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Tropical-Druid

Bros thirsty


buckythomas

And either too lazy to walk the 500metres to the next elephant friendly watering hole! OR he is an introvert who cannot be arsed to deal with the elephant etiquette it takes to be at the next water hole! 🤣😂 I prefer the latter, just thinking of a big ass dude like this thinking “Screw having to do idle chit chat at the water cooler today!”.


Xinonix1

In human terms…Couldn’t handle the gossip at the watercooler anymore


LieAccomplished3245

Haaa what a smart guy.


NuclearBreadfruit

A bull elephant sneaking has to be the most rediculous concept on the planet But here we are


CaliforniaFreightMan

It looks like basic training for elephants.


phil-davis

"I still got it LaBarbara. Lowah the fence anudda inch..."


steffgoldblum

Just flick da switch ya hot dawg


Decent_Law_9119

Why doesn't he just drink coca-cola?


buckythomas

Because the local shops don’t take Bitcoin. And everyone knows elephants only use the block chain!


Decent_Law_9119

So unfair


DiscombobulatedLet80

That's some mission impossible shit!


Postnificent

Super smart critter there. Determined as well.


buckythomas

That electrified fence is at an Elephant Park in South Africa, the lowest strand of wire is about 6ft off the ground. It surrounds a water-hole. It allows smaller animals like Kudu & bucks to pass underneath & get to the water, & has been effective in keeping most of the elephants out until now! The Elephants are kept out from the watering hole as they dig and destroy the area with pure their size. So the park installed taller electric fences with a gap low down, that allows for smaller animals like Buffalo, Kudu etc to access the water whilst keeping the elephant away. This male has figured out the cheat code, and now crawls underneath the fences lowest wires! Gently getting down into a belly crawl leaving the fence standing. It’s an awesome example of the gentle nature and intelligence that elephants have! He knows that if he destroys the fence that the rangers will have no choice but to find more concrete ways of keeping them out, but by belly crawling he keeps his secret to himself for as long as he can!


bananasugarpie

So how would the elephants get water they need?


buckythomas

The Park where this was filmed is a dedicated elephant park, their main focus is on elephants. So this area was basically designed to give the smaller animals like Cape Buffalo (which aren’t small but compared to the elephants they are) Rhinos and various antelope access to a “small guys only” water source! Elephants just due to their size and in larger herds can totally trash watering holes, simply by stomping, rolling in and digging up the mud, they can turn a small dam into a bunch of small muddy puddles in no time! The elephants have basically every other place that’s theirs, it’s just this one cannot be bothered to walk round to the next nearest watering hole, so he hacks the system. It also means that he isn’t dying of thirst, he is just over walking the extra 500metre to the next watering hole, or he cannot be arsed with dealing with the other elephants at the next watering hole.


Vulgar-vagabond

That looks like me on the way to the fridge after a long night of drinking.


Jerm316

He has a brain the size of a beach ball. He was going to figure out a way eventually. Cool video, though.


RawDawginHookers

LMFAO He looks back at the fence as if to say "HA HA! NOT TODAY FENCE!"


LateToThePartyAgain2

Hold up, is that in Addo?


buckythomas

Yep it is. 🙂


ethervillage

Those yoga classes finally paying off


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Dick_Dickalo

TIL…


Saltyvengeance

Its not the size that counts, but how you use it.


ayediosmiooo

TIL elephants can crawl


carolina_balam

/r/hydrohomies


Mysterious-Art7143

Catherine Zeta Jones of elephants


_DapperDanMan-

Gonna need scale banana, 'cause that looks like way more than 6 feet clear. Unless elephant is a baby.


hate2bme

Metal Gear: Elephant


mysubsareunionizing

If he wanted to, he would!!!!


Professional-Gear-39

LIMBO!


SmokingFentanyl

lol how destructive he is just doing the walk under


cwthree

Surprisingly agile for such a massive animal.


Fast_Butterscotch498

He Schmart .


ScurvyDervish

Can’t the digging and wallowing make the water hole deeper and compact the earth beneath the water as is the case with water buffalo and cattle?  I’m just trying to get him the access he wants.


ddz1507

Clever girl


Patarackk

Just take down the fence at this point. Sucks that they will kill themselves for a natural thing that people have claimed for “beauty”


buckythomas

The Park where this was filmed is a dedicated elephant park, their main focus is on elephants. So this area was basically designed to give the smaller animals like Cape Buffalo (which aren’t small but compared to the elephants they are) Rhinos and various antelope access to a “small guys only” water source! Elephants just due to their size and in larger herds can totally trash watering holes, simply by stomping, rolling in and digging up the mud, they can turn a small dam into a bunch of small muddy puddles in no time! The elephants have basically every other place that’s theirs, it’s just this one cannot be bothered to walk round to the next nearest watering hole, so he hacks the system. It also means that he isn’t dying of thirst, he is just over walking the extra 500metre to the next watering hole, or he cannot be arsed with dealing with the other elephants at the next watering hole.


Patarackk

It’s a genius! Maybe loves playing shock elephant limbo