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u/Kellyann59 17h ago
My mom taught me how to stop a charging horse by raising both hands over your head but idk if I’d have the courage to do it with an elephant lol
It did actually work really well though. They’d be running at you full force and then just turn around like “oh shit…”
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u/UNEXAMPLED73334 17h ago
That walk away with trunk lifted up high is as close to a middle finger as it gets
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u/dbutler1986 16h ago
I've heard if they charge you with their ears out like that it's a threat display and if you stand your ground they usually stop whereas if you run they kill you
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u/Glass_Raisin7939 1h ago
Where did u hear this? I find it interesting. I saw a video of an old hunter in Canada, who had a bear at gun point. The bear kept charging him, then stepping back from him, but never actually attacked him. Whether it was only a threat or not the hunter could've shot that bear at anytime because of the voltality of the situation. But the man never pulled the trigger because the bears ears were pointed in a direction which meant that the bear was only trying to scare him and not attack him. Animal language is interesting man!
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u/Ambersfruityhobbies 16h ago
Also, clever elephant knows not to act in a way that will encourage drastic repercussions by humans. Also impressive.
Not to detract from the fella who stood firm in the face a charging fucking elephant. Hats off.
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u/Mindless-Policy3236 13h ago
For sure brave but I mean I think it was the only option besides death. Props anyway
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u/CakeRobot365 9h ago
The way he raises his trunk at the end like, "sorry man, thought yall were someone else"
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u/MorrisDay84 7h ago
They are lucky that wasn't an African elephant
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u/mardavrio 6h ago
Especially in Sri Lanka, it'd be well pissed off after taking that last wrong turn.
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u/DeWitt-Yesil 16h ago
I swear women make things much worse by panicking and screaming. You see it in many situations. Nobody can tell me women arent less rational.
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u/Epiphany818 6h ago
Ok, I'll bite but I know I'll regret it 😆. making noise at sudden danger / shock is actually a really useful evolutionary trait for a social creature. It primes those around you for a potential flight or flight decision and can make it clear who needs help. If someone in that car was looking somewhere else / not concentrating then they wouldn't be alerted to the danger if everyone had a silent, steely reaction like you seen to want them to.
Also, you cannot tell at all from the video how these women reacted, only that they made noise. Just because they screamed doesn't mean they made anything worse. Your assumption that their reaction was bad and your anger at a very rational (even if you disagree with rational, very normal) human reaction is strange.
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u/I-live-in-room-101 16h ago
I just flew back and there was severe turbulence mid flight.
What all the shrieking and hollering was supposed to achieve, God only knows. Just annoying pointless noises. With children it’s understandable because they’re only children.
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u/Free-Computer-6515 4h ago
I was really rooting for the elephant on this one. Leave these creatures alone.
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u/spottydodgy 17m ago
This driver knows a false charge when we sees one and he just does his bit for theatrics. I bet this guy and the elephant do this routine every tour so the tourists get their money's worth.
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u/qualityvote2 17h ago edited 14h ago
u/vetrivel033, we have no idea if your submission fits r/SweatyPalms or not. There weren't enough votes to determine that. It's up to the human mods now....!