Lazy Elephant Slides Down a Muddy Hill On Its Knees After Heavy Raining in Thailand

We often hear of lazy people with the term “couch potato.” Well, in this instance, with this elephant in Thailand, he wasn’t exactly being a couch potato. Perhaps maybe he was being a mud potato. Let’s see this goofy elephant!

Elephant Sighting in Thailand

This next YouTube video posted at the bottom of this blog post takes us to Thailand. This video was uploaded by the YouTube channel Newsflare. This page is dedicated to providing amazing videos that are the home hub for people to go for great videos that have gone viral. This current video has received more than six thousand views in just a few days since it was released. They share a short description of what happened in this video below.

“The male jumbo named Somsak was filmed sliding down the slippery dirt path while returning home in Ranong province on September 17. The large creature made happy grunting noises as it made streaks in the mud using its two hind legs. His owner Owner Tawatchai Suriwong said: ‘I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw Somsak using his knees to go down. He’s so funny.”

Elephant Vs. Muddy Hill

At the start of this video, we see a massive Asian elephant that is sliding down a muddy hill in Thailand. If we had watched the video at first, it looks as though this elephant may have been injured, and so that is why he is down on his knees like that. However, we know from reading the comment from his owner that this elephant was just being silly! 

The YouTube description from the video shares that “Thailand has an estimated 2,000 Asian elephants living in the wild but they wander freely among protected forests and there is often conflict when they come into contact with humans on roads and in villages.”

Is the Asian Elephant the Biggest Elephant?

According to Britannica, there are three different species of elephant: the African savanna (bush elephant), the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. All three of these animals are extremely impressive animals in terms of size. 

The Asian elephant weighs between 6,500-11,000 pounds and reaches up to 7-10 feet in height. While this is a large animal, it is not bigger than the African (bush) elephant.

The African elephant can weigh anywhere from 6,600-13,000 pounds and reaches up to 6-13.5 feet tall. 

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