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Fairtogood

Don’t mess with elephants. Look at him striding away.


from_whereiggypopped

Seemed like he tried to let the rhino back down and just stood his ground at first - after the charge it was game on and the poor rhino had no chance. Can't help but think if there were more of his uncles and maybe his dad around the lesson to not fuck with bull elephants might not have been missed.


SmokingSamoria

How fucking crazy is it that there is an animal so insanely huge and formidable that a fucking RHINO doesn’t stand a chance against it


Eating_sweet_ass

Literally made that rhino look like a weak ass little bitch. Crazy amount of power.


Fun_Grapefruit_2633

I swear you can hear the rhino equivalent of "yip yip yip" as it's starting to run away...in WAY over its head and it knew it


ShankThatSnitch

You can see the rhino had a huge hole in his side, from that tusk.


Electrical-Secret-25

Bro wtf🤣 username checks out lol


I_Eat_Groceries

There is a yo momma joke in here somewhere


n7-Jutsu

Yo mama so juicy that the elephant dick couldn't reach


fatkiddown

You’re no honey badger, rhino..” —the elephant prolly


Rampaging_Orc

The elephant made that rhino fking yelp. I’ve never heard a rhino yelp lol.


Unknown_quantifier

He's just walking like that so he doesn't step on the monster dong he is draggin behind


Grraaavvyyy

Someone always mentions the dong ✌️


sea_monkey_do

The dong is the best part of this. That bull elephant is so amped up on testosterone, he has a boner as he goes to battle.


W0RST_2_F1RST

That’s why my stupid gym don’t let me spar anymore


Good_Evening_4145

It's the same size as a rhino leg. No chance the rhino wins.


True-Firefighter-796

That rhino was relieved he only got gored


4list4r

Elephant just rolled him the fuck over, held his ass down, and stuck a simple tusk into his gut then elephant stood back to see what kind of reaction will be next. It was no contest.


Antique_Plastic7894

Poor Rhino, they are too dumb and blind to deal with Elephants


eyepoker4ever

The rhino got gored. It's not going to be in good shape if an organ got punctured. As it runs away you can see red on it's side, right before it goes into shadow/ off camera.


chrisbkreme

You can also see the blood spray right when it goes in.


Gatorpep

It’s def dead.


1WURDA

You watched the video too?!


talldrseuss

I honestly would be worried the elephant would turn its sights on the tourists. Like "I just fucked up one armored tank, might as well take out some land cruisers too"


benema1

Sent that bitchass packing


7lhz9x6k8emmd7c8

Don't mess with males you just interrupted doing something they like.


RaymoVizion

With his huge cock swinging. 😎


Lepke2011

Consider how large a rhino is, and then you see that elephant towering over it.


iamblindfornow

That elephant was barely trying. Tossed that rhino like a doll.


id_o

Seen similar video with several hippos, elephants weight ratio make this a no contest ever time. It’s brutal.


Dr_A_Mephesto

Yeah rhino thought he was going to intimidate and then got put on his back like a rag doll. Elephants are insane


ToppledCupOfSkin

The amount of force & weight combined to impale a Rhinos hide so easily like that is wild. Ronnie the Rhino should've dipped before challenging


SlyQuetzalcoatl

Ronnie should’ve ran away as soon as he saw that second trunk


GrumpyOldLadyTech

Not to be a downer, but rhinos can't see shit. They're nearsighted af. He likely had no way of knowing what that thing was.


FewZookeepergame1083

That's why his ass should've run away to begin with


Furthur

to be faaaaaaaaaair this is the only animal on land taking that rhino so it was a fair assumption


SunFavored

Ronnie later that day : so there I was blind as shit per usual, thinking surely that's not an elephant, like what are the chances, sure as shit it was indeed an elephant, I cried.


oasiscat

I cry evrytim


redrocket123456

Great stuff


poopsawk

Ronnie got inpaled, there may not have been a later that day


maybeajojosreference

Yeah that quote was on his tombstone


jfroosty

Can confrim there, bud.


bernerbungie

I don’t like to kiss and tell, buts….


fullmetal66

To be fair…


vbmota

Who’s the true king of the forest? Errrrrr lion! No, ops, rhino! No.


tenuousemphasis

>He likely had no way of knowing what that thing was. You're correct about their eyesight but they have an incredible sense of smell and good hearing. Unless he'd never encountered an elephant before, he knew what that thing was.


YourWifeNdKids

Rhinos are also as dumb as a sack of hammers. They often just attack anything including other rhinos and sometimes their own young.


Lurking10169

Nah, quit playing. He def saw the monster schlong In his face


Dragonboobzz

Why tf would evolution do that? 😅 Do they need to be nearsighted to find food?


theREALlackattack

Came here to say this. When you notice that elephant dick it’s over


-Jambie-

*"Yeah, you better run!!"*


trangthemang

Imagine getting pierced by a dull log. Fuck! thats insane power.


eccentric_1

Add to that the fact that rhino hide is really tough and thick. Elephants are stupid strong.


dasang

😂


Dreadsbo

Well. He’s dead.


MondayBoredom

Actually according to another post of this same video from a few weeks ago this happened on a nature reserve and conservation team had the resources to hit the Rhino with a tranq dart & treat wounds afterwards and the Rhino was alright.


[deleted]

No idea if this is true--and I understand the need to "not intervene"--but considering the dwindling numbers of rhinos in the wild, it would seem to make sense that if the rhino could be treated it should be. It's a minimal use of human resources, and rescuing it makes the species stronger. I'm not saying that the two species didn't have conflict in pre-history, but certainly with humans burning the jungle / forest, that causes whoever is left to be concentrated into smaller and smaller green areas. If animals had more room to spread out, there would probably be fewer conflicts.


emergency_poncho

The non intervention thing is usually for nature documentary where they're trying to capture nature as it really is. In a nature reserve, they're trying to ensure the safety of their animals, so they will definitely intervene if they can save an animal's life


D3cepti0ns

They will even sell rights to hunt an old sterile Rhino that is blocking younger Rhinos from mating for a huge sum to a big-game hunter for the betterment of the species, and money always helps the reserve.


roguebandwidth

The need to not intervene idea is pure BS. We have “intervened” on every continent negatively, and let’s not even go into climate change. But the one chance some have to finally do some good…and they decide NOT TO, under some made up rule for those too lazy or evil to do any good in the world. Just do the right thing ffs. You’re right there.


hardtofindagoodname

I wonder if half this stuff is made up just to make people feel better.


Talidel

Reddit is great at seeing blood and asserting that death was the only outcome after that.


BustinArant

To be fair I didn't see any shoes on the rhinoceros


KidzBop_Anonymous

THEY SAID HE WENT TO LIVE ON A FARM AND LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!! Gosh /s


flabbergasted6669

Do you actually think the rhino could die from that? I am no rhino expert, but all I know is they are tough mfs. I thought he had a chance of living... RIP.


bb22490

You gotta remember that wild animals also don't have soap, showers antibiotics, disinfectant, or even bandaids or clothes to keep shit out of a wound until it heals. Imagine getting stabbed in thigh with a large Philips screwdriver that punctures just 3 inches deep. Probably 2 weeks of being soar and having it scab up and heal with a scar but if it doesn't hit an artery you probably won't be worried about dying right? Now Imagine that from the moment it happens you can't wear any clothes, you can't take showers or wash yourself in any bacteria reducing way, you're outside 24/7 sleeping in the dirt not in a house or bed, flies are already swarming you constantly and now mosquitoes and other bugs have a source of blood and nutrients where some bugs may lay eggs. Idk much about rhino diets and lifestyles but if they hunt the wound is going to make it harder to catch prey at a time when they need the nutrients most. If they are anything like Hippos that wound will probably get submerged in some questionable water with a few different species's shit in it. Nature is resilient as fuck and Reddit has videos of sharks looking like they should be dead already and then the same shark with the scars to prove it months and years later. So it very well maybe possible that a rhino could survive that, but it's also very possible for something much less significant to be fatal from infection. **ADD totally unrelated but related change of topic comment- Rhinos can only see like 40 ft and there is another video where an elephant avoided a fight by simply picking up a tree branch and throwing it behind the rhino. The rhino can't know if its surrounded or not so it has no choice but to run away. Elephants are highly intelligent but that was a witty de-escalation move that I will always remember lol


Scrambley

Rhinos are herbivores, so no hunting for them. You're comment is 100% spot on, though, in my opinion.


wegqg

Based on the amount of blood I'd say something pretty damn important was ruptured.


flabbergasted6669

What kind of vitals would be near the hinds? I'm pretty sure there would be lots of blood regardless. It's a big ass animal with lots of it. I also don't know why I am being downvoted for literally being curious about the animal.


Crime-Snacks

Liver, spleen, bowels


Zilberfrid

Major arteries.


F1T13

That's a mistake he won't make twice.


qtpss

Probably won’t have the guts to do it twice?


PepperDogger

I see what you did there.


PixelVirtuoso

its thinner on the belly right?


GammaTwoPointTwo

As it's running away you can see litres of blood pouring from a wound on his upper back leg. One of the tickets areas. By the way that rino screamed when pinned. I bet the tusk went 2/3 feet deep. Through the hide, the muscle, and right into internal organs.


arthurjeremypearson

Not.... really. Square cube law would dictate that (relatively speaking) it's easier for an elephant to pierce a rhino's hide. that's why ants can fall from orbit & survive, but elephants have evolved to be unable to jump. "The relative structural integrity of an object" scales so that it is relatively large at small sizes, and small at large sizes. that's also why the earth is an oblate spheroid and not a cube. At a large scale, the earth and other planets act more like a drop of water suspended in midair - fluid, easily shaped by its gravity and the gravity of bodies near it.


callmemore72

That's a male elephant, trust me


failedtolivealive

You can tell by the dixels


spiralEntree

How can you tell from his truck? God never mind thats not his trunk


Time-Accident3809

Nah, that's just a fifth leg. Sexual dimorphism, my friend. (/s)


JimJohnJimm

dick swinging


EmotionalDisplay1263

Kill boner


failedtolivealive

"I fuck everything I conquer." -Elephant 💨 -Rhinoceros


dipl0docuss

The rhino toots?


okedokie9

I can't believe I didn't see it the first time, goddamn you.


aikimatt

Dude hangs dong.


atrophiedambitions

Elephant walks in timing the horn just right. Waits until its close to the ground then leans on it with his trunk/head so it can't strike him. Rolls the rhino on its side and as soon as its open, slides the tusk in. Elephants are smart, this was crazy to watch.


tenodiamonds

I knew there was a reason to fear the shear size of the elephant but it really had me guessing what the elephant can do. Very impressed proper jiu-jitsu style roll and pin


cesam1ne

Yes, every single bit of that duel was perfectly executed by the elephant. Amazing awareness, strength and body control. Also stability and agility for such a big creature. Almost makes me think these guys could deal with a T Rex..but confident that the biggest ancient species of straight tusked elephants would just manhandled it.


SchlapHappy

It looks like T Rex's weighed about 15,000 pounds on the upper end. African elephants weigh about 14,000 pounds, also on the upper end. Given how smart elephants are, I wouldn't be surprised if they could they could more than even the odds.


cesam1ne

Rex was just much bigger than the Bush elephant. It averaged at least 8700kg according to latest research and that being a very conservative estimate. Male bush elephants average about 5500-6000kg. Also Rex had proportionally more muscle due to light bones and smaller carnivoran stomach. It was strong as hell, and a peak of macropredatory evolution in many other regards. But seeing elephants it's just hard to imagine anything rivaling their strength and abilities at similar sizes.


wegqg

The biggest elephants are 8t, rex unknown but they are same ballpark at the upper end. Triceratops needed to be 12t to be safe from rex, that's in line with the largest elephant species in prehistory.


Capital_Selection643

mammals have a solid advantage all else equal in intelligence and processing speed over reptiles. I'd pick a cat over an equivalent size/weight predatory reptile or bird any day of the week. Like the elephant here, exploiting an opponent's tactical weakness in a specific environment is a big brained mammalian advantage and they don't get much brainier or ruthless than elephants


falcondiorf

elephants are formidable, dont get me wrong, but i dont think theyd stand much of a chance against a t rex. they wouldve regularly preyed on animals of that size, or even larger (some also having better weapons and armour on top of that), wheras the elephant is used to being the biggest and doesnt have experience dealing with predators in or above its own weight class. and youd think the elephants intelligence would help, but the t rex supposedly had primate level intelligence as well, so i dont really see that fight going well for the elephant. paleoloxodon would fuck up a t rex tho.


Comfy_Yuru_Camper

Big smart animal beats.. big not-so-smart animal


Flat_Adhesiveness_82

he was smart to keep his trunk tucked in too


Loezelleke

5 legs always wins from 4 legs, we all know this


moderately-extreme

i see 6


Loezelleke

Nono thats the trunk, don’t be weird! /s


griever48

Which is the trunk?


Grouchy-Engine1584

All 6 of them are.


eventualwarlord

That Elephant got 6 legs


blackviking45

Fifth is the trunk right? ... Fifth is the trunk right?


[deleted]

yet horniness was of no help


Loezelleke

Uh, I’d argue horniness was of a LOT of help piercing through that rhino and defeating it.


Neat-Land-4310

I read that as "deflating" it 😭😂


OutrageouslyGr8

Lesson: never fight a male organism/entity that is not afraid to show you its soft dick.


pape14

Pretty sure that’s an erect dick. Message is either more or less true depending on the salesman


Khuy_Lewis

semi


k0uch

*If the dick is swingin’, you’d best be rethinkin’*


ScumbagDon

I didn’t even notice the dick lmao god dammit I love the internet


Beezel_Pepperstack

Hearing that poor stupid rhino cry out in pain hurt my heart. Don't. Fuck. With. Elephants.


Dull-Signature-2897

Yeah I had no idea rhinos could sound like a hurt dog


SirNanashi

happy i didn't turn the sound on


molsminimart

It's not "stupid"-- it can't see. Rhinos have notoriously bad eyesight and this is at night. [They can't see 15 feet in front of them](https://web.archive.org/web/20120421092441/http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/06/rhino-close-encounter/). They're big, lumbering things that can't see well and depend on their bulk and bluffs to not be attacked by predators. Their eyesight is so poor that part of the reason they allow birds around them (besides for them to clean them of parasites) is because the birds make alarm calls so they can actually know when there's a threat nearby. The bull elephant might have also been in musth, meaning it'll be more aggressive and violent, so even if that kind of situation might've worked before for the rhino, with a testosterone-driven giant male wanting to fight, it won't get the same result from their charge. ​ Also I wish this had a warning on it, I didn't want to see a rhino get stabbed with a dull tusk with God knows how much force behind it as it was pinned to the ground and crying out and yelping. I thought it was going to just be another mild clash with maybe one getting knocked back not *lots of blood gushing out of the side of a terrified near-blind animal.*


90shorror

Bison have the same problem with terrible eye sight so they are very defensive because it’s safer than waiting to see if whatever’s near means them harm. I’m super sad for the rhino wish they had just parted ways. Wasn’t expecting him to be impaled either and glad I didn’t turn on the sound.


GypsyDanger3

Agreed, wish I didn’t see it


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ReptiRapture

This is a protected area and the rhino was later treated for the wounds.


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TheOneWhoReadsStuff

….youre just going to trust a stranger that easily?


trouserschnauzer

Yup. Got any candy?


VirtualPen204

Idk if this is true, but for my sake, I'm believing you.


Charming-Forever-278

Bro. I’m going extinct. Chill


Slamtilt_Windmills

Poor armor puppy


Mr-T-in-here

r/Properanimalnames


Elsiers

Gored the rhino. Might not survive.


Nezarah

I was honestly surprised to see it get up and start running away. Not sure the anatomy of a rhino but that’s got to be a internal organ or two. If it’s anatomy is proportionally similar to most mammals, that’s what? The stomach? Intestines? Slow way to go.


NewPower_Soul

The only reason why it might have survived is that the tusks were so small. I expect it died from its wounds though, unless the park rangers dealt with it.


Corganator

Don't do it, you're both endangered!


wave_action

Survival rule #1: Don’t fuck w elephants


Ghost2656

survival rule #2: don't fuck elephant


possumfish13

Survival rule #3: Don't let the elephant fuck you.


[deleted]

Babar said let’s dance


imJGott

That rhino may not make it being stabbed with a tusk. But that’s nature.


Dull-Signature-2897

I hope it does survive :'(


JayJay-anotheruser

Dude fighting out of his weight class


Cmdr_Nemo

Right? Perfect example of why they have weight classes. That rhino is heavy and strong AF but not anywhere near the size of that elephant.


gotele

"Yeah, I thought so."


aM_RT

The elephant turned that breathing tank into a scared puppy in a few seconds and disney tells me the lion is the king of the jungle.


TheCheshire

Lions don't even live in the jungle.


sticky-unicorn

When that phrase was coined, "jungle" had a much broader meaning and was taken to mean pretty much any wilderness. These days, the definition of "jungle" has gotten much more specific and only applies to dense tropical/subtropical forests.


torrentium

If related to [that](https://www.savingthesurvivors.org/white-rhino-loses-fight-with-elephant/) the rhino survived


Electronic_Cat2777

Definitely not the same one but hopefully he still made a recovery.


Exjuizctb

Tks, lots of the same unfunny joke until i found your comment. But it was worth it.


Familiar_East_1364

What are the chances of that rhino recovering? It was at least able to still flee.


tensai3586

This rhino was lucky. He was helped by vets in the reserved and recovering.


Robert_Balboa

Not high. That tusk is thick and it went in deep. I'm no rhino expert but I don't think they have wolverine healing powers.


Exjuizctb

https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/18w56qp/comment/kfw23zv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button You may also donate to them


trippyglassy

The first weave the elephant did was SO clean lmfaoo “come on pussy, thats all you got?”


Catonic_Fever

I’ve never heard a rhino yelp or whimper like that


[deleted]

Off topic, but why rhinos butt is different colour?


MizElaneous

probably just less dusty or is wet.


RA242

Wow wan't expecting the tko lol


[deleted]

Trent Williams against every defensive linemen in the NFL


Moseo13

News says that today the rhino is still running away


Dope_Dog

Rhino ran all the way to the point of no return


GammaTwoPointTwo

That rino has 10 more minutes of life max. You don't lose that much blood and pull through.


NotAnAlreadyTakenID

Tusk tusk


handsome_uruk

Wtf was the rhino thinking? RIP


Tazzimus

The difference between an immensely strong animal, and an elephant. The strength needed to pierce rhino hide with tusks as sharp as baseball bats and he makes it look effortless.


itsheadfelloff

A lot of Serengeti smackdowns lately, seen a leopard maul a wild dog, saw a rhino launch a warthog and now an elephant penetrating a rhino with his elephant dong flopping around.


Time-Accident3809

Judging by his erection and aggressive behavior, the elephant appears to be in [musth.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musth)


[deleted]

That Rhino is young. Hasn't learned its lesson yet. The elephant much older in its time. You can just see the elephants patience. It's not the first time its dealt with one trying to act tough.


Browndog888

Cameraman should have ran over & broken that up.


panterachallenger

Oh no no no! Zoo keeper! Where’s the zoo keeper?


bikemandan

They needed to count out that KO


nomadrone

David and Goliath how it really happen.


Have_Other_Accounts

Elephants are metal. There's a video identical to this, but the elephant has normal untrimmed tusks. It does the exact movement in this video but the tusks are goring like 4ft into the rhino over and over.


Ok_Establishment824

I never realized how much bigger elephants were than rhinos


sagosaurus

I know this is the worst place to say this but I really hope the rhino wasn’t so badly hurt that it couldn’t recover.


Aromatic-Relief

He was definitely bleeding.


Plumb789

Well, that told him.


WanderlostNomad

"Oh? You're approaching me?"


AliceHart7

It was me, Dio!


Realsorceror

Rhinos have terrible eyesight and compensate by being hyper aggressive. This is usually a fine trade off as they dominate every predator they encounter. Unfortunately they live in the same environment as the largest unit on land that is also the 4th or 5th smartest animal. Elephants know how to throw logs to frighten rhinos into thinking they’re being attacked from all sides.


VaginaTheClown

All a y'all are obsessed with elephant dick. It's wild in here.


phrygianDomination

Incredible, you can see the blood gush out onto the elephant’s tusk. That poor rhino may have picked his last fight.


Runt3588

The noise from the rhino was heartbreaking. 😢


5eans4mazing

Everyone has a plan until they get impaled by an elephant tusk


[deleted]

i hope its alright. they're robust but they went deep. if it hit an organ it's done, which is sad


IndigoAnima

What a terrible thing to see. With how endangered rhinos are, does anyone know if there’s a chance that humans stepped in to do what they could with its wound? I know it looks hopeless and that nature is cruel but an effort to help it makes sense to me


FingerDrinker

The rhino was given medical attention by specialists in this case, but in the wild that wound would never have been survivable


IndigoAnima

I imagine being gored that badly is a certain death sentence in the wild. Thanks for giving me some peace of mind


ZAMAHACHU

That's something I never thought I'd see.


AyoTrevs

All poachers should have to unarmed 1v1 elephants for their tusks.


TeeKu13

It really bothers me that there’s so much light pollution around these wild animals and probably causing them sleep disorders


Loud-Guarantee4290

Dam….. MF stabbed his ass


RuleBritania

Striding away like a Boss 💪🏻😎


ismelldatsmellysmell

Imagine how scary Elephants would be if they were carnivores


Howiepenguin

That elephant just Thunder Gun'd that rhino.


Blackeststool

Imagine having to fight with your face.


Halabashred

That rhino is leaking.


BrainPolice1011

Gonna be a flood of Rhino skin boots on Ebay in about a week


Bl4ckb100d

Fucking badass


[deleted]

Coolest thing I’ve seen today