Bull elephants filmed fighting in rare footage

Two large male bull elephants got into a rarely seen tussle at a national park in South Africa while safari tour guides watched from a safe distance.
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#Elephant #Safari #Wildlife

[@SockAccount111]

Imagine being so strong you can destroy a tree without even wanting to

[@teddypicker8799]

2 average weight americans would have the same effect I think lol

[@Noconstitutionfordemocrats]

​@@teddypicker8799LOL BECAUSE WE'RE SO PROSPEROUS WE CAN AFFORD FOOD. *I GET IT* HAHAHAHA 🤣

[@jordanalexander615]

​@@NoconstitutionfordemocratsThis is now my go to cringe argument why were bigger people. Lol

[@glladis9263]

They stepped on that tree like accidentally kicking on mom’s flower pot.

[@nimleytogba1088]

When two elephants fight, the grass and trees suffers.

[@rovari524]

when human fights/war the entier planet suffers

[@BlueBonnie764]

🌍peace. @rovari524🐘

[@slfront4295]

But this is for their own good so that forest cultivate more

[@kilasmabonghot4167]

😂😂😂

[@Asura_productions]

And moles

[@annaleebliss4618]

They have mind-blowing power. You can't help but respect these awesome creatures.

[@abdullahimahmood8399]

"When two elephants meet. It is the grass that suffers" African proverb. Ive imagined it all my life didnt think I would see it literally😂

[@Kozi_fr]

Haha! so true

[@notgod7581]

Pure power.,. Tree was like a toothpick...❤❤❤

[@ThePrufessa]

Not sure if it was power or weight that did that. Tree wasn't even that big to begin with. Two elephants falling into it was more about the weight than the power.

[@user-ub9eu8qi9p]

ূগজকল❤😮

[@youssuf01]

I think weight is related to power though, that's why there is weight class!@@ThePrufessa

[@ThePrufessa]

@youssuf01 the weight class is because a 130 pound fighter would not stand a chance against a 160 pound fighter. Not because of the power they lack.

[@k.2754]

@@ThePrufessa130 and 160? that´s not really a differece, almost the same power. Obviously a 250 fighter have much more power, strength and punchdistance than a midweight...the weight class only exists because of the huge lack of power compared to a heavier and bigger fighter.

[@phatmusic]

Our brains can't even comprehend the amount of power that was displayed here 😮

[@Gengchen82]

This power is nothing compared to a rocket or a bomb xD Maybe your brain cant comprehend but mine can.

[@dejandezman6139]

​@@Gengchen82, the bomb is a different force of power and energy. But I would compare it differently. This power is nothing compared to e.g. with the dinosaur Patagotitan Mayorum or with the Caterpillar 797 B truck. Although here the weight makes a force.

[@baptistepsh2970]

@@Gengchen82aucun rapport dans ce cas t’a bombe n’est rien comparé à un tsunami ou une tornade ou une éruption volcanique ou un astéroïde ☄️ ou un à tremblement de terre 🤫

[@baronvondominoes]

Trunk can kill a man smh

[@keplerplayer4753]

​@Gengchen82 we talking nature here buddy... bombs and rockets are lame

[@elowyn9664]

They are "teenagers", very young males. The strength is incredible.

[@sayanbhattacharya7735]

Absolutely ❤❤❤

[@deewask1656]

Sometimes we forget how brutally strong they are! Love this!👍

[@chrismawata8755]

It is good they did this outside. Can you imagine them in a bar?

[@deewask1656]

@@chrismawata8755 as long as we keep him from those patron shots he will be okay 👍😄

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

When did I forget this information? That's right I did not, Mr generic statement and like fisher.

[@Radiation580]

2 elephant are equivalent to 1 trex strenght

[@rjp2755]

@@QenaitheCustodianGuardFinally a normal person!

[@adrianx121987]

The tree 🌴🌲 was just minding it's business...

[@MariaPascualPatrao-re1lz]

Very few trees would be able to stand the weight of these mighty powerfull animals

[@GotLotsaFaith]

​@@MariaPascualPatrao-re1lz I'm guessing each elephant must weigh 10000 lbs (5 tons each) .. That's 20,000 pounds moving around out-of-control.... crazy!!

[@muthuvel8703]

Tree: What did I do..

[@arifsaleem5467]

Elephant: Okay sorry but you were in our way.

[@chrismawata8755]

When you are strong enough to push an elephant through a tree, your point is made.

[@ThePrufessa]

Number one that tree was tiny. Could hardly be called a tree more like a giant weed. Number two, two elephants were falling into it. That tree had no chance.

[@pilbomags488]

@@ThePrufessa number three, Shut up.

[@rustcohle9267]

@@ThePrufessa stop dumb comments.

[@ThePrufessa]

@rustcohle9267 just because you're not smart enough to comprehend what I'm saying doesn't make my comment dumb. It makes YOU dumb.

[@joeyberg5765]

@@ThePrufessa Tiny?? It was taller than either of the elephants, and both of those look to be about 10 or 12 feet tall. I mean it's not some gigantic oak or anything, but that's still a whole ass tree my dude.

[@nc1237]

Clash of the titans

[@phoenixfire2578]

Its amazing how powerful they are, yet so smart and gentle at the same time. ❤❤❤

[@rgmoney14101994]

Yes. That tree will thank them for being so suave!!

[@phoenixfire2578]

@@rgmoney14101994 😆 being powerful and gentle isn't easy.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Well males in musk are actually anything but gentle around other Elephants, they will find a group of females and kick the baby's out the way to attempt to mate with the mother.😊

[@MRKRG9]

And agile .. you can barely hear a leaf fall, and all of sudden there's 20 of them within 50 yds of you!!

[@nickhowell5219]

Let's see someone try to break up that fight

[@jaya32804]

They’d be turned to mush lmao

[@user-cm2xj7ew5p]

HELLLLL NO!!!

[@theacechip]

Pitbulls can do it :)

[@cynthia-jo1zz]

Even lions are watching from a far!!!

[@j.schmidt1752]

"Where's the zookeeper"

[@evkarjalanpiirakka]

Makes you wonder how big trees went down when sauropods had fights

[@atg0977]

The music makes me feel like they're dancing 😂

[@johnwood551]

I didn’t realize they made noises like bongo drums playing.

[@johnhamm6127]

It’s the elephant camera guy playing the bongos off screen. It’s very common in Africa.

[@ssc587]

😂

[@WaMo-eu6xj]

To the person that replied to this comment "your an absolute donut"

[@QenaitheCustodianGuard]

The guy with the shorter tusks sure weren't insecure in this fight.

[@georgeshelton6281]

Now this is a very rare footage.

[@riturajdewraja7431]

This is animal abuse

[@georgeshelton6281]

@@riturajdewraja7431 WHAT DO I KNOW? There's always a superior way of abusing animals. It's how they're being abused.

[@barenbloke8019]

​@@riturajdewraja7431Is this a joke?

[@Scarlet_Officer]

@@riturajdewraja7431You’re Either Dumb or Stupid…

[@nft200yearsago8]

@@riturajdewraja7431this is what you call wild life. It natural

[@CurlSQD]

"Zookeeper zookeeper" 😂

[@cerovk6000]

Just imagine what it was like when dinosaurs were around 😂

[@MW-kw9xc]

Dino is Hoax by illuminati

[@jesseross5052]

There not real

[@dylantedlock]

Dinosaurs? We still have them on Earth lol...

[@captaincold5481]

​@@jesseross5052explain how they've found skeletons than?

[@darkhorse381]

@@jesseross5052 Why on Earth would they fake an ancient animal?

[@angshumannew2023]

Save the poor elephants save nature before it is too late 🐘🙏

[@GotLotsaFaith]

The strength and power is hard to comprehend. They uprooted two pretty established trees like it was plucking a clover 🍀

[@yaonentwa4141]

I couldn't be more proud of my african totem , thats pure power and strength

[@demos9836]

a true heavy weight fight.

[@MrStruk17]

They just turned a whole tree into a bush catching that fade 😂💪🏾💯👑

[@ihategooogle]

I've lost count of how many incredible videos have been ruined by music..

[@michaelcaron7659]

That tree was like a small bush to them LOL

[@SharksSJ408]

Those things are MASSIVE

[@TheMightyKingzuru]

There's an African proverb which says, "When two elephants fight it's the grass that suffers." This video shows that even the trees suffer the consequences.

[@osaobomhenefoghe8967]

Where ever two elephants fight, the bushes suffer. ...African proverbs

[@marydempsey6414]

The skies darkened and the earth rumbled…That’s power !!!🔥🔥🔥

[@sivadvaitavedanta9003]

And some fangirls say that Siberian Tigers will defeat Elephants... 😂😂

[@shersinghthakur8425]

Some lion fans say that a lion would scare a bull elephant lmao🤣🤣🤣lmao that's a bull it needed 25 lions to take down a bull

[@iceonthesun8880]

Lol, right before it happened I was thinking "whelp! There goes that tree.." and WHAM!! tree go bye-bye

[@B25gunship]

"OK guys, I want a nice clean fight with no holding and no hitting below the belt. When I say break, you break. Understand? "

[@jeorgedavid3239]

😂

[@TzsNatureWithJameelFar]

damn those are 2 absolute Monster's they're soo big

[@patricecarre1957]

Quel puissance. Magnifique.

[@gilbertrios5283]

That was majestic I actually like the music it fit good for these titans

[@BouncingChew]

We don’t appreciate the strength of elephants until they rip trees from their roots.

[@user-fw5in3ri8e]

When elephants fight, trees get hurt. Those trees didn't stand a chance ...

[@cadebecker2486]

That tree snapped like a twig

[@zarakenpachidan1736]

Tree was like, "Why am I so lucky???"

[@christiedavis6861]

I wouldn't try to break that fight for all the money in the world!!!!

[@Crazytesseract]

How about one septillion dollars (US)?

[@jeorgedavid3239]

😂

[@exsecular464]

What if they were fighting in front of your Home ❓

[@worldofsaiyans1285]

​@@exsecular464He gonna call the Zookeeper 💀.

[@timhoward5]

*The real heavyweight fight 🐘🥊🥊🐘.*

[@jummyran]

Lions over there somewhere waiting for the meal lol “ whoever loses their life we got dibs” lion king

[@bibi9372]

Non les animaux entre-eux quand ils se battent c'est jamais pour tuer

[@teegees]

I’d love to see Mills Lane pop out of nowhere saying “Allriht break it up break it up!”

[@tusker9959]

That tree didn't stand a chance

[@yanchu3229]

They are like: Bro come ,bro destroy, bro go😂

[@Handle2point0]

Don’t wanna be the guy to try and break up this fight

[@justme-jo3zk]

Looks like one elephant had a tusk broken in the fight

[@justme-jo3zk]

@@Beth-ds3mj That’s amazing!! I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info Beth…

[@xartimus18]

The earth be shaking when these titans fight.

[@nbaairdog3124]

Tree was like "Whoa hey hey, cmon now!"

[@josephquinnswolin3500]

Imagine 2 mammoths fighting clash of titans right thier

[@raymundoleyva637]

Rare instance where having the bigger tusks seemed to work against him

[@velvetbees]

Imagine being so big you knock down trees.

[@RCL1]

Looks like two Bull Doziers getting at it! LoL

[@allopez3166]

Tree: Leave me out of this!

[@cliffb1932]

When two elephants are fighting, is the trees that suffers

[@marabunta1980]

Can't imagine the first human who decided to tame them

[@chrisburnett9618]

I can't conceive of the power of the dominant bull that was clearly winning this battle. The other bull he is pushing around is gigantic with huge tusks but yet the other bull is pushing him around like he's a featherweight!

[@chrismawata8755]

0 seconds ago The tree stood a bit too close to the fight. It should have watched from further off and certainly trying to stand its ground was unwise.

[@LeotaBurnett-eq8sv]

100% AWESOME to see. They are majestic animals fighting for dominance!!!

[@keaton_jb_meme_central]

Seeing as how they could’ve (and did) easily taken that tree down really puts in the perspective of how powerful and gigantic these creatures are

[@andriaswidi7320]

Two 850 hp bigtruck battling😅

[@user-cowboyninja]

That would be a badass pokemon

[@francosfarms1573]

My uncles fighting over the last chicken wing at a cookout

[@another_chicken]

”camera man never dies„

[@bttawfiq]

Those two big tuskers are fine speciments, just beautiful

[@4theloveof_GOD]

They broke that tree like it was a twig

[@therealp1rate7777]

Imagine trying to stop this fight... Guys, let it be. Come on shake trunk... 😂

[@PhelixMutia-js3vy]

a lion will die if went in there

[@rupertdabear3148]

Very big and beautiful boys!

[@maluill]

Olaji! Come, Mzungu and Tsavo are going at it again 🎥📹 😂

[@prashantjadhavadityaevents7711]

Excellent 👌👍. But it's so funny to Call any Bigger Elephant as 🐂 Bull 😮. 😅

[@ThePlantedTankTV]

I love how they push trees over as if it where a blade of grass.

[@catfish5272]

Ah, well that's different! "My life isn't worth a video" 😂

[@hendrikheemels8615]

Tree: Cut it out boys! ... Watch it!! ... Ah..Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!

[@socialgeezer1621]

Everytime there tusk touch eachother, the earth shakes a lil

[@inthewoods3237]

Look at the tusks on those brutes!

[@cucunjameela]

da real "rumble in the jungle"

[@johnclements9085]

Lol took down a damn tree just by brushing up against it

[@juuk3103]

They are just two guys fighting for dominance and control of the area, normal way of finding a leader in many other animal species, it doesn't happen often tho so it's very lucky to witness

[@arifsaleem5467]

This much power could have caused a continental drift. 😂

[@masautomx2131]

People of the world taking care of the plants and trees. Elephants: get out my way you stpd tree!! 😂😂😂

[@tiste4]

I'm not even going to try to separate them

[@godsmacked1000]

Cameraman just keeps recording instead of breaking up the fight 🙄

[@OmnivoreGuy220]

R u kidding

[@godsmacked1000]

@@OmnivoreGuy220 “where’s the zookeeper?!” 🤣

[@richardcoronado4081]

U can't interfere with nature.. animals have their reasons for fighting. I think it's territorial or over a mate. Still how can a mere puny human interfere with two giant behemoths? Best to just leave them alone.

[@godsmacked1000]

@@richardcoronado4081 give them a stern talking to 🤷‍♂️

[@GhostOfPossumSprings]

These replies really can't take a joke.

[@chimaobasi3839]

Walking through the trees is an insane power

[@mukulbasumatary4592]

Two elephants fighting and Tree 🌲 : mujhe kyu toda 🙄

[@photoman2004]

10000 horsepower exerted

[@francisakali2101]

"Where is the zookeeper?"

[@andresamaya7350]

When the Italian argues with the Hawaiian about pizza

[@derickm4273]

As the saying goes "When two elephants are fighting the ground suffers". In this case the tree suffered as well.

[@dogman4100]

If you're fighting someone, and during that fight you knock down a tree.. you know you're BIG.

[@fanvantruongvlog]

The battle of two wild elephants

[@qolspony]

You don't want to see two grizzlies fight than.

[@Plati274]

When🐘elephants🐘fight the plains tremble.

[@Han-yh4zp]

Talk about moving furniture lol 😂

[@BisonBriggs-nj6xf]

Imagine fighting your boy ripping out trees as you fight...ghzzz

[@mikeef747]

The only animal on the planet that makes knocking over a tree look easy!