Massive Elephant vs 3 Baby Hippos

Elephants can be grumpy at the best of times and these hippos soon learned that this Ellie was not interested in visitors on his turf…
This footage was taken by Evan Malsbury in the Umfolozi River in South Africa.
Evan told Latestsightings.com: “We were part of an organized tour group that had arranged for a river cruise. There were several other boats on the river, nothing too unusual prior to this sighting, just many hippo groups grazing along the river.
According to the boat driver and the tour director, seeing elephants along the river as part of this cruise was extremely unusual, so everyone on board was jockeying for a better view. This was then that we saw an elephant close to the water’s edge. The elephant was alone for a while before the trio of hippos appeared and this was when the drama was taken up a notch. The hungry the hippos were no match for the elephant but thankfully no one but the tree was hurt.
Apparently, this was rare even for the tour director/cruise driver, it was the most unusual thing seen during our 14 day trip to South Africa. The tour director proposed that the hippos were younger and that they were learning about how to interact with elephants, and that the elephants were just trying to cross the river. It all seemed like a territorial standoff to me though.”
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[@tylerwong284]

What a kind elephant. Instead of charging at the hippos aggressively, he gently pushes a tree over to tell them to move along.

[@therealuncleowen2588]

Exactly. If the roles were reversed, a large hippo will walk right up and bite any smaller intruder in half. Hippos are complete assholes.

[@S4V3GU1D3]

Elephant must have a conscious 🤯

[@0doublezero0]

@Amogh Kudal It depends on their state of mind as well. I've seen elephant bulls in mating season throw infant elephants, their own kind, because they were in heat.

[@Qwerty-ex2id]

@@therealuncleowen2588 a male elephant is just as bad or even worse during musth.. it gets up to 10x more testosterone than regular and will literally kill anything just because

[@justthinking650]

@@S4V3GU1D3 of course it has, elephants are intelligent creatures

[@Fac3l3ss1]

Elephant: "I thought I told you kids of get off my lawn!"

[@mosesetsegary7369]

You mean the kids are not scared enough of your face..?

[@yelezi7950]

@@mosesetsegary7369 LMAO

[@mosesetsegary7369]

@@yelezi7950 google says 'zombie'!i'm out of here!

[@Kitchdmn3]

Haha at about :55 he’s like “dammit don’t you see how BIG I am? Get outta here”

[@LisaMarie51968]

Hahaha I love it

[@Alex.P1]

Hippos - “ there’s nothing to be scared of here” Elephant - moves a tree branch. Hippos - “ RUUUUUN” 🦛🦛🦛

[@Malabargate]

🤣🤣

[@theempire1741]

Aliphant also use stick for rino

[@tafri961]

😂 😂 😂

[@dogman5028]

100

[@eterna1670]

They ran so fast i thought they were walking on water

[@berrybloom2000]

The elephant is like, "Since when were hippos that tiny?"

[@PHpengkhianatnegara]

Lols

[@brianc1995]

The elephant is like the cheek of these hippos coming onto my patch LOL

[@enthusiaststraw7196]

😂😂😂

[@killemallmf7792]

Oh my god its hippo hobbits!!!!

[@shrek3578]

Lol

[@kshitijpawar3015]

I love how the hippos avoid eye contact and thinks it's all ok

[@tranquilrabies]

0:42 There's something large and threatening directly in front of us. Should we back up and get the hell out of here? Nah, let's all turn to the side and look off into the distance.

[@exeltoolbox]

​@@tranquilrabies 3 over 1, i think thats easy But hes big, can we really do it?

[@dazedandconfused6965]

Clearly the elephant didn’t want to hurt the baby hippos. He just scared them back into the water.

[@dankus4497]

I like how the elephant understands that the hippos are small and stubborn and doesn’t attack them. Just pushes over a tree what a nice elephant

[@nathandei1674]

Nah he would waste his time if he just killed them. If he was serious on attacking, the hippos would not have a good day

[@robertroth5197]

The restraint displayed by this enormous bull elephant suggests both intelligence and compassion. Makes his point beyond doubt without needlessly harming anyone. A true king.

[@mudchair16]

Intelligence? In a sense. Compassion? No.

[@daenite2480]

@@mudchair16 I'm sure the answer is yes. There was no need for the elephant to show restraint, but he went out of his way to do so anyways when elephants would charge any other time.

[@otakuhunter4817]

@@daenite2480 Elephants shows restraint if not provoked or has little ones with them all the time. Heck even prime carnivore like Asiatic Lions shows restraint when they show up in the localities in Gir. No animal wants to duel unless necessary.It is the law of the jungle.

[@greensprite4979]

​@@otakuhunter4817 actually elephants can attack unprovoked and are known to kill rhinoceros, Hippos, crocodiles and buffalos. Bull elephants undergo this phenomenon called musthing and that is a bull elephant.

[@jeffkeith637]

Baby hippos: "Are you my mother?"

[@Bell.luvsuu]

"HEEEEELLL NAH"

[@Malabargate]

Let me tell you... come close..!!!

[@Friendly_G]

"Your not my dad"

[@rachelfourie9083]

I like how the elephant didn’t mercilessly kill those innocent babies, but decided to just knock over a tree to give them a little scare so they can get off his territory. Smart, compassionate animal.

[@mosesetsegary7369]

No Compa'whatever. "Smile while carrying a big stick"🤣

[@jonathanngai5956]

he studies the art of war in his spare time

[@NoStress90s]

quit acting like you know what goes thru an elephants head, if they were closer that elephant would have most likely flattened them like a pancake

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

@@NoStress90s Says, "quit acting like you know what goes thru an elephants head" *Proceeds to tell us what was going through the elephants head* rofl

[@cflo1386]

I just find it interesting that the elephant used an instrument to scare the hippoes, that's intelligent.

[@killoreo]

Elephant: What spooked those 3? I was just offerring an olive branch....

[@seanmatthewking]

More like an Olive You GTFO Immediately Branch

[@Kingpig34563]

🦛🦛🦛: RUN AWAY!!!

[@monyroath]

1:25 why I found those lil run are so cute 😂

[@trikegang6671]

Everyone did

[@stevensanchez330]

Damn he broke that tree like nothing 🤯

[@halfrocanadianv5086]

He shook his head like he had a itch and knocked a tree over....

[@stevensanchez330]

halfrocanadian v lmao 😂

[@DarthVader1977]

@@halfrocanadianv5086 an* itch

[@halfrocanadianv5086]

@@DarthVader1977 *douchebag*

[@JonSmith-cx7gr]

@@halfrocanadianv5086 a douchebag

[@creatureconnor]

1:19 Did anyone else notice the second elephant?

[@Regfife]

Good eye!

[@claude878878]

u are incredible. how did u even see that? it took me 8 min to find it and i was looking for it. all i can see was 2 white spots on the right under a tree. U are really observant. Good job.

[@Max_Power_007]

It can camouflage!!! (Jurassic World reference)

[@jKDC1987]

Did once you’d had said 😅

[@creatureconnor]

@@claude878878 Thanks, you made my day!

[@Samiaam77]

The elephant was trolling 😂😂 like let me display power!!

[@mariadapaz5464]

Vi

[@mosesetsegary7369]

Say, like ''Rocket Man"

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

Don't forget he was there first, it was his territory, he's the big guy on the block and yet they came in didn't acknowledge he, took over; he backed up and then only after all of that he decided eh 'I think I want this back'

[@youraveragejoe2]

@@mosesetsegary7369 like rocket man.

[@alllifematters]

The elephant sees that they are young and he's trying to teach them. Cute

[@idontevenknowanymore111]

The way those 3 little hippos ran into the water is cute 🦛🦛🦛

[@noreenreynolds6516]

What a magnificent, majestic, ferocious, gentle being!

[@MrDjWatson91]

That elephant made those hippos look like bald guinea pigs.

[@bearclaw1051]

They are babies

[@annehaight9963]

I'm always fascinated by the essential benevolence of elephants. They seem to understand when they are dealing with other creatures that are "clueless" about invading their personal space. This elephant just wants to be left alone, and tries to intimidate the hippos into leaving rather than attacking them. The elephant could kill them easily, but doesn't really want to.

[@SirKolass]

I love how he effortlessly took a tree down like a human moving a pen with a finger.

[@frankr2661]

Hippos: "Oh look! it's an elephant." Also Hippos: "OMG A TREE IS FALLING! RUUUNN!"

[@MoonLoonie69]

Hippos: You don't scare us, old man. Elephant: (knocks over tree) Wanna say that again? Hippos: AW HELL NAH!!

[@RotatingLocomotive]

What a gentle giant, a mother hippo wouldn't have had the same pity

[@rajjakkam6403]

Hippos: "Nothing to be scared of there are 3 of us and only one of him." Elephant knocks a tree down. Hippos: Run!

[@Jubei]

That was too cute lol

[@bigm1235]

What is cute about this....

[@Jubei]

@@bigm1235 Cause its baby hippos.....

[@mike4dgk]

Anton Jarrell well if they hadnt ran theyd be dead baby hippos

[@Jubei]

@@mike4dgk hey its animal life!!!

[@mike4dgk]

i mean sure if u find the cycle of life cute but not gonna lie thats an odd fetish

[@nicoloalexisduran3295]

This whole interaction is just beautiful. Even annoyed op elephant can value another species' life. Amazing

[@prabhuprasad3679]

Elephant: _breaks tree_ Hippo babies: aight imma head out.

[@b.hagedash7973]

Hippos learning that there's no camaraderie amongst pachyderms.

[@HebrewsElevenTwentyFive]

Just learnt a new word today, cheers!

[@ismel111]

Your sentence i don't understand it.

[@krolikotik]

He (or she) means that there is no friendship even between animals with the same skin type.

[@ismel111]

krolikotik thank you sir greatly appreciate it

[@bkjeong4302]

Pachyderms is an outdated term

[@ellythecreator]

Elephant: IM STRONG Hippos:?? Elephant:cuts down a tree* Hippos:RUN RUUUUUUUN!

[@chrismawata8755]

Yes, the ears extended is the "I am big" which the little hippos ignored. Then breaking a large branch is the "I am strong". That got their attention.

[@unifiedcodetheory8406]

When that elephant walked right through that tree like it was nothing those baby hippos ran away like kids that just broke their mom's window with a baseball. That shit had me *DYING*

[@radiccisalame]

The elephant just wanted them to stay away, did not want to hurt them, because they are just babies!

[@TheRubberMatch]

Dimitri the elephant probably didn’t care and would’ve been willing to trample those “babies”

[@radiccisalame]

@Me Nuff Exactly

[@divinestep3251]

Agree. The elephants are very intelligent animals, I would say he didn't see them as any threat

[@Prodigy396]

Why are putting an exclamation mark, are you angry?

[@radiccisalame]

@@Prodigy396 ???

[@kk226488]

I m sure that elephant used the trees to scare other animals before! Btw, the running by baby hippos are really cute!! 😆

[@eccentricgamer4111]

“You darn kids! Get off my lawn!”

[@1spoiledbabygirl]

The fact that huge elephant cane disappear and blend in with the scenery is so amazing! And those baby hippos were lole, "nope! Not today. Not that elephant!" 😂

[@RageousMode]

"Get off my lawn!"

[@aimeefriedman822]

The hippos we're so young, I'm not sure they knew they were in trouble! Life lesson learned.

[@sLyOnE_NYc]

That elephant is huge though, can kill almost any animal effortlessly.

[@prehistoriccreature1800]

Yeah? Bring a Rhino and let's see what happens. You won't say that dumbass shit again

[@bongamin6967]

@@prehistoriccreature1800 troll

[@prehistoriccreature1800]

@@bongamin6967 That's ur mother

[@mapasinterativos2796]

@@prehistoriccreature1800 Uhm. There is so much videos oferece elephants kicking rhinos so easy on youtube.

[@prehistoriccreature1800]

@@mapasinterativos2796 No. More like The other way around

[@shendaraalshedir1933]

Even tho hippos are relatively large, these ones just look so tiny beside this massive bull. All of them, such beautiful Animals! 👍😊🐾

[@unconscious1076]

Even mighty elephant fell for the cuteness of those baby hippos😂

[@drviveksharma2196]

1:24....those 3 cuties took off like Usain Bolt, Blake n Justin Gatlin in a 100 m dash😁😁

[@joulesvelessa2306]

And swim like michael phelps.

[@drviveksharma2196]

@@joulesvelessa2306 Indeed😃

[@shrek3578]

Yea they were cute

[@drviveksharma2196]

@@shrek3578 🙂🙂

[@dondragmer2412]

The adults are fast too. This is why you don't want to get between a hippo and the water if you surprise it while it's feeding on land. I had to climb a fence once to evade a hippo threatening me in a zoo where I worked.

[@MritunjayKumar-ft2qj]

People are laughing on Hippos like they can fight with a charging elephant.

[@KARTIKEYA007]

@Drukstylz laughing because running hippo babies are cute

[@jayell8253]

What a heart, not wanting to hurt these youngsters.

[@scrumpchewous9893]

LMAO, that elephant knows that that shit was HIGHLY unnecessary. I love these guys man,they mock and display dominance many times just for fun. True king of the "jungle" for sure.

[@therealuncleowen2588]

Elephants are awesome and intelligent animals. That big bull used the minimal force to get those three hippo kids to scram. If roles were reversed, an adult hippo would walk up and bite an intruder in half even when it was no threat to the hippo. Hippos are complete assholes.

[@gentrykoda]

There's another elephant in the back on the right side you can see at 1:19. Elephants looking out for each other.

[@prehistoriccreature1800]

No dumbass, that's the Rhino

[@amazildabehling4894]

@@prehistoriccreature1800 Can u please stop being stupid just for 1 second?

[@sabrinaacree1707]

Initially, I was afraid that the elephant 🐘 would attack the little hippos 🦛🦛🦛 and was relieved that it merely scared them away. Very compassionate behavior. Such lovely animals overall, no wonder they're my favorites. 🥰🥰🥰

[@dondragmer2412]

The elephant may have been a bit scared of the hippos itself. It may not have seen hippos on land before, so was not sure if they presented a danger or not. Elephants can be very skittish about strange things, hence the common idea of them being afraid of mice. When I was doing elephant rides at a zoo one time a trio of guinea fowl were threatening the ride elephant, which had children on her back. I think the fowl had their nest near by. They got to about ten feet from the elephant and wouldn't stop squawking and rustling their feathers. The elephant was balking and starting to turn away from her path, so I had to chase the fowl off or the kids on the elephant's back could have been in danger of falling off or being on a runaway elephant. Once an elephant starts running away she's pretty hard to stop.

[@australium7374]

@@dondragmer2412 I do not believe the elephant was scared of the hippos but decided to not full on trample them because he was near a lake and that would’ve meant more trouble. So maybe it had a little plan like to scare them and if it doesn’t work then trample them

[@kartikeyatiwari2502]

A giant adult bull elephant would definitely have seen hippos on land before lol... wdym he won't have seen hippos on land?

[@sshep86]

The small tusks on that bull elephant are it's saving grace. Eventually though, when all the big tuskers have gone, even he won't be safe. More needs to be done to conserve these fantastic animals.

[@ShukrannAllah]

This is amazing

[@seanymoney-_-8409]

The hippos were to naive to know what its were capable of. A tree to a baby hippo is immovable, and the fact that this guy broke the whole thing in one push scared the shit out of them

[@mikebetts2046]

Oh, so sweet. If only humans could be so kind to each other. Animals have so much to teach us about getting along and being kind to others that might be a little "different".

[@sicebim1]

Elephants have a highly developed mental awareness and conscience. They can be bullies at times but they never mess with the kids. They are smart animals.

[@seanymoney-_-8409]

Baby hippos: when did mama gain all that weight Elephant: **knocks tree branch** Hippos: understandable have a nice day

[@krzysztofjarzyna633]

Last moments of these tourists as they were sunk by three live torpedos.

[@empoytekyo6981]

Baby Hippos: WHO'S LAUGHIN' NOW, SUCKAS?!

[@seasonsofphilly1993]

Great video...thanks for sharing! The baby hippos were clearly oblivious to the massive elephant's grumpy demeanor. That is, until he knocked a tree over and they high-tailed it back to the water. An elephant of his size could've just stomped on them, but he didn't.

[@macdale4741]

Elephants are beautiful animals,and show kindness,

[@mumistarr7980]

Elephant-“ let me explain something to you little kids” *flexis* Baby hippos- “mommy”. *hides in water*. This is how we teach the young ones that think they about it lol

[@greece4surf]

RIP tree :((

[@george8873]

Amazes me at the power of elephants, especially those massive bulls. Used to watch live safaris here on KZbin and they'd easily knock over trees a big bulldozer or excavator couldn't budge. Amazing and beautiful beings.

[@LearningWithSuj]

This is awesome. It's like the reverse of that one where the three young lions get out of the river when the adult hippo charges

[@dhowto3005]

That is one powerful beautiful Elephant!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

The sheer Power ( and intelligence ) of an Elephant is just Incredible. Smashed the tree, like it was a paper coffee cup. I don't blame those Hippo's for running into the water.

[@TheWatanna]

He was huge. Guess that was a great learning curve for the 3 baby Hippo. lol. Thank you so much for posting.

[@tasyt1994]

Lool, the elephant standing there lookng at the hippos with the expression: "Are they for real? They still here??"

[@Rocky_AL3keed]

Legend says: "They never looked behind again"

[@donpowlen]

Look how small the bull elephant’s tusks are. We are wiping out a species near and dear to so many people. 50 years ago a full grown bull elephant tusk would have been twice as long if not more.

[@imverygerby]

You realize tusks continue to chip and grow through its life right? Also you don’t even know the age of the elephant

[@infozone9601]

He's a young male

[@annehaight9963]

You're right. Killing off the elephants with the biggest tusks reduces the available genes for it. Elephants with small tusks don't get killed for their ivory, so they survive to breed.

[@jaganmohini1059]

Even 20 years ago there are some huge tuskers.

[@colapolarbear2225]

Awwwwww, he scared the tiny baby hippos,

[@AmiHoss66]

Hippos are massive but the Elephant makes them look like kittens

[@silashurd3597]

There is always that one animal who thinks they’re tough (hippos) to every animals. But then a bigger animal comes along and puts them in their place (elephant)

[@christianbergmann8114]

Gigantic. Unbelievable size, it's hard to imagine, how such a creature can exist.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Now imagine a dinosaur

[@fredh1805]

All I could think of when I saw the hippos running was the vicious rabbit scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “Run away , run away”😂🤣

[@retard_activated]

1:18 The equivalent of me telling my dogs "out" of the kitchen vs. me taking off a flip-flop (and they all scatter) 🤣🤣🤣

[@92up7]

The timing of his "look at me throw a tree" thing was quite clever. The second they were startled by the second elephant he used the opportunity to send them running to mom. Sortof cute how cautious he was. No ill will to them it was like he was teaching them that they can't expect the hang with the herd.

[@samhersir]

Looked like they were running on water!! 😂 lol

[@nordy259]

I generally come to this channel for blood and death but I guess a good laugh will do this time

[@ilikeporn2450]

...

[@TruEchoX]

What every vegan thinks we are doing, I'm just here to see the type of interaction lmao, but you be you we all have our own reasons

[@rico653caines3]

@TaylorDasch you basically just wished death to another human being lol

[@rendezvousonmemorylane]

@Taylor Dasch Eat Shit Taylow .

[@Masamune364]

Basically hes saying that doesnt laugh much but enjoys "blood and death" that explains it, must be one of those quiet kids from class.

[@funkingcustoms2408]

Baby hippos: exist Elephant: *warning shot fired*

[@chargingrhino5636]

I think it speaks volumes to the elephant's intelligence that it chose to make a really loud noise, rather than trumpet (and possibly alert other hippos) or charge them (and risk an injury). Moreover, the fact that it used the noise from snapping a tree in half to scare the hippos away tells you a lot about his self-awareness. I think breaking the tree virtually qualifies as tool use. It certainly demonstrates complex thinking and problem solving. Pretty amazing video!!!

[@muffs55mercury61]

Contrary to popular belief, young hippos do run from things they don't like or are afraid of. The male bull hippos are generally fearless and are probably the most who attack. The elephant makes a better bulldozer than the Caterpillar diesel powered ones !

[@xanshen9011]

… Until they see a fully grown bull elephant

[@veetour]

1:25 That’s a sight you see at Walmart on Black Friday.

[@0-Elias-0]

Damn, he makes those hippos look like armadillos.

[@jordansinging554]

lol when they ran the elephant was like yeah u better run lol

[@brattberg]

Awesome alpha elephant scaring away the deadliest! I love both species though! The young ones learned the power of the gentle mega giants

[@michaellyden2580]

Hey, that would scare me enough to run into a river.

[@WellenDowd]

I like how the other elephants just wait in the woods until the coast is clear.

[@Birdwow63]

Wow it was truly cute when all threes ran for the water... great moment... thanks for sharing...

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

Damn. The elephant didn't even push the tree it just walked forward.

[@jjenko6366]

I want to punk my enemy like this. They went straight under water lol.

[@vozamaraktv-art5595]

Elephants are so majestic and badass!!!

[@samirpatel3528]

Baby hippos : are you my mother ????☺️👌

[@user-qv5og6qu9d]

"Мейдей! Мейдей! Нуждаюсь в помощи! Нуждаюсь в помощи!"

[@ibnamanot]

That elephant is not that big... compared to a blue whale.

[@allninelivez7631]

The whale and the elephant. Neither able to challenge the other in it's own domain.

[@allninelivez7631]

@Nicholas Smith tail slap yes but swallowing a large animal like an elephant? It's a myth for whales to swallow mammals. Humans in general. It's a myth because you wouldn't survive 3 stomachs I believe. You'd just be dissolved.

[@allninelivez7631]

@Nicholas Smith what kind of whale? Sperm Whale? You're going to have get chewed up before you enter the stomach. Blue Whale? You'll have to go through stomach after stomach, first stomach will already have you looking like you're inbred. Killer Whale? Not exactly a whale but an Orca.

[@allninelivez7631]

@Nicholas Smith yes. That's why I said Orca. Killer Whales are part of the Dolphin family.

[@82godoy]

The level of intelligence of an elephant. It knew they were young and didn't choose to masacre them. Just scare then away.

[@KyleBc95]

He's saying "get out of here kids, you're on my lawn!"

[@timeandattention3945]

"Get to the choppa!" 😂

[@m.s.1753]

He getting a switch for us, we’re out of here.

[@jonathanngai5956]

elephant: what are these small chonks!?

[@SameerPrehistorica]

That bull elephant is massive. If those were 3 full grown hippos, they would have done the same.

[@jasonvoorhees5180]

“Daddy?” “DO I LOOK LIK-??”

[@Turbo999be]

It's interesting to notice that the elephant knock down the tree just when another elephant was actually approaching from the wood right on the babies. My 2 cents he scares them eventually knowing the other elephant coming could not be as friendly as him. Pretty sure he actually protected the babies by scaring them.

[@DrBLOOD1995]

1:25 *Baby hippos running* - Elephant: "This is not even my final form!"

[@pastorhaze9509]

they say elephants never forget. I bet every time he sees hippos now he breaks trees like "watch this fred"

[@yago8773]

Elephant was actually hella scared, “why y’all running, I just need friends” :(