Even if you run fast, a safety distance must be maintained when filming mother elephants with a baby

Description English / French :
Elephants are classified into 3 species: the Asian elephant with smaller ears and a rounded or level back, the African bush elephant with larger ears, a curved back and large tusks curved towards the sky and the African forest elephant, smaller in size because it is adapted to its environment to move more easily through the dense undergrowth of their habitat and with thinner straight tusks pointing downwards so that they do not get caught on the many vines. The latter are the most aggressive (Loxodonta cyclotis). Early in the morning, before the heavy heat, these elephants come out of their forest to feed on the roots of plants growing in the tall grass in the savannahs. They dig them up by kicking them into the ground and shaking them to remove the sand before swallowing them greedily.
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Les éléphants sont classes en 3 espèces : l’éléphant asiatique aux oreilles plus petites et au dos bombé, l’éléphant africain de savane aux oreilles plus grandes, au dos incurvé et aux grandes défenses remontant vers le ciel et l’éléphant africain de forêt, de plus petite taille car adapté à son environnement pour se déplacer plus facilement dans les épaisses forêts équatoriales et aux défenses rectilignes et plus fines pour ne pas les accrocher avec les nombreuses lianes. Ces derniers sont les plus agressifs (Loxodonta cyclotis). Tôt le matin, avant les grandes chaleurs, ces éléphants sortent de leur forêt pour se nourrir, dans les savanes, de racines de plantes poussant au milieu des hautes herbes. Ils les déterrent à l'aide de coup de pied dans le sol puis les secouent pour les débarrasser du sable avant de les avaler goulument.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Elephants are classified into 3 species: the Asian elephant with smaller ears and a rounded or level back, the African bush elephant with larger ears, a curved back and large tusks curved towards the sky and the African forest elephant, smaller in size because it is adapted to its environment to move more easily through the dense undergrowth of their habitat and with thinner straight tusks pointing downwards so that they do not get caught on the many vines. *The latter are the most aggressive (Loxodonta cyclotis).* Early in the morning, before the heavy heat, these elephants come out of their forest to feed on the roots of plants growing in the tall grass in the savannahs. They dig them up by kicking them into the ground and shaking them to remove the sand before swallowing them greedily.

[@me124]

Not exactly greedy though are they but instead eat what they need to….only humans are greedy.

[@mjade1673]

@@me124 you putting animals on a pedestal. Humans are also only animals.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

The elephants both gave warnings with their ears. I'm a big believer in not directing my body at the subject I'm filming so that I don't appear as a threat.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*The two mum elephants showed their anger as their tails became as corkscrew!* *May I suggest you some of my 170 home-made videos from my channel which have never been recommended by KZbin and which unfortunately have a very small number of views even though they are very instructive such as:* First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY Fresh Water from Creeks triggers the urge to urinate in wild mammals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3YenSvbNBjopo Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6CcmIqfbdWNp6c Before buying ivory jewellery or carved ivory objects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJPYhZ1tpbOpfq8 and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Check out my 170 homemade videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle. Good vision!

[@tinkmarshino]

Boys will be boys.. looks like it's not all work there Xavier! That was a fun little share.. Glad those Fellows didn't get into to much trouble.. Thanks again my brother.. May you find joy and peace this year that you have never felt before... Bless you and your team..

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Dear faithful subscriber, My team and I are very sensitive to the content of your wishes! Please allow us to wish you the same.

[@randquadrozzi5850]

Glad to see you posted a new video.that was to close for comfort even for me watching the video.

[@NEXUS_VSTGN]

Just never provoke the leader of any big predator group, or get close to a animal mom with a baby.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Except if you are a good runner! *Keep watching my videos I put online on my channel and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle:* kzbin.infovideos

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

@@XHB06400CANNES thanks 👍 I am already old subscriber in you channel !

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@makyhsmakyhs6766 *Your feedback encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed we are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language (french) and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on... and answer to numerous comments posted on my channel* It's a choice.. Watch more of my 170 videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each of them. You will find very interesting information about the reactions of the animals in front of my mirrors in the gabonese jungle: Good vision!

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

@@XHB06400CANNES please convey my greetings and best wishes for your wife and friends and the pretty animals too in the new year 2022 , and take care of your safety , all of you , thanks 🌹 ☺️

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Your greetings and best wishes have been conveyed for my wife, friends and animals as well in the new year 2022.Bonne et heureuse Année 2022 à vous et à vos proches !

[@PlayNiceFolks]

Have these fine gentlemen ever heard of the zoom feature on cameras?

[@XHB06400CANNES]

The poor resolution of the zoom function of entry-level smartphones unfortunately pushes their owners to take risks by getting closer to the animals in order to make a video with sharp images!

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

Good to see your videos again.... Good one too.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

To my loyal subscriber: Good to see your comment again!

[@papadopp3870]

I have only now discovered your KZbin channel and appreciate it very much. Do you have a website or have you written on the subjects you have filmed? Animal intelligence, response and apparent emotion are intriguing, to say the least! If pictures are worth a thousand words, your mirror videos of primates are worth a fortune and provide much insight. Only now have I discovered the elephant videos. Your work is amazing and incredibly educational for those of us for whom the wildest mammal outside a zoo we come across are squirrels, cattle and the neighbors untrained poodle! Thank you, M. Hubert-Brierre.

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*I don't have a website but to each of my 180 videos published on my KZbin channel I attach a long description, the first part of which is written in English, in which I provide additional information to the images which are not accompanied by a verbal commentary!* *Your feedback on my videos encourages us to pursue our overwhelming and somewhat dangerous passion. It is a great reward for my wife Anne-Marie, my friend Michel and me. As you may have noticed we are not comfortably sitting in our armchairs, to publish without any description, pieces of videos copied from the Internet and put end to end. But we maintain our mirrors and numerous cameras traps, to change the SD, batteries, to clean the objectives, to remove the fallen branches in their field of vision, to go up on foot the bed of the marigots to find zones of crossing of animals to install new traps there etc... Drenched by tornadoes, the body covered with insect bites of all kinds (horseflies, gorilla flies, tsetse, black ants, magnan ants etc.) and unfortunately the number of cameras refusing to work increases because of the humidity rate of 95%. Then we do the editing of the videos and write a long description in English which is not our native language (french) and then put them online to show the beauty of Gabonese fauna, talk about poachers, show how elephants who have managed to get away from a wire snare trap, treat the deep cut made by this trap, show how elephants pick mangos, self recognition in mirrors that is not innate both among humans than among primates and other mammals and so on... and answer to numerous comments posted on my channel* It's a choice.. *May I suggest you some of my 180 homemade-made videos from my channel which have never been recommended by KZbin and which unfortunately have a very small number of views even though they are very instructive such as:* First mud bath of an cute new born elephant with her mom and aunts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKHNYomcoLN9iZY Fresh Water from Creeks triggers the urge to urinate in wild mammals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep3YenSvbNBjopo Can an elephant survive without half of its trunk lost in a poacher's wire snare? kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6CcmIqfbdWNp6c Before buying ivory jewellery or carved ivory objects: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJPYhZ1tpbOpfq8 and unfortunately there are many others in this case! Check out my 180 homemade videos published on my channel kzbin.infovideos and read the description attached to each one of them. You will know very interesting informations about animals reactions front of my mirrors in the jungle. Good vision!

[@papadopp3870]

@@XHB06400CANNES Excellent! Your descriptions are wonderful. Thank you for your response and I respect how you care and educate for your viewers!

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@papadopp3870 🙏🙏🙏 I really appreciate it when a viewer thanks me for my reply to his/her comment. Merci beaucoup !

[@garrettcarver8346]

Xavier, thank you for the great videos. I see that you need to correct comments a lot because people do not read the description. You could try pinning a comment with your information. Many people skip the description but will see a pinned comment

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Thank you for your suggestion: *As a test, I have just posted a pinned comment with the content of its description in English.*

[@ryuichirosaito4977]

African Elephant Family

[@lifepoordog8269]

😍

[@MrGatsu]

Darwin Award nominees

[@kimetsunoyaiba3883]

Vous parlez francais? :)

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Je suis français !

[@kimetsunoyaiba3883]

@@XHB06400CANNES cooll! Moi aussi, je suis canadien et je me suis abonné super chaine🙂👍

[@XHB06400CANNES]

@@kimetsunoyaiba3883 Merci pour votre qualificatif attribué à ma chaine. Après la lecture de chacune de mes 180 vidéos pensez à lire la description jointe, en anglais puis en français pour en apprendre plus sur la faune dont vous venez de regarder les images ou sur les réactions des animaux sauvages découvrant leur reflet dans de grands miroirs : *D'où nous est venue l'idée des miroirs ?* Mon épouse et moi sommes, ni photographes professionnels, ni scientifiques, ni vétérinaires. Nous voulions remercier le Gabon, nous ayant accueilli pendant plus de 35 ans dans le secteur de la grande distribution, en montrant sur KZbin la diversité de la faune de ce beau pays et donner envie aux internautes de le visiter. Nos premières vidéos diffusées sur notre chaîne KZbin montraient essentiellement des animaux sauvages "passant" devant les objectifs de nos caméras pièges équipées de détecteurs de mouvement : La marche d'un éléphant devant l'objectif d'un piège pendant une vingtaine de secondes n'est pas particulièrement intéressante. Par contre une vidéo de jeunes éléphants jouant dans une rivière pendant que les adultes étanchent leur soif est beaucoup plus agréable à regarder : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aompmIWhiMaYitU *Pour trouver de tels "spots", il convient de s'éloigner du sentier emprunté par les quelques véhicules 4x4 de Nyonié (camp à 30 km de notre zone de piégeage), pour s'enfoncer plus profondément dans la forêt et remonter les rivières en marchant dans leur lit. Cela n’est pas sans danger surtout lorsque l’on est âgé.* Pour progresser plus facilement dans la forêt, les animaux utilisent le sentier des tout-terrains, sans lianes, sans buissons, sans ronces et sans arbres entremêlés au sol, suite aux très nombreuses tornades dans cette région à cheval sur la ligne de l’équateur. Alors, Il nous est venu l’idée de placer de très grands miroirs au bout d’une longue ligne droite afin d’attirer leur curiosité et de les « bloquer » devant leur reflet. Nous avons également placé d’autres miroirs sous des arbres dont nombreux animaux apprécient les fruits. A d’autres emplacements au milieu de la forêt, il eut fallu beaucoup de chance pour que les animaux croisent leur reflet ! Notre utilisation des miroirs a suscité un grand intérêt chez les primatologues, notamment les membres du PSG, non pas le club de football du Paris Saint Germain, mais le Primate Specialist Group (Groupe des spécialistes de primates), qui n'avaient étudié la reconnaissance de soi dans un miroir chez les grands singes que dans des laboratoires avec des animaux captifs ou nés en captivité, habitués au contact avec l'homme. Ces animaux, imitant parfois l'homme, n'avaient pas à chercher de nourriture, à défendre leur famille contre d'autres congénères et prédateurs, avaient donc des comportements déformés, très différents de ceux des primates vivant en toute liberté avec leur groupe ou leur famille dans une zone reculée de la forêt gabonaise. Nos caméras ont mis en évidence un comportement très particulier chez les chimpanzés de la région de Nyonié et cela ont donné lieu à une publication scientifique, "Reflections in rainforest mirrors facilitate behavioral observations of wild chimpanzees Primates n°58 2017-01". Ce comportement est filmé sur nos trois vidéos suivantes : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWweJaCp7ZkaKc (Frottement de la croupe chez les chimpanzés = effet anti-stress ? Un comportement social jamais observé auparavant) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqfPmoekf5yCotE (des chimpanzés effrayés se rassurent avec des contacts de pseudo-copulation et de rump-to-rump devant le miroir) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnrXfKmNZs-ag80 (Chimpanzees front of a Mirror in the Gabon Jungle Grooming Power displays Copulation, Grooming again) Regardez nos autres vidéos de la chaine et n'oubliez pas à chaque fois de lire la description qui y est jointe après celle en anglais. Vous y apprendrez des informations très importantes. kzbin.infovideos

[@AdidasiLy]

Lol

[@christianvigna]

Pas très malin …

[@XHB06400CANNES]

Alors que Michel prenait ses jambes à son cou, son smartphone a filmé ses sabots de plage en plastique, abandonnés au sol pour courir plus vite!

[@samirsan9105]

Une chance pour Michel que maman éléphant soit herbivore 😂😂😂 Michel, quelle idée as-tu d'aller l'embêter ? Que dirais tu si elle décidait d'entrer dans ta maison quand tu t'y repose en famille ? 😂 Haaa ces jeunes....😂

[@jpaulstudios5152]

I should rescue them to put them in my zoo in USA

[@XHB06400CANNES]

*These animals are free-living, so there is no reason to confine them to your zoo in the US, or do you want to save these two photographers by locking them up so they don't risk getting too close to elephants again to film them?*

[@Pinksugarelephant]

@@XHB06400CANNES they're probably a troll. Thanks for the video!