Seminal elephant interaction with Alan McSmith
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มี.ค. 2017
- Just as elephant are ecological keystones, they are keystone to a greater awareness. They are ambassadors in a sense. Ambassadors of an ancient order of empathy, which is fundamentally connected to our well being
I tried the same technique with a bouncer while I had a good whiskey drunk going. Sadly, he did not respect the laws of the jungle.
Werty This gave me a good laugh...
Werty that was funny!
:D :D ha ha ha
Burmese - woahhh there
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This man doesn’t turn on the shower he just stares at the shower hose until it starts crying
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Ahahhahahahahahahah
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elephant is like, "well this is awkward"
I know it’s been a while you commented that but i laughed so hard i had the tears in my eyes
This.
Well... it’s your turn to turn around and run, did you forget your part?
The elephant wasn't charging
He was coming to help the man lift his gigantic balls of steel
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Not original, but still funny! 🤣🤣🤣
but that was before
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Lol!
As a former elephant keeper, I know that when they typically charge, you don't run - you actually take a step forward. It blows their mind that instead of running, you're actually advancing on them. They think that your kung-fu must be REALLY strong, or else you'd be running, so it puts that doubt in their mind and they stop their charge.
Jeffrey Dykes you must be Kung Fu Panda !
Ok ☝️ question-will this work all the time? What if one actually keeps charging? Well 2 question lol
Sam wise Then you're fucked. But do you really think you can outrun an elephant? Unless you're Usain Bolt
Jason Goodman I can’t outrun one but if you keep turning and not run in a straight line I think you can
Yes because clearly no elephant keepers exist or go online, and everyone is a loser with no real skills like you.
BTW OP, this works with most predators unless they are famished. The risk/reward is not worth it when attacking an animal that stands it's ground. Predators are tactical and cunning, and will not risk much when finding food.
I like that the elephant tried one more time and kicked the brush when it didn't work haha
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Well after that I found that elephant sitting near river and evaluating his meaning of life
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Elephant: “Sorry, gents, this is private land. If you insist on filming here, I’ll have to make a small charge.”
Plot twist..the guy is blind.
DUDE I CANT BREATH
Fuck i cant stop laughing
Lol, that's funny.
nice one
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The cameraman is a silent gopro drone
For real?
No way.
Putther 6
lol
bro you are sharp as f*** , indeed the cameraman has big guts too
incredible understanding. Alan moves forward as the elephant does, but only enough to show he is not afraid and is confident, not so much as to be aggressive. he doesn't escalate the encounter, just shows he's not to be fought.
then as soon as the charge is done, he backs up and shows he's not interested in fighting anymore than the elephant is, he's basically he'll fight if he has to, but doesn't want it.
not only does the elephant get it, it doesn't really want a fight either, it's concerned that this creature means him harm, but it sees his confidence and resolve and doubts if it could win if it came to contact.
the best part is that they both back down and leave together, neither has lost or won any kind of dominance, just a mutual recognition of danger
Dear all,
Thank you for taking the time to comment on my seminal elephant encounter video and it would be great to respond by sharing the story behind it.
The video, filmed on a wilderness trail, is a one-in-a-million encounter. It is authentic and the elephant is wild, not trained. Neither are there any AK47s, snipers or nuclear warheads behind me.
As a wilderness guide i strive to avoid confrontations with wild animals, and in 30 years of guiding, have never deliberately provoked one. The default reaction of wild animals, including big game, is to avoid encounters with humans.
However, the reality is that things do not always go according to the book.
Then what? As a guide, and have to deal with the scenario before you.
With all the hindsight in the world, would not have done anything differently. I did not get myself into a situation, i got myself and our trail party out of one. How evenly the bull walks away at the end, comfortable enough to turn his back on us, is a testament to this.
I would NEVER suggest that anyone tries this! If you are a guide then i urge you to use extreme caution whilst walking.
In the jungles of social media sensationalism, the lack of proper context is often a casualty. It took me 18 months to post the video online because of this, but i wanted to share the wonder of elephants.
Therefore i urge you all to look beyond and recognize the significance of meaningful wilderness encounters. That modern man still shares a kinship with the wild. That our natural world … and its conservation … is absolutely essential to our well-being.
That in order to maintain our own respect and dignity, we must treat our environment in the same way.
My message is about a transformative view of elephant awareness.
And wilderness conservation. It is time to view these animals through a different lens, a lens that also incorporates our own wholeness and sacred attitudes.
The encounter was after all about the elephant, not me.
Please visit www.unjovu.weebly.com for more.
With wild warm wilderness wishes,
Alan McSmith.
Thank you Alan for an amazing piece of film.
I am more impressed by your camera man's trust in you!
Did he have a spare pair of shorts?
quand 2 intelligences se rencontrent ...et se respectent !!
Thank you Allan. Just for my knowledge I thought I heard that if the elephant really wanted to harm you, it would have pulled it’s ears back and charged.
Alan McSmith thank you so much for sharing this, it touched me very deeply and is a testament indeed to the sacred wild we are all part of. Having just come back from safari in Tanzania, this means a lot. Thank you. Thank you. Bringing the animals’ beauty and intelligence to the forefront. Jennifer
Alan McSmith UFC Champ Rose Namajunas brought me here. Great video. Thanks for the breakdown as well! Glad everyone including the elephant went away unscathed and maybe learned about themselves. Clearly you learned you are fantastic 4s The Thing.
I love when it kicks the tree. It’s so pissed he didn’t run.
This is quite literally the most impressive thing I have ever seen.
You haven't seen his balls
@@user-ho1vt8vz2l you did ? 🤣
@@naasthikan Don't try to either. Looking at such alien radioactive, high-density materials with your naked eye my cause permanent damage to your retine
@@harryg2484 plus they are so big even someone in the space wouldn’t be able to distinguish them
Elephant use ABS system 😂😂😂😂😂
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tats very funny
Rofl 😂😂😂
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The elephant respected the man more when he stood his ground while remaining calm versus screaming and running. He even tried him a few more times but the man still remained calm and showed he wasn't a threat, but not willing to just sit there either by waving his arms. They both go on to live another day. Moral of the story is it's not what happens to you, but it's how you react that determines the outcome.
Im pretty sure its not "respect" the elephant is experiencing there. If something doesnt feel the need to get to cover you would probably think twice about fucking with whatever that is.
I'm pretty sure anotherKyle doesn't own a dictionary.
Well said, I especially appreciate the “moral of the story...” a wise sentiment to contemplate. 👏🏽
Wise words indeed! 👏🏽
Alan used conqueror's haki on that elephant. He has the potential to be the pirate king.
Azizsomething That’s Jack of The Beast Pirates 😆
Ayye one piece fam😍
Dammnnnnn😂🔥
Ranger man: *doesn't run*
Elephant: "you weren't supposed to do that..."
i love how the elephant kicked the bush to attempt to scare him
Elephant was like “For the last time, I don’t want your vehicle extended warranty”
I couldn't go on a safari with this guy as I would be constantly having to change my underwear.
Just don't wear underwear.
over-wear will need changing too
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Same
Me 2 😂😂
What's even more impressive is how normal you walk with those giant balls
After he turned around and said "I'm actually not a guide but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night"
That kick of frustration at 1:50 😂
It’s not simple calm energy. He reads the elephant well and knows how to reciprocate in kind. Elephant looks almost bewildered at how this person can speak their language lol.
That’s the ballsiest thing I’ve seen in my entire life. 👏🏻
That victorious smile at the end 🙌🏼
And probably a somewhat relieved one.
After seeing this, I would trust this man with my life.
camera man remaining calm and capturing it, is the true hero!
Showing just how fantastic the relationship between man and nature can really be. Complete respect for the animal and the man from the animal. Years of experience here. Top video. There are few places where one can still do this. Many elephants are hunted and harassed and in areas like that maybe the encounter would have been very different. We can see here that Alan Smith is an area he knows well and the animals within.
Hi Murray, many thanks for your comment and astute assumptions of the encounter. It really is a wonderful example of the value of energy and as you say, the relationships between man and nature. Its interesting to point out however, that the footage was filmed in an area of moderate to high historical hunting and poaching pressure. Energy can still transcend this.
Alan McSmith Energy bis everything.
@@alanmcsmith9433 Not that it's the same, but I marvel that there are big whales old enough to recall huge murderous onslaughts against whole schools of them, but when they are near relatively small boats and decide to breach, they do it at a safe distance from the boat. Some are even very gentle with divers. It's quite a moving testimony to the sagacity of animals and perhaps the vibes of different humans. All blessings on your path.
@@mortalclown3812 its is only humans, blessed with infinite 'intelligence', that hold grudges like this ... animals are able to step outside our limited logic and show us the way. Following, is, the challenge
@@alanmcsmith9433 Are you still alive? I ask because just watching that took years off of my life.
That elephant really put on the brakes during that first charge. Amazing snowplowing.
Shit made me drop my phone and start running!
yo Alan took a step forward and the elephant was like
*”this wasn’t supposed to happen”*
That elephant wasn’t actually charging. He was just pulled in by the gravitational pull of his moon-sized balls.
BALLS OF STEEL!!!!
carlo fraiia : Brain of pudding.
Bumble Bunny not really, what you are saying is the only dumb thing, if he run it would be worst
1:07 Honestly, who brings a trunk to a stick fight???😂😂😂😂
Bïg Bøy that trunk can lift half a ton, can a stick do that?
ShadowJ Gamez, bruh.
@@ShadowJ667 yes
I’m already Sans Undertale ok heres what i want u to do: get a stick, then try to lift something that weighs at least half a ton, and you would be right if the stick can actually lift that weight without breaking or getting damaged
@@ShadowJ667 Nothing like a good cup of cringe. Thanks.
he isn't tough
he probably had a dragon behind the camera
Massive HANGERS
Sure bud
Elephants are such wonderful animals.
"Wait, is that a stick you got there?
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uh, never mind."
Surprised this guy isn't making the tectonic plates shift with his giant balls of steel.
Wild animals are predictable in most cases but not in all.
My hat go's of to this man standing his ground and staying calm. I certainly would've had a load in my shorts.
Elephant's are magnificent creatures. Such beauty, power and grace.
Man has got balls of steel, no doubt in my mind now. Mad, mad respect for him #hatTip
Legend says that the poor elephant is still cured by one of the best shrinks in the world.
Yeah I am alright except for some brown stains on my undies ...
wowwww..I hope they pay you well.....
My favourite part is when Alan turns to the cameraman at the end and asks, "You all right?".
McSmith is a brave person and has intense knowledge about the elephant behaviour. It is not an eassy job to face a giant African elephant bare footedly and with just a thin wooden stick. Very few person can do this and McSmith is on of them.
It's amazing how fast that huge creature can move.
I would rather look at it from 200 yards with a telescope!
Unless in musth season, a bull elephant wouldn't try for a murderous attack and usually happy with these mock attacks just to puff up his pride (imagine a 6000 kg animal scared of an 75 kg man!)
That elephant is not 6000kg, not even close. 6 ton elephants are bigger than one in the video
Part of the problem with elephants is how intelligent and social they are; without "good influences" from dominant females, they are prone to misbehavior, and they do indeed have tremendous memories for being mistreated by humans. This elephant was just "flexing and yapping", if you get me. They get moody and territorial. I know they guide must have been shitting himself, because they don't ALWAYS stop, but he bluffed wonderfully here and poor Elephant Jr. didn't know what hit him. He slunk off having been thoroughly emasculated, haha.
The Elephant doesn't know that he weighs 6 tons. That simple.
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But he surely knows that he is big and strong.
@@fransbuijs808 sure, but no animal will ever fight another unless it has no choice, and even then it usually only does it when it knows it can win.
A lion will attack weak prey, because the risk of injury or wasting energy on a failed hunt is too high otherwise, unless it's desperate.
an elephant will mock charge to scare the other animal away, it won't fight unless attacked, protecting others or its hormones are making it aggressive. again, the fight consumes a lot of energy and any injury could be fatal.
Alan standing his ground like that makes the elephant doubt the outcome, no animal responds like that unless it's confident, so it has to either fight an animal that could harm it (it doesn't know he couldn't, of course) or back down. if he'd been aggressive, the outcome would have been difficult as it would have been a direct threat and danger, not avoidable risk
Alan's clearly experienced, first to see the body language and understand the intent and correct response, and second to have the resolve to follow through
What a magnificent creature, so beautiful tusks and all.
An elephant can hear your heartbeat and understand if you are scared or not. Alan here completely calm and cameraman is unconscious...
Luffy, learning haki while being the Camera man and giving us updates with Rayleigh was pretty sweet.
The Rayleigh comparison is insane lmao
Only God can create such a beautiful masterpiece.
Its not god its human and animal lol
I know right??
The elephant was cool too...
Agreed, and this video is a masterpiece; well put.
Subhanallah
So true!
Not even a flinch! A straight G!
We need to appreciate the camera man, he did not blink either!
Magnificient animal protecting his/her territory - scary moments when the elephant charged and only someone with experience would have stood thèir ground , if it were me i would have been faster than usain bolt in the other direction. Great video which shows that not all wild animals want to hurt or kill but just want to be left in peace
What a man...... Even an African lion will show it's ass when it come across the same encounter.
Really... Courage to the core .
He is really a man of steel. And the camera man too
This must be the priority of youtube to be recommend. This content should have many views and this Channel should have a millions of subscribers. ❤️❤️❤️
What an incredibly beautiful being!
and behind him..20 tanks and 35 comandos with bazookas
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lol
omg ty
not really
Reminds me of the movie "The Bear (1989)" where the little bear is standing down a cougar and thinks he's all tough and all when the cat runs off. He turns around to see the big bear is standing behind him.
Conqueror's haki
lol
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omg ;D best line
That's some Mick Dundee water buffalo zen shit right there
30 years of experience....and 300 years for the cameraman!
Super control
Of his sphincter
Elephant @ 1:34 : bruh this just getting awkward now
only visually. In reality he went to wash his pants after filming )...
@@aerok3 dude I woke my wife and kids laughing my ass off at your comment. I just didn't see it coming and read right in to it after the initial comment. Brilliant!
Nothing is more powerful than a white guy with a safari hat
Because of Alan McSmith elephants travel in groups.
1:47 "OH SHIT he's got a stick... damn it. I could break all his bones, but I don't wanna get hit with that stick."
He will definitely join Valhalla!!!
Only if he dies in battle.
Gandalf : You Shall Not Pass!
Or in my case : You shall shit your pants!
The dark fire will not avail you, FLAME OF UDUN!
Salute to that guy.... And the cameraman as well !!!
Elephant: I was just joshing ya!
Balls of ivory!!! ;)
When he turned 18 his parents moved out
The elephant confused he’s like tha never happened before they normally run 😂🤣balls of steel
That elephant is very brave ... Getting so close to that dangerous human, it's crazy :o
Respect!
God bless you for sparing this magnificent animal's life. All too often it seems, the way to solve a 'problem' like this is to reach for a gun ...
He didn't have a gun and mentioned it previously, but you're right: It's impressive in itself that he's not packing, as it were.
"Maybe If I do it a second time, he'll run" - The Elephant
That elephant is lucky to still be breathing.
Alan's interview:
Question: How can be you so calm and fearless. What should anyone do to get it.
Alan: It's nothing.. just stay married for 30 yrs.
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Daily Dose of Internet sent me here. I was so impressed with the footage I had to check out the original for myself.
Dude same.
Interesting thing to think about-
He usually thanks his sources in the comments; So he probably has a comments under this video somewhere.
Thank you Alan for showing this world how amazing this world can be, and how mind-blowing it is to be a human being in it. I worked in wildlife parks before, and although elephants are majestic creatures to observe up close, they're also smart, and very naughty haha!
That night in the bar.. the elephant told his boys the men ran
Example of iron balls.😂😂
Is this what David So was talking about ?
Even after watching this I M LIKE RUN FOR YOUR LIFE in the same situation 😂😂😂🤣
And the Elephant sulked away muttering under it's trunk.
Hello. I wanted to kindly remind you that I sent you a message about your video. Please read my previous comment. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
i tried the same performance in front of my wife........wife said " you really want to die?"
It comes with a lifetime of experience. Reading wild animals in your daily job becomes second nature and you never stop learning...
Really nice.. i watch this over and over.. Beautiful nature, and also this man who shows us this.. tnx..
Iron Balls McSmith
Can you please tell me how you knew to not flinch and to stare him down and then wave your stick gently into the air. How did you know that that was the perfect recipe for this situation?
Experience!
BRAVO! BRILLIANT! Love elephants and protect them everyone!
Elephant: "perhaps if I try again and kick a small tree this time? No? Oooohkay, better not mess with this one, I'll be on my way then..."
Um...that's a nice dog, what breed is that ?
the value of 30 years experience? I dont think so. the mercy of the elephant you mean
Ottoman Empire not really this is natural elephant behavior , they are used to creatures running away from them when they charge so when you hold your ground it confuses them and makes them more wary and offset. its standard guide procedure to never run when an elephant charges you like that , it actually puts you in more danger and it takes experience/resolve not to give into your primal instinct to run away from a 5 tonne animal running straight for you , as well as understanding their general behavior and body language
Alan giving me Hiccup from How to Train your dragon vibes.
This is incredible, such a gift