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

Key Points

• 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.
• 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 tiger and the elephants are at a standstill.

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.

The video begins almost 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. Suddenly, one of the elephants breaks off from the main group. The giant mammal stops and turns to face the tiger.

The tiger freezes in place and doesn’t move while the camera moves between them. In a funny moment, the tiger stops looking at the elephant to watch the vehicle carrying the cameraperson roll up the road.

The Brilliant Elephants Rise To The Occasion

The tiger and the elephants are at a standstill. The scene cuts to the elephants turning around and walking up the road toward the place they were originally heading. 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 them.

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.

Now that the tiger is out in the open, it has to make a choice. On one hand, it can move out of the way of the elephants and try to stalk them from the rear. In doing so, the elephants may make it to their original destination and go somewhere safe from the tiger. On the other hand, the tiger could try a head-on attack.

Based on the way the elephants are poised to charge in the last moments of this video, the tiger would be stupid to choose the second option. Instead, the creature is going to realize that it is 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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