Elephant Casually Pushes Down Massive Tree

Watch just how easily this Elephant pushes down a massive tree just to get to the leaves at the top.
Send in your wildlife video here, and earn money: latestsightings.com/film-earn
Elephants, often perceived as disruptors, are in fact crucial architects of biodiversity within their ecosystems. The evolving landscapes we witness today are part of a natural continuum, with noticeable shifts in tree species distribution over time, reflecting the dynamic nature of these ecosystems.
The behavior of elephants, such as toppling trees to access fresh branches and leaves, plays a pivotal role in this ecological dynamic. While it may seem destructive, this activity is a natural ecological process that enhances habitat diversity and accessibility. When elephants bring down a tree, they not only reach the nutrients themselves but also enable other animals to access the bounty of fresh leaves and branches, thereby enriching the overall biodiversity.
This aspect of elephant behavior is a prime example of how they contribute to the ecological balance, creating opportunities for a multitude of species and thus boosting the area's biodiversity.
The impact of these majestic creatures is even more pronounced given the current constraints on their habitat. With significantly less space to roam than their ancestors, every action of an elephant has a heightened effect on their environment.
A compelling illustration of this dynamic is seen in a video captured in the MalaMala Game Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger National Park, by David den Hartog. The footage showcases the astonishing ease with which an elephant can push down a large tree, a testament to the animal's immense strength and its role in the ecosystem. This visual evidence not only highlights the physical power of elephants but also underscores their integral role in shaping the landscape and facilitating ecological diversity.
The scene from the MalaMala Game Reserve is a powerful reminder of the interconnectedness of nature and the significant role that elephants play within it. Observing such a moment brings to light the extraordinary capacity of these animals to influence their environment and the myriad ways in which other species benefit from their actions.
In conclusion, elephants are not merely agents of change but are essential to the ecological health and diversity of their habitats. Their interactions with the environment, especially in today's context of reduced natural spaces, are critical for sustaining the complex web of life in the African landscape. The visual documentation of such interactions, as provided by observers like David den Hartog, offers invaluable insights into the profound influence of these gentle giants on the natural world.
To license the footage:
[e-mail]
Snapchat: LatestSightings
Twitter & Instagram: @LatestKruger
For live wildlife sightings in the Kruger National Park: www.latestsightings.com/
And like our Facebook page for great sightings and photos: / latestsightingskruger
Subscribe to us on KZbin: / latestsightings

[@maninredhelm]

Giraffe: "Thanks for ruining my private restaurant, jerk."

[@ibrahimmoncada7214]

lol

[@Billyb0b557]

Leopard: I'm safe from any animal in this tree. Elephant: Oh yeah?

[@wdrtpresentsthedmvreport1648]

😂

[@FamiliarAnomaly]

kinda weak

[@DavidTheobald-nx3nm]

RIP to the Keebler elves

[@matthewrigby6089]

Leopard gonna be shocked when he sees his home on the ground.

[@lgic111]

😀😂🤣

[@elkelang9256]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@miked1187]

That strength is amazing! That was a big healthy tree

[@mybluebelly]

No i don`t think so.

[@thebadsagittariussrg.kroog1990]

​@@mybluebellyWdym?? So if a tree whose leaves are as green as grass ain't healthy then What is?

[@mybluebelly]

@@thebadsagittariussrg.kroog1990 Not many healthy trees snap like that. They have far more flex than what we see here. This was a tree that was so dry inside, the elephant could snap it in two. You can tell by the sound as well this was not a healthy tree. The tree just snapped in two that's not possible with a healthy tree. You can see in the video there is no bark on the tree it has been like that for a long time.

[@thebadsagittariussrg.kroog1990]

@@mybluebelly Well... I'll be damned 😦

[@dipsy405]

​@@mybluebellythats true. The tree must have been hollow inside. But we still have to big up the elephant for knowing which tree to fold up.... 👍

[@ArifBillahOnGoogle]

What amazes me more is that the elephant knows the resonance frequency of the shaking tree and pushes it just at the right time slowly increasing it's wobble. 👍 These majestic animals are smart!

[@lifewalker808]

Much like how land animals walk and aquatic animals swim, we naturally tend to move/do things in the most efficient way possible

[@niksal1]

That's a great observation right there.., nature tends to inherently program all this science stuff into everything. No wonder the top scientific research magazine goes by the same name.

[@uptrail]

and then backs off when it fell as to not get hit

[@matthewrigby6089]

The elephant definitely knows differential equations and solved the damped driven harmonic oscillator equation of the tree's movement.

[@lil----lil]

Lion: I'm the king of the jungle! Elephant: Hold my Tree!

[@Maxumized]

Elephant: Sure, I’ll let you think that

[@RoyHodgson97]

WOW! And that's a big ass tree. And look how smart he is taking a step back when the tree reach its point of no return. Elephants are among the top 10 of the most awesome animals. Majestic, nothing less. They need to be protected at all costs!

[@EarthIsFlat456]

It might look big but it certainly didn't weigh anywhere near as much as the elephant.

[@Whoopdido777]

Ha ha. Smarter than some humans who cut down trees but screw up and the tree ends up falling on their cabin or somewhere else that they don’t want it to fall.

[@JohnnytNatural]

So if elephants can do this, why aren't all the trees knocked down, seems like it's not a worthy strategy for some reason

[@Whoopdido777]

@@JohnnytNatural It does kind of make me wonder why he pushed it down. I think elephants eat a lot of grass and shrubs and roots and stuff. It seemed like there was plenty of that right there. He obviously wanted to eat the leaves. I don’t think he really had to knock the tree down. Maybe he just wanted to. Who knows.

[@JohnnytNatural]

@@Whoopdido777 maybe they understand that if they knock down the trees there would be no more leaves, they definitely understand life and death so knocking down the trees is like commiting murder

[@RafaelSantos-wz8zf]

I wouldn’t want to get that big boy angry. 💪

[@zacharybriddell98]

Because he’s in musth!

[@DV-zv4ox]

@@zacharybriddell98 no, he's not. he just wants the fresh branches at the top...

[@Monster-Beast-Fan]

Most powerful land animal on the planet.

[@531c]

No a mouse is😮

[@internetexplorer6097]

Actually humans are

[@Monster-Beast-Fan]

@@internetexplorer6097 humans are broken. We don't count.

[@artheurnkenzacki7697]

@@531cno , ants actually are

[@martinsks.a8434]

@@internetexplorer6097Don’t try to be the smart ass. You understood the point…

[@samab7891]

Unbelievable strength

[@gayanhewegeonline4594]

This elephant has a Physics Degree. Well used natural frequency ❤️❤️

[@Rottensparrow]

even some humans are too dumb to understand what happens when a tree collapses and this animal is smart enough

[@Maxumized]

Yes, he mastered mass, momentum and inertia

[@MajesticHF]

Imagine a leopard taking a nap waking up to this

[@catlanguage]

A leopard would not have waited that long before it leapt from the tree.

[@albertcheeni]

That is one SMART eli out there. The way he backed off when that tree started to topple, shows he has done this many times😂

[@edntz]

Not really smart. That tree provided food year after year. Now it provided food for 1 day.

[@albertcheeni]

Can't expect him to be environment conscious. And it's not as if that was the only tree out there.

[@edntz]

@@albertcheeni Obviously. But trees aren't numerous in those areas. And when an adult tree falls, it usually doesn't get replaced. These big adult trees get pushed over. Imagine smaller trees, they immediately get eaten. In the end, you end up with nothing but grass and shrubs. But the elephant just wants food, so its understandable. They're not farmers after all.

[@Videogeek95]

@@edntz The tree was dead already... Elephant probably sensed it... Just decided "Fuck it, Imma make it easy for myself..."

[@Videogeek95]

@@albertcheeni The tree was already dead...

[@HananiYah-Shad]

Absolutely amazing footage indeed.The elephant calculated the task and then achieved his goal with brute force.......

[@RichardHazelBrengosz]

I.guess elephants just Like to show off their Strength regardless of the damage the do

[@tomglase5333]

No. He let the tree do the work.

[@pushpakumardaniel3751]

Show-off! Showing off for the tourists 😊

[@alihms]

Yeah..but I'd pay to see this gut showing off his strength.

[@Blake4625kHz]

I remember being a newb as a heavy equipment operator and being amazed at the power of hydraulics. But to see an animal like this topple a tree without having to even strike it at a certain velocity is mind blowing.

[@justinjay4734]

That cautious back step, this little fella has done this before. And he’s getting really good at it.

[@analogman9697]

The logging industry has been changed forever! This is great!

[@user-im2hq9hd6f]

Indeed 😂

[@myradioon]

Elephants have been used in the logging industry fro 1000's of years in India (unfortunately). Yes, even to push trees over.

[@tomy.1846]

A video which lives up to it's title! Well done!

[@Zac_f]

He is such a beast

[@tomerzafon4]

A brute.

[@ranjeetaskitchen3590]

What a display of power!

[@propheteyebert7063]

The elephant was intelligent enough to understand how to use resonance to multiply the force.

[@_sunfish]

It has nothing to do with ressonance, it's just momentum. Every single animal on this planet has a sense of it, you think you are way too smart than you actually are.

[@EarthIsFlat456]

Resonance?? Looks like someone didn't pay attention in the physics class.

[@user-id5fo5fv8r]

More like oscillation combined with momentum of a heavy ass elephant.

[@YannCogan]

It's resonance. The tree has a resonance frequency for his vertical oscillations, and the clever elephant pushed accordingly.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

@@_sunfish Touch grass, bud. Your attitude is embarrassing. 🤦‍♂

[@onsenguy]

that's a mid-sized boy..imagine what a massive bull could knock down!

[@chrismawata8755]

This animal understands resonance. He was awake in class.

[@boxs6195]

Pure STRENGHT ! 🐘💪

That’s brilliant. He needed his lunch and knew just how to get it 💪💪💪❤️

[@shrimirdha4030]

I used to think If an elephant chases after me ll climb on tree to save myself😂😂

[@AdventureswithLandon]

It’s amazing how this elephant uses its strength and intelligence to get what it wants.

[@andreschusan6086]

A great workout for the elegant, Elephant.

[@webza77]

A rare video of one of Africa's landscapers at work!! Ladies & Gentlemen please take notes!!

[@kingken216]

Unbelievable

[@harrysingh2874]

Who needs a tree feller when we've got Jumbo.

[@crystal1952]

Wow, amazing. That's how powerful elephants obtain their day's ration. Thanks for sharing.

[@ashleydaniel3215]

Elephant casually pushes down tree just like I casually eat a Dorito chip, lol crunch and all 🤣

[@keepingitwild5994]

That's why elephant numbers should be kept in check - they have devastated vast swathes of land in the Savannah by felling down trees.

[@aaronlopez492]

For public safety 🐘 it decided the tree was hazard so it had to come down.👏

[@simplyball4260]

Just in case if you tried to escape an elephant chase by climbing up a tree thinking that the elephant can't climb up trees.

[@adityas6517]

what an incredible animal!!

[@andrewlawson573]

This is partly why Botswana threatned to send them to Hyde Park and Germany. This is why their numbers need to be managed now. Elephants can deforrest an entire area if there are too many around.

[@carrietithof3389]

Totally agree. It's getting out of control.

[@daughteroflust6666]

That's true but they're used to the climate in Africa. Sending them to Germany is probably not going to end well.

[@Ad-Lo]

​@@daughteroflust6666 typical Western people more concerned about elephant welfare than people! This was because European countries are contesting the management strategies in the name of "animal cruelty" at the expense of human habitation and conservation.

[@zolisamaine3518]

Not by entitled people, other african countries need them more than trophy hunters.

[@andrewlawson573]

@@zolisamaine3518 why do they need them? Oh because they are terribly poached in other countries? You can't just send them to countries that don't have them. Those countries are either too far away to transport them safely or they themselves are ravaged by poaching. Don't think all the other options haven't been looked at. It's not as simple as sending them to other African countries that need them. If wildlife was well managed in the destination countries then they wouldn't need them in the first place.

[@buffiesilver]

He wanted it and he got it what power he has. These gentle giants are so strong but normally do not have to push their weight around, unless they need too. BEAUTIFUL 🌹💖🌹

[@Fadedecho1]

Dang how intelligent and done with ease ❤

[@lgarcia67]

Wow, that is a massive tree! The strength these animals have is amazing!!

[@dinosaurs86]

Elephant Casually Pushes Down Massive Tree 👍👍🐘🐘🐘🐘👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@olehoang7830]

Tree: stand there doing literally nothing. Elephant: and I took that personally.

[@davidr9614]

Leopard 's nightmare

[@riverbankfisher]

Very intelligent the way he uses the momentum of the tree to his advantage

[@willahrenholz214]

Tree: exists Elephant: and I took that personally

[@craigwilson1144]

We better protect these amazing animals.

[@heinrichschulz2000]

what about protecting the trees?

[@daughteroflust6666]

Protect both.

[@zigabeamuli2615]

How is this even possible.. nature is amazing.

[@user-wb1qo6ol4h]

It got personal quick.

[@mattkramer4132]

Elumberjackphant

[@UtUba]

Amazin strength & intelligence!! ThankU so much for da footage!! Nature is wonderous!!

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

Elephant like "I AM the King"😊

[@Cio-kc1sk]

Loving it!!! Amazing animal!!!

[@thehawkanimals]

Elephant: 'I just want to exercise. Don't blame me, tree!

[@howlieMCFC]

Amazing

[@therealjr3741]

That’s an Elephant workout!

[@L52R84]

Questa meravigliosa creatura ha una forza mostruosa!💫💯

[@chiemekaa]

A pro lumberjack!

[@muddymaker3721]

What a magnificent looking specimen of an elephant❤️

[@nicholaskitaka3704]

... Five elephants can make a desert in a year.

[@wheelmanstan]

yep, they're a menace

[@cameronhowe1110]

@@wheelmanstanNope, by cutting down trees that actually improve and shape your the savanna for other animals. Thats why elephants are considered a key stone species. Also, elephants only digest like 1/3 so technically they create more trees than they destroy.

[@wheelmanstan]

@@cameronhowe1110 no, those trees are needed alive for other animals, there's way too many elephants now, if a world without humans there is a balance, but in a world of humans we have to intervene, it's like how wolves are needed to move elk herds to prevent overgrazing but today the wolves will just end up growing so high in number that they'll decimate everything, animal species are being sacrificed due to fear of outrage for removing the precious little Disney elephants

[@siran424]

@@wheelmanstan The other irrelevant animal species can be sacrificed but not the Elephants..

[@wheelmanstan]

@@siran424 all animals are relevant, all part of the food chain

[@vladibalan]

Humans: "save the forests! The trees are the lungs of the planet!". The elephants: ...

[@oguzarslan6694]

What a demonstration of strength. If I can't climb to the top, I have my way to bring it down

[@MISTERLeSkid]

And all around the world, hippies suddenly began hating elephants.

[@gloriaartist1]

HIS TERRITORY. HE CAN DO WHATEVER. 😊 MUCH RESPECT.

[@gvinnydog5500.]

I should hire that elephant if I need a tree removed from my property!

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

😂😂😂... To heck with "Horsepower ", ...Give me "Elephant Power"...!!.. 😂😂😂😂!!

[@sali3492]

The one who pulls down the tree is real king of the jungle. Lion, Leopard, Rhino tried. They all failed. Elephant came! What a power!😮

[@whysoserious69940]

😂why would leopard and lion pull down a tree

[@satrinagerry2734]

When strength meets intelligence.

[@deanevangelista6359]

From what I heard, that tree has it coming!

[@Bromoteknada]

Stop these savage Elephants from cutting our trees down!

[@bigpicturethinking5620]

Interesting the elephant was able to get a rhythm on the push strokes to maximize the momentum. Smart.

[@Sar2009fu]

Brutal!

[@ronaldsahoo7514]

Hulk of animal kingdom

[@yanchu3229]

Such a magnificent Animal. If a human push that tree not even a leaf would move

[@bjoernand1712]

😂👍

[@-_Travi_-]

Para eso tenemos más inteligencia y creamos máquinas y sierras 🙂👍🏻.

[@s.w.a.t9515]

What kind of comparison is that? silly boy XD OBVIOUSLY NO, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE FUCKING ELEPHANT COMPARED TO A HUMAN BEING. If the human were the same size as the elephant, he could do the same thing and much more easily. But we don't have the same size, right?

[@alfiebacchus1387]

​Chill moe​😅@@s.w.a.t9515

[@TheAster3]

@@s.w.a.t9515 The size difference and power impact is the precise point that Yan was making in the comparison.

[@Rizik1986]

Amazing intelligence on display by this beast.

[@Michaelkaydee]

Knowing that you have the power to do this must feel good...

[@miller4866]

Beautiful Tree 🌳

[@muhammedriaz4478]

Absolutely brilliant, use of intelligence and strength to achieve desired goal, a unique skill set. Well done Mr elephant total respect to you enjoy your healthy lunch

[@DOI_ARTS]

Elephants are the natural Tank, Bulldozer and Buckhoes of nature

[@johnman559]

If the tree was scaled down in comparison to a human pushing it, that tree would still be masHOOsive😮

[@righteousshadowsdojopt.3979]

"Lumberjacks ain't got nothing on me" Elephant

[@ananttyagi8463]

Now imagine that your tongue alone weighs equivalent to weight of an african elephant.

[@Jackieblue777]

💙🐾🐘 Brutal ansiedad 🐘 🐾💙

[@emmanj89]

a bird in that tree, definitely pissed him off, at the end he went to check for a body to see if the deed was in fact done

[@TuneinR]

What a majestic animal❤

[@robbubba8020]

Smart enough to back up and avoid the kickback when the tree fell

[@tomerzafon4]

"Why filming? it's just another casual daily exercise for me".

[@zacharybriddell98]

Elephants are very strong and powerful animals in the world!

[@DJ-iv2xo]

The true king of the jungle.

[@neone4759]

If it wasn't recorded, nobody would have believed.

[@MrStkrdknmibalz9799]

Now that's a flex if I ever have seen one.

[@lancecahill5486]

Hold my beer! Said the elephant.

[@Twizztify]

That tree sounded very dry and brittle judging by the creaking sounds it was making. But still, that was amazingly impressive an elephant can do that!

[@ramishrambarran3998]

That was the root system snapping !

[@CrowPal]

He's not just using resonance; he's also using his weight and the geometry of his frame to maximize his force at the optimum moment. Snapped that huge trunk right in two. Amazing! Pure vandalism.

[@IrvinNgcobo]

Wow, that's amazing

[@alexwaiganjo4392]

And who was it that said climb a tree to escape an elephant?😊

[@steelearmstrong9616]

Wow, you know their strong but that strong is incredible

[@FairdinkumMate]

So powerful.

[@bryanrhenderson6510]

😂 I caught myself “helping” him push that tree over, I was leaning right and pushing with him 😂

[@joefrommontana252]

Destroying a 30-year-old tree so you can eat the leaves off the top. How majestic! Elephants are my favorite animals behind porcupines.