Watch These Brilliant Elephants Unite To Defend A Baby From A Hunting Tiger

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Tigers are large, dangerous predators capable of taking down even larger prey. While a lone tiger isn’t much of a threat to an adult elephant, a tiger can hunt elephant calves. In this video, some brilliant elephants decide to unite their powers to defend a baby elephant from a hungry tiger.

A Tiger Sneaks Up on a Small Herd of Elephants

The video begins with a tiger on the prowl. It’s walking upright, sauntering into the area where a small herd of elephants is passing through. At first, the elephants don’t seem to notice the hulking striped predator. However, one of them catches a glimpse of the beast, and it wisely turns the group around to move away.

As the elephants begin moving away from the tiger, the camera operator continues to drive toward them. Along the way, we see that the tiger is still following the three adults and two calves.

The elephants could turn around and charge the tiger, but they choose to be patient. The brilliant elephants form a protective semicircle around the calves. That way, the tiger would have to encounter an adult elephant before reaching a calf.

As we said before, tigers are dangerous predators, and they can kill elephant calves. However, all it takes is the elephant to gore or stomp on the tiger and it will go down for the count.

The Brilliant Elephants Rise To The Occasion

The tiger and the elephants are at a standstill. They continue to surround their young, but they make an interesting change. Instead of turning to avoid the tiger’s path, the elephants walk directly toward the tiger in a cluster formation with the baby tucked in the middle. They directly confront the tiger, who disappears from view as they invade its space.

The tiger had the advantage at the beginning of the video. The predator was following the elephants from their flank, a position from which it could easily launch an attack. Instead of allowing this to continue, the brilliant elephants decided to turn around and face down the creature.

Based on the elephants’ bold move in the last moments of this video, the tiger would be stupid to try and take them on. We assume the creature realized that it was at a disadvantage. The tiger probably moved off into the shadows where it could wait for another opportunity to present itself.

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