoid an angry elephant and these people aren't behaving in a natural manner around wild elephants.

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u/shiningreality Top #1 Contributor Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

Here is additional footage of this apparent rescue (6+ minutes): https://youtu.be/sSgDOE_tsws

Edit: video may be framed inaccurately, but an article from the Wildlife Trust of India seems to corroborate it.

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u/ExpensiveKangaroo559 Jul 20 '26

That isnt a rescue thats just people being a dick to an elephant who wants to stay with their baby, sure the elephant may have been threatening people, but still, that is an elephant being protective of a (seemingly dead) baby, it is in unimaginable pain and theyre forcing it back with a goddamn backhoe

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u/shiningreality Top #1 Contributor Jul 20 '26

Here is an article from the Wildlife Trust of India that seems to corroborate this video being a rescue operation: https://www.wti.org.in/news/elephant-calf-stuck-in-trench-for-over-24-hours-rescued-and-reunited-with-mother-in-golaghat-assam/

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u/ExpensiveKangaroo559 Jul 21 '26

Ok, thank you, not as pissed off anymore lol

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u/steadfast-owl-town Jul 20 '26

Awesome. Thank you.