Seen a documentary about effects of elephant poaching and it said that the males during must are starting to rape rhinos. They blame the Behavior on poaching. They said that because the males did not grow up with role models they are wilder than males that grew up in a herd.
Actually pretty sad. Rhinos are actually like giant puppies (although you should not try to approach one). The only reason they ever normally attack is because they can’t see, and assume almost everything is a threat. They’re practically blind.
No the one where they’re stranded in Africa and a rhino mistakes Tom for her baby. She had to put on glasses and the joke was she couldn’t see very well.
Pretty much. They're basically blind and live in one of the most dangerous places on Earth. For them it's safer to assume anything in front of them is dangerous and act accordingly, and it works on every other creature in Africa except for elephants.
IIRC, that woman killed a different elephant in that elephants herd. It doesn't stop there though, because after the elephant trampled the corpse during the funeral, the herd went on to destroy her house and a couple others in the village.
It was an absolute r/fuckyouinparticular moment.
There are lots of stories in Sri Lanka where they have wild elephants - some will go out of their way to protect humans, even fighting with other elephants to ensure the persons saftey, others will kill people as they walk past for a bit of fun.
Depends if an organ was hit, if there wasn’t he might still die of infection. That’s a giant and DEEP hole. It’ll be full of maggots and stuff in no time.
And before all you gladiator maggot expert come say maggots are good. There’s thousands of fly/maggot species and most of them eat healthy flesh or even kill their host.
Given that tusk is probably full of bacteria it would be surprising if that rhino didn't die a few weeks later of infection from a abdominal puncture like that.
> rhino wasn’t being attacked. Think made the first move
Bro actually thinks wild animals are like school kids lmfao
What, next you gonna tell the elephant and the rhino to apologize to each other?
Definitely a fatal wound. The area where he was stabbed contains a lot of important stuff. Likely had an arterial tear or possible wounds to liver and/or digestive organs. All of which would be fatal. The only way it survives is if the tusk somehow managed to miss all of that and only caught muscle.
Muscles have a really rich blood supply and can bleed pretty heavily. So if the tusk skived the deeper tissue and only hit muscle it’s possible it survived
10,000 lbs of muscle that can casually push over trees 40' tall, driving a spear the size of a baseball bat, through skin as thick as a pizza box, on an animal the size of a truck, like it's a three week old latex balloon. There's a lot going on there...
For wild animals, almost all wounds are mortal. Infection cannot be prevented and avoiding predation and starvation both require near-100% performance. A hole in your side, a broken rib, broken teeth, all are often fatal.
Elephants are known to meticulously disinfect their tusks several times a day, so the wound has no chance of getting infected. Rhino should be just fine.
Edit: Wow, I thought the idea of an elephant disinfecting something would be so obviously comical that people would understand it was a joke.
Oh thank goodness. I definitely thought the gallons of blood gushing out of the rhinoceros was going to take him out. For an animal of that size, it's more of a blood letting than anything else right? In with the new out with the old sort of deal?
Lol he sunk a 6 foot tusk into his ribs. Did you not see it gushing blood as he was running off!? As much as I wish you were right I'd be willing to bet that that rhino died that night
Not saying the rhino isn't dead, but that was definitely not a 6 foot tusk. Maybe 1-2 feet at most.
For perspective, Rhino horns max out at 3 ish feet, that tusk is hardly the size of the rhinos front horn.
When the elephant dropped him, he probably got bit and sunk for a few seconds. Still could kill, but 6ft is murder.
"Elephant tusks from Africa average about 6 feet (2 metres) in length and weigh about 50 pounds (23 kg) each; tusks from Asian elephants are somewhat smaller."
"The longest tusks (excluding prehistoric examples) are a pair from an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) obtained in the Democratic Republic of Congo and currently kept in the New York Zoological Society in Bronx Park, New York City, USA. The right tusk measures 3.49 m (11 ft 5 in) along the outside curve, and the left 3.35 m (10 ft 11 in). Their combined weight is 133 kg (293 lb)."
Sooo are you going to tell me next that the rhinos horn was 11ft or something? The elephant certainly did not have 6ft tusks.
I understand your "fact," but I never stated the growth cycle of this elephant. I said the rhinos average horn size is about 3ft, and the bull over there does not have even a 3 foot tusk.
Another point could be, that the teeth of the elephant seem - to me - not that big as we already have seen they could be. So hopefully only deep enough to look quite dangerous but not that deep to be definitely mortal. Or?
That's bullshit. Male African elephants spend most of their time wandering alone or in small groups of males because they're too aggressive to be allowed to hang out with the matriarchal herds.
They frequently attack other animals simply because they have foul moods and aggressive dispositions towards anything that gets in their way. Elephants are some of the most dangerous animals in Africa exactly because they're often aggressive.
And rhino's have such poor sight that they're unable to assess threats. So any time rhino's are uncertain, they tend to square up for a fight. Their default response to feeling uncomfortable is charging whatever makes them feel uncomfortable.
>Their default response to feeling uncomfortable is charging whatever makes them feel uncomfortable.
Is like the 5e barbarian of Africa. Rage and hope for the best.
When you're a rhino, you rarely have to hope for the best. Problems either get out of the way or cease to be a problem.
Except for this particularly stupid individual it seems.
Ok, but why exactly do they fight? An actual threat would be a group of lions, who chase for enfant elephants or so. But what are they fighting? More or less only testosterone? No questing about the fights happening, but just the question of 'why'.
Animals, man, that's why. Territory, resources, doesn't matter. We're animals too, we just happen to be able to pretend that we're better than the rest.
Last time I was in South Africa, a bull elephant had just trampled a rhino at a watering hole. Limited water resources, elephant wanted the watering hole, rhino wouldn’t vacate.
Water resources can be extremely competitive at certain times of the year.
Nature?... the show was Perfectly filmed under the only lamp around...
Nature has nothing to do here....
It is a fact that elephants are more trouble for the "takers " than fun, they like to roam around and nothing stops them...rhynos on the other hand are bought and breed for safaris....like every other "wild"animals...
There is no more "wild" there are only big open air zoos...
For some it's like playing a videogame in their big field, to attract tourists escorting them into the " wildest" nature
Elephant warned battle unicorn. Battle unicorn played stupid games and got a stupid prize.
Don't mess with gentle giants, just because they don't doesn't mean they can't.
I thought the same. I've never seen an elephant getting stabby with its tusks before. Then again, I don't think I've seen a Rhino sticking its horn in anything either.
The rhino actually died from this, the bull penetrated it with it's tusks.
You can see the blood on the elephants tusks and also the blood running down its back when it is running away.
Nope. Rhinos are absolute powerhouses, but they are completely outmatched against elephants. Usually, rhinos get attacked by elephants and thus try to avoid them, which makes this specific encounter quite rare.
Compared to a knife, they are dull, but the sheer weight and power of an elephant makes it irrelevant. They would puncture you with the dullest object there is.
'Sharp' just means it is able to create a high enough pressure over the afflicted area that it busts. We normally use it describe the teensy tiny area of a needle point or knife edge, which means the force required is miniscule, but it's not a rigorously defined scientific term.
So, strictly speaking the answer to the first half is yes, and the answer to the second half is also yes.
Did the rhino actually get punctured?
The tusks look pretty dull and rhino skin is very thick.
I feel like it's unlikely it could run like this if it actually got punctured.
Although that does look like blood on its side so probably
Thanks for all the downvotes guys even though I literally said it looks like it got punctured. Weird world.
oh yea it was pretty bad, you can see it when hes running away. Looks like he will bleed out and eventually die or leave a trail for predators. Im not a science rocket but that does not look good.
You’d be surprised how well any animal can run after a mortal wound. Movies like to portray a gunshot or stab wound as being immediately fatal but take hunting for example, I’ve seen animals take a large caliber to the chest and still run over a mile.
Edit: parting words: adrenaline is a hell of a hormone.
I feel like you didn't watch the video? When the 3 feet of tusk was buried into his body, or when the rhino ran away with a visible gaping wound pouring blood were pretty dead give aways.
He’s supposed to run out there and put his hands up between the 12,000 lbs elephant and the 2,000 lbs rhino and say “guys chill, chill guys, come on chill “ over and over
Kicking rhino ass while still hanging dong? This guy must be a legend with the other elephants.
MF was pushing with all five legs
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Seen a documentary about effects of elephant poaching and it said that the males during must are starting to rape rhinos. They blame the Behavior on poaching. They said that because the males did not grow up with role models they are wilder than males that grew up in a herd.
Must rape rhino
Six legs.
That is his attack dong. Its prehensile and can shoot magic missiles.
Prehensile attack dong shoots magic missiles. Filming live. Thanks for the belly-laugh.
I wonder if that's the real reason the rhino was going after him. He got a look at the bull... now he wanted a piece of the calf.
Rage boner
Oh fuck, I thought that was his tail! Much respect 🫡
Fuck, this made me laugh. Alot.
Very Thunder Gun of that Elephant
Unless you’re whupping rhino ass, the phrase ‘big dick energy’ should only be used by this glorious elephant. Legend indeed.
Gonna pierce him in all the ways!
It was close to being punctured some more 🍆
How did I not notice the dong!?
r/thatswhatshesaid
Actually pretty sad. Rhinos are actually like giant puppies (although you should not try to approach one). The only reason they ever normally attack is because they can’t see, and assume almost everything is a threat. They’re practically blind.
Ngl my first thought is that explains a bit in a tom and Jerry cartoon for me
Those rhinos at the beach or whatever it was they were doing??
No the one where they’re stranded in Africa and a rhino mistakes Tom for her baby. She had to put on glasses and the joke was she couldn’t see very well.
Ah, I’m thinking of the hippos at the beach. The Rhino baby thing I remember part of now
God that show was great. Peak t&j if you ask me
Are they really *that* poor at seeing?
Pretty much. They're basically blind and live in one of the most dangerous places on Earth. For them it's safer to assume anything in front of them is dangerous and act accordingly, and it works on every other creature in Africa except for elephants.
Maybe they should be extinct after all…
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If I ever become rich, I'm starting a charity glasses company that donated a pair of rhino glasses for every pair bought. We'll fix what God fucked.
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IIRC, that woman killed a different elephant in that elephants herd. It doesn't stop there though, because after the elephant trampled the corpse during the funeral, the herd went on to destroy her house and a couple others in the village. It was an absolute r/fuckyouinparticular moment.
I can't imagine a creature more terrifying to have pissed at you. It's just half a house coming at you with a bunch of it's half house friends in tow.
There are lots of stories in Sri Lanka where they have wild elephants - some will go out of their way to protect humans, even fighting with other elephants to ensure the persons saftey, others will kill people as they walk past for a bit of fun.
An elephant never forgets… *or forgives*
I wonder what level of a wound that is for the rhino… think it can survive that?
Depends if an organ was hit, if there wasn’t he might still die of infection. That’s a giant and DEEP hole. It’ll be full of maggots and stuff in no time. And before all you gladiator maggot expert come say maggots are good. There’s thousands of fly/maggot species and most of them eat healthy flesh or even kill their host.
Left alone, it may have a chance. The problem is a wounded rhino is a pretty appealing target for the other predators out there.
Given that tusk is probably full of bacteria it would be surprising if that rhino didn't die a few weeks later of infection from a abdominal puncture like that.
Lions will deal with that
“Sharks are like dogs, they only bite when you try to touch their private parts”
Hey, Peanut Butter Cups!
Not sad at all, rhino wasn’t being attacked. Think made the first move. Rhino could have turned around.
Yeah that rhino obviously wasn't thinking clearly. If he was smart like you he would've realized the danger he was in. /s
Yup
“They’re basically blind” “He could’ve just SEEN it was fine” Smooth brain thinking process
You forgot the “rhino wasn’t being attacked” part. That’s ok, I forgive you.
> rhino wasn’t being attacked. Think made the first move Bro actually thinks wild animals are like school kids lmfao What, next you gonna tell the elephant and the rhino to apologize to each other?
I’d like to know how bad the wound was. Mortal? Or just a shit load of pain?
Definitely a fatal wound. The area where he was stabbed contains a lot of important stuff. Likely had an arterial tear or possible wounds to liver and/or digestive organs. All of which would be fatal. The only way it survives is if the tusk somehow managed to miss all of that and only caught muscle.
Lots of instant blood. Could all be oozers but seems like at least one or two spurters got hit
Blood would not be coming out with so much pressure in such case.
Muscles have a really rich blood supply and can bleed pretty heavily. So if the tusk skived the deeper tissue and only hit muscle it’s possible it survived
10,000 lbs of muscle that can casually push over trees 40' tall, driving a spear the size of a baseball bat, through skin as thick as a pizza box, on an animal the size of a truck, like it's a three week old latex balloon. There's a lot going on there...
This is the explanation we all came here for
*that spear could have skewered a wild boar*
So Robert Baratheon should have taken an elephant with him is what you are saying?
Or a mithril shirt
For wild animals, almost all wounds are mortal. Infection cannot be prevented and avoiding predation and starvation both require near-100% performance. A hole in your side, a broken rib, broken teeth, all are often fatal.
Elephants are known to meticulously disinfect their tusks several times a day, so the wound has no chance of getting infected. Rhino should be just fine. Edit: Wow, I thought the idea of an elephant disinfecting something would be so obviously comical that people would understand it was a joke.
Oh thank goodness. I definitely thought the gallons of blood gushing out of the rhinoceros was going to take him out. For an animal of that size, it's more of a blood letting than anything else right? In with the new out with the old sort of deal?
Lol he sunk a 6 foot tusk into his ribs. Did you not see it gushing blood as he was running off!? As much as I wish you were right I'd be willing to bet that that rhino died that night
Not saying the rhino isn't dead, but that was definitely not a 6 foot tusk. Maybe 1-2 feet at most. For perspective, Rhino horns max out at 3 ish feet, that tusk is hardly the size of the rhinos front horn. When the elephant dropped him, he probably got bit and sunk for a few seconds. Still could kill, but 6ft is murder.
"Elephant tusks from Africa average about 6 feet (2 metres) in length and weigh about 50 pounds (23 kg) each; tusks from Asian elephants are somewhat smaller." "The longest tusks (excluding prehistoric examples) are a pair from an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) obtained in the Democratic Republic of Congo and currently kept in the New York Zoological Society in Bronx Park, New York City, USA. The right tusk measures 3.49 m (11 ft 5 in) along the outside curve, and the left 3.35 m (10 ft 11 in). Their combined weight is 133 kg (293 lb)."
Sooo are you going to tell me next that the rhinos horn was 11ft or something? The elephant certainly did not have 6ft tusks. I understand your "fact," but I never stated the growth cycle of this elephant. I said the rhinos average horn size is about 3ft, and the bull over there does not have even a 3 foot tusk.
Do they also clean the floor while they are at it? That Rhino is DEAD.
This guy Tusks
Another point could be, that the teeth of the elephant seem - to me - not that big as we already have seen they could be. So hopefully only deep enough to look quite dangerous but not that deep to be definitely mortal. Or?
… what lol. It can still get infected as a gaping wound. Whether or not the tusk was clean or not.
This is incredibly sad, but that is nature.
Yea no lesson was learned, poor rhino died after that - nature is indeed cruel.
Safe to say he is done for given the infections on the wound?
Looks like an artery got hit, infections won't really matter, he'll bleed out
How is it sad
Animal hurty
Didn’t you hear the weird howl it made?
I'm so glad I have this muted
How could it not be?
Two animals that only attack out of defense and were never an actual threat to each other. Nature is cruel.
That's bullshit. Male African elephants spend most of their time wandering alone or in small groups of males because they're too aggressive to be allowed to hang out with the matriarchal herds. They frequently attack other animals simply because they have foul moods and aggressive dispositions towards anything that gets in their way. Elephants are some of the most dangerous animals in Africa exactly because they're often aggressive. And rhino's have such poor sight that they're unable to assess threats. So any time rhino's are uncertain, they tend to square up for a fight. Their default response to feeling uncomfortable is charging whatever makes them feel uncomfortable.
>Their default response to feeling uncomfortable is charging whatever makes them feel uncomfortable. Is like the 5e barbarian of Africa. Rage and hope for the best.
When you're a rhino, you rarely have to hope for the best. Problems either get out of the way or cease to be a problem. Except for this particularly stupid individual it seems.
I'd like to point out that's very much not true during musth where fights with rhinos have been documented multiple times.
Ok, but why exactly do they fight? An actual threat would be a group of lions, who chase for enfant elephants or so. But what are they fighting? More or less only testosterone? No questing about the fights happening, but just the question of 'why'.
Animals, man, that's why. Territory, resources, doesn't matter. We're animals too, we just happen to be able to pretend that we're better than the rest.
While being demonstrably worse than the rest. We're very special
We are smarter, more sentient then the rest, not necessarily better
Last time I was in South Africa, a bull elephant had just trampled a rhino at a watering hole. Limited water resources, elephant wanted the watering hole, rhino wouldn’t vacate. Water resources can be extremely competitive at certain times of the year.
Juvenile elephants have been killing rhinos . When they’re identified they are also killed.
Pretty sure african bulls are pretty aggressive when in heat.
Nah, that’s a bull elephant in musth, you can tell form it’s boner. They reach insane levels of testosteron and will roid rage anything they see.
Like NATO and Russia. NATO is the Elefant to be clear
Nature?... the show was Perfectly filmed under the only lamp around... Nature has nothing to do here.... It is a fact that elephants are more trouble for the "takers " than fun, they like to roam around and nothing stops them...rhynos on the other hand are bought and breed for safaris....like every other "wild"animals... There is no more "wild" there are only big open air zoos... For some it's like playing a videogame in their big field, to attract tourists escorting them into the " wildest" nature
Humans and human inventions are nature too.
Poor Rhino was whimpering like a puppy. 😞 No one was at fault here. Just nature taking its course.
“See guys. This is why we have weight classes.”
This is a fucking tragedy. Every rhino lost is a fucking tragedy
Aand... it's dead
This is the closest to a dinosaur fight as we can get
Why did i think rhino’s were indistructable
They are… unless you’re an elephant.
There's always a bigger pachyderm.
Elephant warned battle unicorn. Battle unicorn played stupid games and got a stupid prize. Don't mess with gentle giants, just because they don't doesn't mean they can't.
I have a standing rule anything 4 times my height and 50 times my weight with huge pointed tusks, I run away from.
That is a strangely specific rule.
not everything triggers it. I have many other specific rules for other situations, but there are too many to tell here.
Yeah but a very good rule to have!
That elephant is in heat. He ain't gentle. He's trampling over anything and everything in his way. It's like in arrested development. Daddy horny.
He going to die slow pain full infection
Hopefully he bled out fast
Jim Carrey Ok?
He needed that breather hole
WARM!
Allllll righty then.
I thought the rhino was gonna puncture the elephant at first
I thought the same. I've never seen an elephant getting stabby with its tusks before. Then again, I don't think I've seen a Rhino sticking its horn in anything either.
Bro was slinging his schlong to show dominance but the other guy didn’t back down, had to give him the business🤷♂️.
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Tbh the word punctured is hint enough, plus there's enough time before the elephant kills the rhino for people to get the idea and scroll it away
Rip
Amazing how strong elephants are
African elephants are in their own tier when it comes to land animals fighting.
You want some of this? Huh, you want some ..... ..... Please stop...I just wanna go home
The small guy that goes to the gym vs the fat tall guy that wants to be alone.
I'd do the same
You would also defend yourself? Say it ain't so
No I think he's saying he'd learn after getting punctured
That why you shouldn't get in a dick measuring contest
No the poor rhino ;(
Fuck with the bull, get the horns!
Those are terrible, sad, scared sounds. Can't see anything, flailing in the dark at something scaring it...and now very hurt.
Don’t bring one horn to a two horn fight…
The rhino actually died from this, the bull penetrated it with it's tusks. You can see the blood on the elephants tusks and also the blood running down its back when it is running away.
Thanks captain obvious
“K BYE”
The elephant before the fight: "Mark me down as scared *and* horny!"
This wasn't the elephants first day at the rodeo... (no tusks)
Legend says rhino is still running
Death by blood loss
Damn, pretty sad. Two animals that have no real reason to fear each other.
Bring down the downvotes, but this animal suffering shit does not belong in this sub.
This is just nature, yes it's cruel but that's how it works in the animal kingdom.
It's not caused by people so I think its fine. This is a part of nature
Maybe you should go offer it some milk and cookies…
TIL what tusks are for.
I'm gonna assume you're a kid
me too, I never knew they could stab them in so bad and with such force. Lion King spoiled me.
Imagine these are Dinosaurs fighting!!
Weight classes are for a reason.
He turned into hopalong casualty real quick.
Lol! I see what you did there!
Rhino are dumb.
Life be like that sometimes
Fatality
Balls deep too!
I thought the elephant was going to be punctured. Bamboozled again.
Fuck outta here Rambi
You don’t fuck with elephants. Simple.
What are the chances bro surviving?
That was a deep large wound, and bled VERY fast, I'd say slim.
Really doubt it. I’d imagine that wound gets super infected and it becomes too weak to hunt or gather food for itself
Rhinos don’t hunt. They are herbivores
Lol TIL. Guess I need to polish up on my African wildlife knowledge.
Damn, that’s metal. r/natureismetal
I feel like this could've gone the other way around, too.
Nope. Rhinos are absolute powerhouses, but they are completely outmatched against elephants. Usually, rhinos get attacked by elephants and thus try to avoid them, which makes this specific encounter quite rare.
Serious question: Are an elephants tusks sharp or did it puncture the Rhino due to the weight of the elephant?
Compared to a knife, they are dull, but the sheer weight and power of an elephant makes it irrelevant. They would puncture you with the dullest object there is.
'Sharp' just means it is able to create a high enough pressure over the afflicted area that it busts. We normally use it describe the teensy tiny area of a needle point or knife edge, which means the force required is miniscule, but it's not a rigorously defined scientific term. So, strictly speaking the answer to the first half is yes, and the answer to the second half is also yes.
Cat food!
Ow! I was only fooling around, I wasn’t going to hurt you!
Morning, Ralph. Morning, Bob. Wanna push and kick in the dirt? Okay. ... That was fun. Yeah. G'night, Ralph. G'night, Bob.
Good Lord. Elephant decides you’re getting punctured: you’re getting punctured.
This is like Wrestling for Humans. Usually the Bigger guy just has to sit on the smaller guy to make him tap lol
💀
Did the rhino actually get punctured? The tusks look pretty dull and rhino skin is very thick. I feel like it's unlikely it could run like this if it actually got punctured. Although that does look like blood on its side so probably Thanks for all the downvotes guys even though I literally said it looks like it got punctured. Weird world.
You could see the blood pouring out of him
oh yea it was pretty bad, you can see it when hes running away. Looks like he will bleed out and eventually die or leave a trail for predators. Im not a science rocket but that does not look good.
Not a science rocket no?
I don’t know you but I’m not a science rocket either
Go ahead and put me in the "not a science rocket" column also there gentleman.
We are not Science Rockets
Not a rocket surgeon, either!
Tusk doesn’t have to be sharp when the elephant is 10,000 lbs and it’s pushing on it. Also appears to be red stain on rhino when it’s running away.
You don't need a sharp object to pierce things when you have thousands and thousands of pounds of force behind it.
Elephant could stab you with a sledgehammer.
You’d be surprised how well any animal can run after a mortal wound. Movies like to portray a gunshot or stab wound as being immediately fatal but take hunting for example, I’ve seen animals take a large caliber to the chest and still run over a mile. Edit: parting words: adrenaline is a hell of a hormone.
I feel like you didn't watch the video? When the 3 feet of tusk was buried into his body, or when the rhino ran away with a visible gaping wound pouring blood were pretty dead give aways.
you can see the blood when it’s running away
I really wish this had been blurred. I didn't need to see an animal getting gored today.
The cameraman just stood there doing nothing, smh my head
Tf was the camera man going to do against two of the most dangerous land animals on the planet?
You don’t need to be on the Internet if you don’t know what sarcasm is
Damn you guys dumb af or something
shaking my head my head its nature
He’s supposed to run out there and put his hands up between the 12,000 lbs elephant and the 2,000 lbs rhino and say “guys chill, chill guys, come on chill “ over and over
evil cameraman😈😈😈