Close encounter with elephant in Serengeti

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มี.ค. 2016
  • On my trip to the Serengeti, Tanzania we encountered a massive male elephant. He walked to the car and everybody in the car had to be absolutely silent. The ranger said that the elephant could not distinct people in a car, he just sees a car or big object. I had a 'Jurassic Parc' moment: the one with the angry dinosaur looking through the window...

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  • @amethystiummamethystiumm6212
    @amethystiummamethystiumm6212 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    A nice calm elephant just greeting them by lifting his trunk😁

    • @adam28xx
      @adam28xx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, in many of these elephant encounters that you see here on TH-cam, the lifting of the trunk as they get near seems to be a kind of "hello" or the equivalent of the Italian "Ciao"!

  • @robertbarger6244
    @robertbarger6244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Adults are some times harder to silent than children. The one's in this safari did really well when the guides told them to be quiet and still. Awesome!

  • @skjelver4
    @skjelver4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The beautifully surreal part was when the elephant passed by. It was like a tree had walked by. I also loved the relieved chuckle at the end.

  • @Trixie287
    @Trixie287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    what majestic animals!

  • @franceshicks5337
    @franceshicks5337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    How fantastic to have such a close encounter with a fabulous 🐘 how privileged you were he was magnificent

    • @stritax9478
      @stritax9478 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not a privilege when it kills you

    • @franceshicks5337
      @franceshicks5337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stritax9478 keep out of his way then they are trespassimg

  • @ruthmohammed5244
    @ruthmohammed5244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a magnificent creation,so majestic....I love these beautiful babies...just peacefully walk by..

  • @snugbug5067
    @snugbug5067 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I think the Ranger/guides knew this bull well, and knew he was a easy going stable fellow. He was very calm. LUCKY FOR YOU ALL !! He looked to be 40 plus years old. My compliments that you kept your cool in the vehicle. 😱

    • @forpetessake3532
      @forpetessake3532 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      snugbug they know the signs he’s displaying -

    • @Masters_Yukesh
      @Masters_Yukesh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      40plus old elephant have big tusk enough to touch the ground he is maybe 20+ year old

  • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
    @Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You did a great job being quiet for him.
    He was so beautiful and impressive!

  • @007stuntman3
    @007stuntman3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! That's an experience you'll never forget, and fantastic work handling the camera, beautiful....Thank you for sharing...

  • @TheNatanbr
    @TheNatanbr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    It's like watching a living dinosaur 😄 wow

  • @m-possible1173
    @m-possible1173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    🐘 Elephant: "I mean you no harm...just going about my business. I need you to do the same! 😂😂😂

  • @MrCypresss
    @MrCypresss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Five tons of calm and confidence.

  • @2dasimmons
    @2dasimmons 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    My goodness! LOOK AT THAT TRUNK. Wow. Magnificent creature The Creator designed.

    • @amandaschuldt1400
      @amandaschuldt1400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2dasimmons beautiful. I’m in awe daily.

    • @drServitis
      @drServitis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why does the Creator allow women to be raped to death and children to die of starvation as we speak?

    • @drServitis
      @drServitis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Kathryn Mellor But god says he will help those who are hurting, and yet women die of rape every day, and children die of starvation every day. God was not serious when he said he would help them?

    • @Lonewolf---
      @Lonewolf--- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Kathryn Mellor ---Then how do you explain this?
      I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. ~Isaiah 45:7
      Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? ~Amos 3:6

    • @drServitis
      @drServitis 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrsAp425 Personally I prefer to believe in the Hindu elephant god Ganesha.

  • @darlenelovre848
    @darlenelovre848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Omg , He’s Big !!!!!!

  • @tm502010
    @tm502010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Now THAT was CLOSE!!!

  • @anniefannycharles9951
    @anniefannycharles9951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Reminds me of a scene in Jurassic Park... I love elephants but Im afraid I would have peed myself.

    • @Incognit-00
      @Incognit-00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly...I was about to comment this...

  • @maureenbernhardt1934
    @maureenbernhardt1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love them beyond words 💝

  • @SERGIO-cr6uy
    @SERGIO-cr6uy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "Do we close the roof?'.. That should stop an elephant that size..

    • @louiseg1869
      @louiseg1869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @ubertocreote3198
      @ubertocreote3198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha!! That's exactly what I was thinking! Close the roof? What the heck for?

    • @hechpee
      @hechpee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

  • @tjeerdoosinga9932
    @tjeerdoosinga9932 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Look the size of it beast

  • @stevenhulbert7655
    @stevenhulbert7655 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    The male showed no signs of aggression. He was walking calmly and was more curious than anything else. He did not perceive the vehicle as a threat the same as the first, you were basically invading his path

    • @shadrach6299
      @shadrach6299 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steven Hulbert I’m a devout coward. I would have had a heart attack.

  • @kaeorunthepchan9170
    @kaeorunthepchan9170 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @melindak6472
    @melindak6472 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That slow motion ..amazing ..😍😍♥️

  • @RoseSharon7777
    @RoseSharon7777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The most amazing animals on earth, imho.

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ditto, but many animals are amazing eg, whales and porpoises .

  • @adrestianyx7441
    @adrestianyx7441 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    such a stunning beautiful creature

  • @WB_19
    @WB_19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was expecting the dilating eye look into the window( jurassic park style)

  • @Gunners_Mate_Guns
    @Gunners_Mate_Guns 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's just strolling around being awesome.

  • @tooyoungtobeold8756
    @tooyoungtobeold8756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its mesmerising watching it slowly walk towards the camera.

  • @younqsammy
    @younqsammy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The elephant just said wasssup

  • @shobasujana6537
    @shobasujana6537 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The quiet gentle walk can never feel for these creatures presence!! Amazing. May God Almighty Jehovah bless them.❤️

  • @dennism103
    @dennism103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful majestic animals

  • @garybuller5656
    @garybuller5656 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    'Just out for a Sunday stroll....bloody cars...get out of my way..oh, can't be bothered squishing anything, today..tum te tum te tum te tum...'😎

  • @58jennypenny
    @58jennypenny 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    just a big gorgeous Elephant taking his usual path you happened to be on...

  • @judywintle3829
    @judywintle3829 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow 😯 that was amazing!! 🐘🐘🐘

  • @AndyM...
    @AndyM... 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pure Grace !!!!

  • @jiffyjim4038
    @jiffyjim4038 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Lucky bastards!Thank your lucky stars that this huge majestic creature didn't have a bad day...He would've leveled that vehicle and everyone in it.... Respect the animal kingdom...🐘🐘🐘

    • @christianemontazer1825
      @christianemontazer1825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jiffy Jim - he wasn’t in mast

    • @WildlifeObsessed
      @WildlifeObsessed 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Christiane Montazer - Also known as 'Musth' - a condition that is almost impossible to not notice, so No Danger here.

    • @christianemontazer1825
      @christianemontazer1825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WildlifeObsessed - must or musth is a periodic condition in bull elephants characterized by highly aggressive behavior and accompanied by a large rise in reproductive hormones. This elephant was NOT in must.😊🙏

    • @arthurjohnson5441
      @arthurjohnson5441 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Christiane Montazer b

  • @mimime5376
    @mimime5376 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is he strong enough to flip the jeep? 🐘💕 Love elephants. New sub from Florida. 🌴

    • @efraimperez2726
      @efraimperez2726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Mimi Me he's more than capable of flipping the Jeep over

    • @anastm1861
      @anastm1861 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just watch ' kerala elephant attacks' in TH-cam

    • @hechpee
      @hechpee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are safer in a vehicle with lions around than you are with an elephant around,
      they can crush your vehicle with you inside it or they can flip it over and then stomp you with you inside the vehicle
      that one looks about 5tonnes = 5000kg, that's about 63 men piled on top of you

  • @anelavitae3928
    @anelavitae3928 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Che splendida creatura 🥰🥰🥰🥰👑

  • @charliebird5299
    @charliebird5299 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible. 😮😍😊

  • @greybeard804
    @greybeard804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That guy knew exactly what he was looking at....

  • @janemoselfrau1176
    @janemoselfrau1176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    was für ein schönes video

  • @World-birder
    @World-birder 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Magnificent

  • @babuk5634
    @babuk5634 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of the Jurassic Park while he is going past the second vehicle.

  • @YVO007
    @YVO007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE YOUR ENTERTAINMENT

    • @jimmy30777
      @jimmy30777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They wasn't bothering that elephant! Lighten up, pal

  • @emilytolman46
    @emilytolman46 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! How cool!

  • @johnfranklin1955
    @johnfranklin1955 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    AWESOME!!

  • @ifonlyunu994
    @ifonlyunu994 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    just wow amazing creature.

  • @ecclairmayo4153
    @ecclairmayo4153 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how it walks directly on thr road

  • @wendyelsey7765
    @wendyelsey7765 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was frightening. He is so huge.

  • @bobbesearcy4918
    @bobbesearcy4918 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Geez he is just beautiful. Want to see one in person and someday I will so help me.

  • @stevecobham9682
    @stevecobham9682 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did the driver have his brown coloured trousers on?

  • @frankw7266
    @frankw7266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And just think... that "massive" creature is a mere puppy compared to what used to roam the Earth.

  • @satishpatel5260
    @satishpatel5260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    'wow a huge elephant ',.

  • @senaidecamargo8764
    @senaidecamargo8764 ปีที่แล้ว

    Será que existe ainda?

  • @williamelanningjr5440
    @williamelanningjr5440 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The big guy's temporal glands were seeping. Study up on musth... at this time of year he is less predictable and volatile.

  • @dacmiller
    @dacmiller 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful

  • @louielouiepks
    @louielouiepks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SSSSHHHHH, listen to your guide. Don't panic lady

  • @gabe6281
    @gabe6281 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dude, he could wrestle a big rig.

  • @brigitteschulze9463
    @brigitteschulze9463 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ein sehr schönes Tier

  • @donaldroberts9295
    @donaldroberts9295 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why didnt you pull off to the side of the road?

  • @jb3222
    @jb3222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Doesn't that car have a reverse gear? I would have been off down the track before the elephant had finished sniffing at the other vehicle!

  • @afanguru0815
    @afanguru0815 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Majestätisch göttliches Geschöpf wow😳👍😀

  • @tooyoungtobeold8756
    @tooyoungtobeold8756 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good zoom lens.

  • @deznutz3163
    @deznutz3163 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is why you listen to softer music and have peanut butter and a loaf of bread. Make it a THICK PB sandwhich and slowly pull away.

  • @louielouiepks
    @louielouiepks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    SSSSSHHHHH, it's a big bull

  • @vivianrinca6696
    @vivianrinca6696 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bellísimo animal!!!!!!!

  • @muratkaraali5704
    @muratkaraali5704 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unforgettable experience, I guess

  • @PrashantKumar-zm3yq
    @PrashantKumar-zm3yq 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Elephant: I don't give a shitt

  • @Ajithkumar2005
    @Ajithkumar2005 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    it reminded me about one scene in Jurassic Park movie lol...

  • @realevostevo
    @realevostevo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wish the elephant would have let rip a huge tail lifting fart as they watched him walk away 😈

    • @toughtalk747
      @toughtalk747 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what he thinks about them🤣

    • @goodgulf1319
      @goodgulf1319 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do elephants have 2 stomachs and eat digestion tampering anti-biotics with every meal. Cows do.

  • @senaidecamargo8764
    @senaidecamargo8764 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maravilhoso!

  • @maureenbernhardt1934
    @maureenbernhardt1934 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is magnificent he is Africa

  • @wholeNwon
    @wholeNwon 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just checking for tourist snacks that an elephant might like.

  • @atasibrahma3816
    @atasibrahma3816 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cute!!!!!

  • @screamingtima1318
    @screamingtima1318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What does the lifted trunk mean? Was the elephant sniffing for threats, greeting or what? I know a lifted trunk in elephant statues is good luck and a trunk over the horns denotes aggression. I seen one video where a group of men saved a baby elephant and when the group of elephants was getting ready to leave they all raised their trunks as in thanks. Can someone help me, please?

    • @christianemontazer1825
      @christianemontazer1825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Screaming Tima - he can smell if foe or friend

    • @WildlifeObsessed
      @WildlifeObsessed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Screaming Tima - Delighted to share my understandings.
      Lifting the trunk is a sign that he wants to get a better idea of what you are. Their eye sight is appalling. But they have incredible hearing and sense of smell.
      Almost certain, he had picked-up the vehicle's scent, mixed in with he was not sure what. Trunk hanging down is too oriented towards the earth. Lifted to your level and its targeted, focused and directed.
      Trunk up, ears out and lots of noise is good, if darned scary. It's all filibuster and threat.
      Ears out, head down, trunk curled under and a charge - not threatening any more. No joke. He is serious. This is real and outright attack is imminent.
      Go on a Safari - you'd love it.

    • @WildlifeObsessed
      @WildlifeObsessed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A herd with their trunks up is again, almost certainly, a sign of delight, excitement and that they are all talking to each other and friends in other herds, you may not even be aware of.
      Their voices are at such a low pitch that most human ears cannot pick them up. Such that you might not hear anything.

  • @GeorgeLeoDD
    @GeorgeLeoDD 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear World,
    If we fail to help, being nice and kind to other animals, we would never entitled to any either!

  • @sylviasmith105
    @sylviasmith105 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    She asked more than once he's not mad is he,he was a big fellow.

  • @ralphcraig5816
    @ralphcraig5816 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big guy selling the show...

  • @peckelhaze6934
    @peckelhaze6934 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Look like Jurassic Park as he went pass.

  • @technophiliac2282
    @technophiliac2282 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What makes them think it wont attack?

    • @gezzarandom
      @gezzarandom 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He wasn't in musth, but still too close for comfort lol.

  • @alkaedabrs941
    @alkaedabrs941 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The power

  • @skychildenlightened5413
    @skychildenlightened5413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ladies, you need to stay calm!

  • @michaelhannah4472
    @michaelhannah4472 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    just watching this guy not agressive but wary

  • @izom
    @izom 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    that size!? OMG

  • @SanaKhan-pf7yd
    @SanaKhan-pf7yd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍

  • @aubreyaskew4885
    @aubreyaskew4885 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, close the roof .

  • @markstasz2887
    @markstasz2887 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that the worlds biggest living elephant?

  • @vanessal7291
    @vanessal7291 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    🐘

  • @hutterite1
    @hutterite1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's not made, right? Aw, he's PISSED!!!!?

  • @Craiglanstrum1987
    @Craiglanstrum1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    He looked sad, just walking the road by himself....

  • @osmanozturk3451
    @osmanozturk3451 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg😨

  • @MrLightning59
    @MrLightning59 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Luck that the elephant was in a good mood. Should have taken your car from the path so he could walk on, like the first car did.

  • @bertusjacobs5541
    @bertusjacobs5541 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow

  • @user-or4rh6ni1t
    @user-or4rh6ni1t 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Какой огромный слон! Махина! Но ведёт себя достойно!

  • @sugarshamal
    @sugarshamal 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bit like the scene from Jurassic park

  • @vickynoneya4091
    @vickynoneya4091 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Think you guys are just in its way. Trying to stay on the path lol.

  • @jacquelinelarsen1721
    @jacquelinelarsen1721 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jerasic Park

  • @ladydiloftin4716
    @ladydiloftin4716 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe I would have ran away

  • @Incognit-00
    @Incognit-00 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:06 and 2:15 Massiveness 🐘🐘🐘

  • @franceshicks5337
    @franceshicks5337 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bull elephant 🐘 usually on own?? Females keep together to look after babies, matriarch? Is a mentor & guide?? Trunk very important to elephant 🐘 they put it over tusks to protect it,

  • @marybethcompetiello199
    @marybethcompetiello199 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Snuffleupagus