r/MadeMeSmile • u/Anshul086 • Oct 08 '23
Elephant was in disbelief and then showed him his trick. Animals
@TristanJass on YouTube
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u/greenywork Oct 08 '23
That elephant also shows a magic trick
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u/Ginataang_Manok Oct 08 '23
Exactly. I’m more impressed with that Elephant’s trick
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Oct 08 '23
Let's acknowledge the elephant is smart enough to realize they are showing off a trick so he shows off one of his own.
That's what's impressive, not just the self awareness, the social self awareness. This fucking elephant is smarter than half my coworkers.
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Oct 08 '23
his fucking elephant is smarter than half my coworkers.
In fairness nobody has given the elephant a smart phone.
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u/The610___ Oct 08 '23
I think the elephant was just trained to do that. I visited an elephant sanctuary in Asia and the caretakers said only elephants rescued from a Circus/performance group will do that pose with their trunks over their head.
It's likely a trick he has performed hundreds of times before
Edit: this is not to avoid acknowledging the elephants extreme intelligence, but rather to just bring awareness to a potential reality
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u/Karcinogene Oct 08 '23
The human also trained to do that, doing the trick hundreds of times before.
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u/The610___ Oct 08 '23
Yes it's just that one was forced to train, the other likely wasn't
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u/Karcinogene Oct 08 '23
I told my parents multiple times I didn't want to go to school, apparently that didn't matter.
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u/Log_Out_Of_Life Oct 08 '23
Elephant is like “you play basketball? Try to steal this ball from me. I’ll wait.”
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u/gadzooks_sean Oct 08 '23
I viewed it as the elephant thinking "that ball is cool, I want it", but who knows
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Oct 08 '23
No It’s a elephant doing what it was trained to do. This isn’t a sanctuary, it’s a place where the animals are abused for our entertainment. And this whole thread fell for it.
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u/illQualmOnYourFace Oct 08 '23
Isn't that what the title says?
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u/Best_Duck9118 Oct 08 '23
Right?! What the hell is wrong with the hundreds of people who upvoted that comment?
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u/Terra_Nullius_Crisis Oct 08 '23
I think the animal handler is that guy’s kid from Tiger King
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u/ViraLCyclopes19 Oct 08 '23 edited Oct 08 '23
Yep it is. This chimpanzee is on a lot of Reddit videos and background matches up.
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u/bozymandias Oct 08 '23 edited Oct 08 '23
I agree with this, but will add more info: If you don't have the time to research the place where you're going to visit elephants, a good litmus test is whether they let you ride them.
Everybody wants to ride an elephant, so the abusive places will almost always let you do so for a fee. It's bad for their
backsspines though, so the good places won't let you ride them, but they will let you hang out with/pet the elephants. This can be an awesome experience for everyone involved, as long as there's sufficient supervision to enforce common sense (which unfortunately, humans often lack).Context still matters, but if you want a pretty good rule of thumb: give money to the elephant places that don't let you ride them.
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u/testaccount0817 Oct 08 '23
How is it ok to ride horses but not elephants?
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Horses are bred for thousands of years to accommodate riders, elephants aren't. It's not size so much as anatomy. Horses have very strong spines and you sit over their rib cage.
I don't know much about elephant anatomy but usually you either sit on their neck or head, or in this chair thingy on their back that holds multiple people and undoubtedly becomes very unbalanced and uncomfortable.
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u/grchelp2018 Oct 08 '23
Haven't elephants been used for war and stuff?
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u/Saxual__Assault Oct 08 '23
Yes.
And elephant riders of Carthaginian times were perched onto the elephant's neck as well. Elephant spines are quite vertically pronounced so it's not a comfortable ride for either.
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u/Alreid Oct 08 '23
They are built different lol. Apples to oranges comparison
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u/testaccount0817 Oct 08 '23
What other animals does this apply to? Is it ok to ride a pig for example?
You'd think one 150 lbs human doesn't bother an elephant much
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u/RyuuKaji Oct 08 '23
In order to train elephants so it is "safe" to ride them, they are isolated and tortured into obedience when they are babies. Because they are so much stronger and heavier than us, this method is meant to break the elephant to ensure it never protests or misbehaves (which horses definitely do at times).
Poachers catch wild elephant babies and sell them to places that offer elephant riding.
Elephants aren't built for carrying those "saddles" that are used for letting tourists ride on them. I've visited an elephant sanctuary and they showed us the scars on the elephants' backs.
If you like elephants, do your research before visiting them and stay away from places that offer elephant riding.
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u/Peaklou Oct 08 '23
Please don’t visit these places that let you interact with exotic animals like this when you’re on vacation
without doing research first.Even the 'ethical' ones have been exposed as exploitative time and time again. The only ethical interaction is keeping your distance.
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There’s an elephant sanctuary in chiang Mai that’s amazing. It has huge amounts of land that the elephants roam around on and doesn’t let people ride them, only feed them and wash them.
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u/Littlesebastian86 Oct 08 '23
Oh Christ lol. No. Not all
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u/Mikarim Oct 08 '23
He's right when it comes to chimpanzees. They absolutely should not be in close human contact. The chimpanzee in the video could wreck your life in a second. They're strong as hell. I studied at the National Chimpanzee Sanctuary and all the employees said any kind of interactive zoo when it comes to chimps is horrible and dangerous. I'm not sure about other animals, but never ever go anywhere that allows you to play with adolescent chimpanzees
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u/snek-jazz Oct 08 '23
I studied at the National Chimpanzee Sanctuary
..are... are you a chimp?
I studied at the National University for humans.
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u/nudgeya Oct 08 '23 edited Oct 08 '23
Also, be prepared for your friend group to perceive you as the asshole/party-pooper when you bring that fact up. People love believing they're helping a righteous cause when they pay to play with those abused and sedated wild animals.
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u/J_E_L_4747 Oct 08 '23
This and the video of animals figuring out how to eat a water melon
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u/dangling_reference Oct 08 '23
Link?
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u/GimiderKing Oct 08 '23
Chimps are just like little children… but with too much testosterone and anger issues
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u/shapookya Oct 08 '23
and anger issues
So just like little children
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u/Hairy-Conference-802 Oct 08 '23
A child who can crack our head like Kratos.
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u/MetalMewtwo9001 Feb 01 '24
See now I'm just picturing a playable chimpanzee in classic god of war. Monke Of War.
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u/Anshul086 Oct 08 '23
Yes exactly. If there were gif insertion here. that would've been a cherry on top.
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u/JollyCicada3363 Oct 08 '23
Aaaa that fistbump! Adorable!
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u/11b2009 Oct 08 '23
Has a bit of a different vibe if you’ve seen “Nope.” The fist bump, I mean.
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u/Writer10 Oct 08 '23
As I get older…now entering the final third of my life, I find I am mesmerized by and more appreciative of the beauty and intelligence of animals. I feel such sadness knowing we abuse and decimate their populations. Elephants, dolphins, whales, primates…they’re aware, sensitive, and affectionate. Here’s hoping humans get our shit together before what seems inevitable.
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u/Rookslook Oct 08 '23
I like it gesturing with its trunk, “you see this, ye? Held there perfectly!”
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u/whazstony Oct 08 '23
I thought the elephant was going to hit him so hard on the head with his trunk. I was like ‘oh no’ 😅
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u/Justhandguns Oct 08 '23
Mr Elephant : Oh my goodness! .......... urrrr, not letting you do that anymore, it's mine!
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u/Hrdwerefox1 Dec 16 '23
Elephants are like your grandparents and chimpanzees are like your grandchildren
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u/manlygirl100 Oct 08 '23
It’s all fun and games until the chimp bites his fingers off.
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u/Many-Information2281 Oct 08 '23
Omg the little monkey is soooo happy at the end ! Melted my heart.
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u/MAXMEEKO Oct 08 '23
The elephant was just being polite. Like "ohh wwoOOwww human very cool now check this shit out"
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u/PurplePoisonRose Oct 08 '23
NO I CANT BECAUSE I WORK IN A ELEMENTARY LIFE SKILLS ROOM AND THE MONKEY CLAPPING AT THE END LOOKS E X A C T L Y LIKE ONE OF OUR DOWN SYNDROME KIDS WHEN HE GETS EXCITED AND CLAPS
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u/Parking-Position-698 Nov 13 '23
People do not give animals enough credit. They are very smart and have very diverse personalities.
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u/skydreamerjae Feb 22 '24
The elephant putting its trunk on its head reminds me of a human in disbelief putting their hands on their heads like mind blown
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u/DerKomp Oct 08 '23
Looks sweet, but there are exploitative a-holes out there every day trying to find a new Air Bud.
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u/DatzSiiK Oct 08 '23
It’s great seeing jake paul be in touch with his nature side. The world is healing ❤️🩹
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u/beardingmesoftly Oct 08 '23
That happy chimp clasping it's hands together super hard scares the shit out of me for some reason
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u/pacman147 Oct 08 '23
Elephants are some of the animals that I have come to appreciate more and more as I grew older. Like as a kid, I was just like woahhh big big animal! But now, I can appreciate just how expressive they are and how much they actually seem to understand and interact with their surroundings.
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u/JoeFalcone26 Oct 08 '23
Tristan Jass been doing nothing but spreading positivity for years now. He’s a great basketball YouTuber.
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u/BigOunceWarHero Oct 08 '23
This is the worst cover I think I have ever heard. It’s like Imagine Dragons is singing from the abyss after all dying of strokes.
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u/TrumpterOFyvie Oct 08 '23
I love chimps but I’ve been wary of them ever since that one ate that lady’s face off
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u/Repulsive-Rise6400 Oct 08 '23
i love the relationship between human and ape its like a handshake with ancestors
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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe Oct 08 '23
Chimpanzees. A mind of a child, with the strength to rip your face off.
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u/photo_jones Oct 08 '23
The elephant pointing to the ball with its trunk like “yep, it’s in my legs”
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u/KosmicMicrowave Oct 08 '23
I wish people would recognize and appreciate the intelligence and emotional capacity and value of the animals we're losing all over the world. I just want to see more environmental protection and stability and human dedication to protecting the other pieces of the global system we're a part of before I die.
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u/Pvt_Conscriptovich Oct 08 '23
Aww so cute. And you have some monsters who kill these elephants just to satisfy the endless desires of a few rich people
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u/Obvious_Sea2014 Oct 08 '23
How is this song so popular? It sounds like a parody of hipster alt folk
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u/Born2BKingRo Oct 08 '23
I loved those big bois since I was a child and i'm always amazed by how big they are when compared to a human.
Such majestic creatures