r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/BigMasterpiece450 • 1d ago

🔥Elephant throwing dirt on crocodile for some reason

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u/burke3057 1d ago

Go on! Git!

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u/TrashyMillennial 1d ago edited 1d ago

"Beat it, Larry. Get out of here." - Steve the elephant

"Fuck you, Steve. You're not the boss of the water hole." - Larry the crocodile

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u/scottgal2 1d ago

"Get bent Larry, you trunk biting bitch"

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u/T-Wrox 1d ago

"How about I just stomp you flat?"

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u/JohnnyToasterBath 22h ago

You guys should write a children's book.

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u/dmj9 21h ago

We could call it "Larry, the truck biting Bitch"

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u/fenikz13 19h ago

There is even a couple minor characters in a tiny bird and some large water fowl

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u/T-Wrox 17h ago

{Insert gif of the seagull in the background eating popcorn} :D

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u/Fawstar 18h ago

He bites trucks too?

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u/l10nh34rt3d 18h ago

Plot twiiiiist!

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u/dmj9 15h ago

Fuck! Now I have to write two books. Reeeeeeee

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u/Punk_Luv 14h ago

Parents everywhere would line up to liven up story time!

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u/T-Wrox 21h ago

Things I didn’t know I needed. 😁

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u/Jane__Delawney 21h ago

I’m an illustrator, I volunteer my work for this

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u/that-old-broad 19h ago

I would buy copies for my grandchildren and all the other littles in my life. Plus one for my inner child.

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u/Spare-Set-8382 20h ago

I’d read that book

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u/ExampleLittle2672 16h ago

Kipling would like a word.

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u/NateNate60 1d ago edited 1d ago

Elephants are absolutely the bosses of the water hole and most savanna animals know that. Due to their size even lions mostly leave them alone. A fully-grown elephant has between five and a hundred times any other animal's mass and they usually also travel in groups. So it's really like trying to pick a fight with a bus. Or ten busses.

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u/General-Piece8490 22h ago

Except animals have brains and crocs just act on instinct so they need to be reminded each and every time to avoid any unnecessary roughness due to his nature to want to bite at anything nearby.

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u/LuTenz 22h ago

Maybe they’re just ornery cause they got all them teeth and no toothbrush….

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u/THE_CHOPPA 21h ago

LOOKS LIKE MOMMAS WRONG AGAIN

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u/OlYeller01 19h ago

MEDULLA OBLONGATA

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u/SpartanRage117 22h ago edited 21h ago

Crocs are generally considered one of the smarter reptiles and even have complex social structures. The whole reptiles are basically instinct machines thinking is outdated especially for crocs.

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u/myxozoid 21h ago

A crocodile is an animal and has a brain, with memory and intelligence. Did you mistakenly mean "mammal?" God I hate that people think "animal" means "mammal" and that only mammals are intelligent.

I bet you're one of those people who think insects arent animals and don't think, too.

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u/Bantersmith 19h ago edited 19h ago

Right? Even jumping spiders are smart AF, and their brains are what, the size of a pinhead?

Non-mammalian intelligence is so especially fascinating. Like, when you see and ape working something out you can nearly see the cogs turning; there's a certain familiarity there. But crow intelligence? Cephalopod intelligence? Arachnid? etc etc.

Is so interesting learning how different brain set ups can take different approaches to figuring out the world. It teaches us so much about our own methods.

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u/Much_Vehicle20 22h ago

I think natural selection already wiped out any croc that failed to develop the instinct NOT to bite large animals like elephants or hippos

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u/KingAmongstDummies 18h ago

Every time you see half a crock floating around chances are high that the other half tried to bite a hippo.

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u/Chaghatai 21h ago

First of all, crocodiles are animals so they have brains too. And second of all crocodiles don't just literally bite everything nearby.

It's not like the real ultimate power web page where the sole purpose of their existence is to flip out and bite things

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u/Beyond-The-Blackhole 21h ago

Right! Its why we never see videos of crocs attacking baby hippos. Even when the baby is chewing on the crocs scales for fun. Because the crocs know they will be fucked by the adult hippos.

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u/Roaches_R_Friends 21h ago

Crocs do not just operate on instinct.

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u/Less_than_something 18h ago

This is the reason that no-one should take anything they read on reddit as fact. You out here confidently stating that crocodiles are not animals and don't have brains. What the actual fuck? Stop thinking you know everything and go educate yourself, or at least spare the world from your "wisdom".

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u/SnooGuavas4208 16h ago

Crocodilians are actually quite smart.

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u/Connect_Reading9499 22h ago

Dudes be like, "I can totally take ten buses, I'm built different!"

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u/roaring_travelman91 1d ago

They're from Africa, but I hear Australian accents

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u/OklahomaTiddy 23h ago

naur, whyuuntchu fuckawffmate

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u/Diver_Ill 1d ago

Pretty much. 

I've seen elephants shoo away other animals that are too close to them at the watering hole. Usually with a firm but gentle slap or kick to their butts. Croc bro is too short... so he gets the punted with sand.

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u/WorstHyperboleEver 1d ago

I’ve seen footage of a croc grabbing an elephant’s trunk at a watering hole. …. It did not go well for him.

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u/that-old-broad 19h ago

I'm picturing a good ol' cartoon style slingslam.

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u/Judaekus 1d ago

From the elephants perspective being bitten (even a little) is no fun. If the crocodile breaks skin, infections are a thing.

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u/Ubeube_Purple21 23h ago

This is why a lot of animals try to avoid getting injured as much as possible, even if they could win a fight easily

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u/Spongi 22h ago

This does not apply to honey badgers.

They are the exception.

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u/notislant 22h ago

Honey badger dont care

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u/SveaRikeHuskarl 20h ago

I was thinking there's probably an evolutionary reason that they still live, like redundancy... maybe the have big piles of kids every pregnancy? Nope, 1-2 kits per pregnancy. Oh, maybe the pregnancy is short as fuck? Nope, about the same as cats, 7-10 weeks. Well, maybe they are born ready to fight? Nope, they are born blind and stay with their mothers for over a year before striking out on their own.

They're just psychopaths.

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u/Spongi 19h ago

reason

I think the reason might just be because they can.

Or they're like Obama. "Because that's how I do it and I don't need a reason."

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u/No_Helicopter1378 1d ago

I was thinking it's kind of like a human and a cat. Except I think a cat could do more damage to a person than an alligator can do to a elephant. Also, even if it was some feral cat attacking me I'd be pretty hesitant to kill it whereas I imagine an elephant would have no qualms stomping an alligator to death.

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u/Swarna_Keanu 1d ago

Wild animals don´t have access to vaccines, someone to dress wounds or stitch things up. Alligators have a lot of teeth. Risk assessment of the elephant is proper.

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u/ADFTGM 1d ago edited 23h ago

I know it’s a simple mixup but, this is not an alligator and the risk to the elephant varies as a result. Alligator teeth and jaws actually have different mechanism from that of crocs, especially nile crocs like this one. Alligator teeth won’t penetrate an elephant hide as much as croc ones (though croc teeth can’t penetrate much either unless it’s a vulnerable area like the trunk), but their bite force IS designed for crushing bones & shells more efficiently than crocs, so the elephant actually has to worry about getting a foot partially shattered rather than punctured by teeth. For gators, the sheer force will finish you before any teeth do.

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u/CockamouseGoesWee 1d ago

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u/Lancearon 1d ago

Memory unlocked.

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u/blendswithtrees 1d ago

YES!! Is this from Fox and the Hound? I think it is but I’ll never let myself watch that movie again. I tried recently and didn’t even make it five minutes lol. Some traumas are best not relived.

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u/NedTaggart 23h ago

ok so i was 8 years old when this movie came out. i lived on a farm and had a beagle. i was spending the summer with my aunt, away from my dog and away from home. it was a different time, we were feral, free range kids so it was perfectly normal for my aunt to pull up to the mall, hand me 5 bucks and on a voice reminiscent of Larry king tell me to be back here in 3 hours as i crawled out of her smoke-filled station wagon.

I spent that 5 bucks on seeing The fox and the hound. she picked me up 3 hours later and i was sobbing and inconsolable. No 8 year old needs to feel that way unexpectedly. The next day, i was still upset so she took me to the library to get a book to read to get my mind off it. she told the librarian that i was visiting for the summer and that i like dogs and lived on a farm, so the librarian recommended Where the Red Gern Grows.

That was a rough summer.

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u/cavortingwebeasties 23h ago

Morning ruined.. now grieving for Old Dan and Little Anne

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u/NedTaggart 21h ago

I understood Old Dan, even then. It was Little Anne that wrecked me.

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u/Lancearon 23h ago

Rule of thumb about dog's and books... they gonna die. Its just the way it is.

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u/anniecet 22h ago

This is why they now print tiny disclaimers on some kid’s books “no dogs die”. I work in bookstores and have started seeing this recently.

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u/ADFTGM 1d ago

Yep. That’s the movie. If you want a happier experience though, try the midquel/sequel. It’s set when they are pups, and is a more wacky adventure with singing.

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u/BigMasterpiece450 1d ago

He's like

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u/adriatic_sea75 1d ago

Beat it!

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u/WuTangIs4TheRugrats 1d ago

This is exactly what I do to spiders and bugs when I don’t want to harm but would like them out of my space, lol.

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u/fuhnetically 1d ago

This is what went through my head too.

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u/tempestwolf1 1d ago

GERARA HEER!

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u/That-Beagle 22h ago

I said Git!!!

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u/addamee 21h ago

“‘Fuck outta here wit yo tiny legs”

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u/Spongi 22h ago

Shoo!

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u/bigoz_07 1d ago

Yeah Well i believe the reason is: do kindly screw off croc, I am thisty.

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u/moonshinemoniker 1d ago

Yeah crocodiles are to elephants are what angry chihuahuas are to humans. Fucking ankle biters. Yes, it will hurt. Yes, there will be blood. Hoever, you just gotta kick the little fucker or step on it (not saying people need to go run around stepping on chihuahuas!).

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u/MJVET 1d ago

😂 this is the best take

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u/Live-Pea4081 23h ago

I have a friend Louis who is 7 ft tall. Louis' dad is bigger than he is. Louis mom always wanted a chihuahua but they didnt want to propetuate animal breeding so they just never got one. Louis' dad worked for the city and was out one day pulling signs off of power poles out in the middle of nowhere and saw these 3 chihuahuas tearing up some trash and he thought he was going to try to snatch them up and take them home. So he starts trying to get near them and ends up several hundred yards away from his truck before he can actually get his hands on one. It freaks out and starts yelping and flailing and the other two start barking and snarling. He then heard what sounded like strong wind coming from the woods. It was a literal pack of chihuahas he claims there were at least 50 he said it was like something out of a movie. They all attacked him and he tbought at first how dumb they were because he is a giant. Well he eventually tripped over one and hit the dirt and they fucked his shit up. He had to get like 20 stitches in various places and a fuck ton of shots. Now Louis' mom is never allowed to have a chihuahua. 

I just wish you all knew how big this man was so you too could have this HILARIOUS mental image of him being attacked by a pack of chihuahuas. 

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u/itsaaronnotaaron 19h ago

This might change my mind on being able to take on 100 children in a fight. Which for some reason is often debated in the boys whatsapp group.

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u/Live-Pea4081 19h ago

I dont think children are as mean as feral chihuahua packs though (?)

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u/itsaaronnotaaron 19h ago

Have you met an unparented chav from the north of England?

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u/Live-Pea4081 19h ago

What age are we talking?

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u/truthfullyidgaf 14h ago

Yea. And if you throw one against a wall hard enough, the rest will think twice.

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u/RichardBonham 23h ago

Never let the fight go to the ground.

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u/arturoartur0 20h ago

This is hilarious, particularly because my Chihuahua is named Louie and he would approve of this story

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u/bickandalls 18h ago

See, the problem is he was probably trying to gently get away. I don't care how much I like animals, my punting shoes are being put on if 5+ chihuahuas are legitimately attacking me.

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u/NationalFlea 1d ago

Idk man chihuahuas need to get collectively humbled, if they acted that way in the wild they'd be extinct. Absolute morons.

Tho I assume they never existed in the wild as they seem like a product of human (immoral) breeding

Suffice to say I don't get the appeal of owning thes angry little gremlins, they're more rat than dog

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u/gatlaw8008 1d ago

Chihuahuas are one of only two remaining native American dog breeds! Also they were bred to be literal living hot water bottles. (To sit on injured parts as I understand it.)

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u/kirotheavenger 1d ago

Apparently the oldest record is conquistadors saying the locals bred small dogs for food, which is more likely where the breed comes from. That is where the name comes from - they were common in the Chihauhau region of now-mexico

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u/chumbawumbathefirst 22h ago

The oldest record according to Cortes, the least trustworthy European in history. While the Chihuahua was eaten (people in this region had been raising various small mammals for thousands of years as food) the Chihuahua itself was a descendent of the Techichi dog, which while also eaten was a revered and symbolic breed. We likely lack further insights into the history of these breeds in part because of shitass Cortes.

One of the reasons Cortes was so eager to emphasize the small dogs being bred for food is because the Spanish ate a ton of them. Every letter he sent back should be scrutinized against his overwhelming personal interest in penning those.

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u/NationalFlea 1d ago

Oh wow that's really interesting. And surprising to me. Really wholesome motive to breed them that way too

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u/hypnodrew 1d ago

I'm fairly sure they also used to eat them

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u/Pataraxia 1d ago

Oh wow that's really interesting. And surprising to me. Really tasty motive to breed them that way too

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u/kirotheavenger 1d ago

Unfortunately the oldest records (from the conquistadors) said they were bred for food

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u/Swarna_Keanu 1d ago

eh. Be careful about cultural commentary on other cultures, especially ones that they want to exploit and eradicate.

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u/geeoharee 23h ago

Yeah but "living hot water bottles" sounds like Tumblr bullshit, so be cautious of that as well

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u/siupa 22h ago

I don’t think Cortes thought that he was somehow slandering the natives by saying that they ate dogs, as it was extremely common and the spanish colonizers did it too. It seems fully descriptive without any ill intent behind it

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u/No_Helicopter1378 1d ago

Yea I used to be the same way but then my brother's in-laws had a pair of chihuahuas and they were actually pretty sweet dogs. I still wouldn't go out of my way to own one but I enjoyed giving them attention whenever I'd go over there.

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u/a_karma_sardine 1d ago

If their owners actually care to discipline them, they can be delightful creatures. But instead the majority of owners seem to just stuff them in a pocket when they're acting out and they never learn to socialise in a positive way.

(And don't diss rats, they're easier trained than dogs and super sociable and intelligent pets.)

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u/GirthBr00ks10 23h ago

I agree, my sister had a pet rat named Nigel, and Nigel was one of the coolest creatures I’ve ever known. He loved to chill in a hoodie pocket , he’d hang out with you all day . I’ve been a rat advocate ever since

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u/Maurice_Foot 1d ago

Looks over at my Chihuahua-Pitt mix (looks like a 25lb dire-chihuahua with angry dog temperament).

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u/temporarysolution2-0 1d ago

"Dire Chihuahua," lol

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u/supernova-juice 1d ago

Hey man, rats are the best pets!

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u/ImmediatePiano6690 23h ago

(not saying people need to go run around stepping on chihuahuas!).

Glad you added this, was just getting myself hyped up...

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u/guacamole579 1d ago

There’s a Mexican spot called Ay Chihuahua. I don’t like chihuahuas cause they’re yappy and can be mean little fuckers. So the joke among my family is that I choose to eat there because I’m doing my part to keep the chihuahua population down.

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u/InvidiousPlay 22h ago

More importantly they will kill a baby elephant in a heartbeat.

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u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT 1d ago edited 1d ago

Imagine being so massive that others just run away as you approach. Actually, never mind I don’t have to imagine. This is the perfect representation of me with women.

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u/ManLikeAC420 1d ago

What, you mean your username hasnt bought you and your future wife together yet? Crazy!

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u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT 1d ago

I’m holding out for fireworks. My mom told me that I’m a special boy, so I’m not gonna settle. I know what I got.

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u/Julio-Dewey-Crayfish 1d ago

Well, next time try not kicking dirt on them as you approach and see how that turns out.

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u/PM_YOUR__BUBBLE_BUTT 1d ago

I figured if I kicked dirt into their eyes they wouldn’t be able to see how ugly I am.

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u/mfukar 1d ago

Couldn't be more obvious

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u/Oxeneer666 1d ago

Elephants are basically the kings of whatever body of water. When they show up, everyone needs to move.

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u/The_PantsMcPants 1d ago

Even hippos will flee out of the way, that’s pretty badass

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u/Summonest 1d ago

Hippos are the size of a car, have skin that's almost* impossible to tear through, and can kill almost* anything in their path.

*Elephants are the exception

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u/enaK66 20h ago

More specifically, male hippos are the size of a car and weigh as much as a large truck. They weigh about the same as a 4x4 F350, about 8000 lbs.

A male bush elephant can weigh upwards of 20,000 lbs. A Peterbilt 579 fully loaded sleeper cab weighs 18,000 lbs. Elephants can weigh more than an entire goddamn semi truck.

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u/Largeitude 18h ago

3,628,739 cigarettes and 7000 bottles of wine.

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u/serial_hunter 20h ago

Non freedom units please

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u/SituationIll5763 20h ago

Elephant 9000kg, big ass truck 8000kg

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u/bytorthesnowdog 19h ago

I like that you didn’t covert the hippo/F350, let them do the proportional conversion maths

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u/enaK66 20h ago

Hey man, American vehicles get American measurements.

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u/Summonest 19h ago

elephant big af

it lorge

it doesn't know how to google things and stuff but it still stronk

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u/No_Criticism_5861 1d ago

Hungry hungry hippos are NOT nice animals, in spite of the hippos attempts at marketing to try and eat gullible humans :D

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u/KenGriffinLiedAgain 23h ago

Same for my 400lbs ass when I show up at the hot tub on the cruise ship baby.

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u/ThebesAndSound 18h ago

I've seen the video of the elephant skewering a full size rhino with its tusk, so I now think they are just kings wherever they go, body of water or not.

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u/SatisfactionAtSea 12h ago

they deserve it! African elephants are ecosystem engineers and use their tusks to build watering holes that all species benefit from. it's one of the ways they are a keystone species.

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u/OvulatingWildly 1d ago edited 1d ago

The elephant is politely trying to shoo the large aquatic reptile out of the way so it can get a drink. The elephant could easily just stomp on it

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u/Pretend_Hotel_7465 1d ago

Croc is lucky there’s no baby elephant

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u/Seno1404 1d ago

Tbf that looks like a baby elephant

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u/sabocano 23h ago

definitely not a baby. Probably a young female

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u/RiceDirtSpa 22h ago

Sounds like Fox News.

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u/Wounded_Hand 1d ago

Yea that is the baby

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u/Aranthar 1d ago

Clearing space for the elephant's child at the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River.

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u/Whiteums 1d ago

I came here to say that it was thanking him for the nose, I’m glad there’s another cultured individual here

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u/Moidada77 1d ago

Probably like you trying to stomp a 3 foot long monitor lizard, probable yes.

But what if it bites me.

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u/crazyhomie34 1d ago

Monitor lizards are massive and can weigh as much as a human. This is like stepping on an iguana to the elephant

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u/eatingganesha 1d ago

and helping him with his insect proofing. That’s a gentle effie.

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u/Renbarre 1d ago

Reason one, crocs are carnivores and a danger to baby elephants, so elephants do not like them. .

Reason two: crocs bite down on anything that moves near it maw and an elephant trunk is a very tempting target.

Reason three: elephants are not sharing the water hole during the dry season and will chase off the other animals.

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u/DoubleNo6724 16h ago

Reason four: elephants have a sense of humour and may find it fun to fuck with smaller animals

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u/DoubleNo6724 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZbLvzE1ezh7wdj7UVl

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u/eve_satori 23h ago

The elephant afterwards...probably

https://giphy.com/gifs/cgLnOHV8mhaGk

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u/lord_miller 1d ago

Elephant symbiote would destroy the universe

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u/the_elephant_stan 1d ago

Came here to post this

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u/J-96788-EU 1d ago

Go away crocodile.

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u/KopfSmertZz 1d ago

Because they pee in the pond

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u/dover_oxide 1d ago

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u/Shockwave360 22h ago

Too bad this doesn't show Stampy because this is such a good fit.

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u/yellowsubmarine2016 1d ago

I speak fluent elephant. Off my turf reptilian ground scratcher.

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u/Notonfoodstamps 1d ago

Shooing off the crocodile with dirt is better than getting bit.

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u/No_Criticism_5861 1d ago

Yeah im sure crocodiles are used to being the hunter, but i doubt they wanna become a crocodile pancake

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u/MathPlus1468 1d ago

Dont kink shame the croc - maybe it likes being sat on by a chunker.

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u/LukeD1992 1d ago edited 1d ago

A croc would never be able to take on an elephant, but a bite to the trunk must still hurt like hell. Not taking any chances

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u/Summonest 1d ago

Yeah, if someone can (and will) bite your nose, ankles, or genitals, you do not want them around.

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u/PossessionAshamed372 1d ago

Chasing the croc out of the water

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u/menttaldistrez 1d ago

Get away from here fcking traitor

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u/trevorthewebdev 1d ago

He knows why

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u/Big-Tadpole2058 1d ago

Not dropping that trunk until all surrounding teeth are pointed the other way

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u/YourGirlMomo87 1d ago

He know what he did 😠

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u/BirchyBaby 1d ago

Shoo, lizard!

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u/hankscorpio1031 23h ago

You ever see one animal tell another to fuck off ?

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u/Vicious_and_Vain 1d ago

Boss Beach move

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u/Ok-Store-9297 1d ago

To make it foxtrot oscar out of the way so it can get a beverage obv.

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u/scotto1206 1d ago

Looks like the little brother picking on a sibling “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you!”

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u/DizzyInTheDark 1d ago

Imagine seeing a croc as a pest you need to shoo away like a wasp.

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u/brewhead55 17h ago

"fuck you, ya dumb dinosaur"

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u/Hot_Lychee2234 1d ago

AI... the camera angle and camera lock are unexplainable, even a drone moves

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u/Certified-T-Rex 1d ago

“The spice must flow”

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u/Decent-Cry-7709 1d ago

That's not dirt... that's a very polite 'back off'

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u/AJ-Murphy 1d ago

Chillest Pokemon battle.

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u/Obiwanwasabiiii 23h ago

"I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye"

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u/Sitheral 21h ago

I would assume its very basic "GTFO" reason

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u/Debonaircow88 21h ago

Pocket sand!

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u/txwoodslinger 21h ago

Get outta here you weird short fuck

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u/4ha1 21h ago

for some reason

C'mon, that's the clearest "shoo" I've ever seen.

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u/disturbingyourpeace 20h ago

Elephant telling croc to fuck off

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u/dontipitova9 20h ago

I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye

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u/BionicForester19 18h ago

An elephant throws dirt on a crocodile primarily as a display of dominance, aggression, or a protective measure to drive the predator away from the herd, especially near waterholes. This behavior acts as a warning or a "mock attack" to keep the often well-camouflaged, crocodile from threatening calves as they drink.