Old Video Of Elephant Breaking Electric Fence Without Harming Itself Has The Internet Amused
In the clip, the elephant can be seen checking for electric shock in the fence with one of his foot.
Elephants are one of the most adorable animals around. They are also exceptionally smart creatures. This was evident in a video that is going viral on various social media platforms. Shared by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan on themicro-blogging site Twitter, the old clip from 2019 has garnered over 96.4K views so far.
In the clip, the elephant can be seen checking for any electric shock in the fence with one of his foot. After a while it pushes down the wooden pole and tries to throw a thick wood piece to break the barrier. After a short attempt, the elephant manages to pull down the pole and get to the other side of the road.
"We are too smart hooman !! See how this elephant is smartly breaking power fence. With patience," Kaswan wrote in the caption of the post.
We are too smart hooman !! See how this elephant is smartly breaking power fence. With patience. pic.twitter.com/0ZLqWvmxdu
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) December 5, 2022
The video that was initially shared in 2019 again surprised the social media users after bein shared again on Monday by the IFS officer.
On seeing the video one of the user tweeted, "Clever elephant. When humans have encroached every micro inch of land and created barriers everywhere, what else can other species do?"
Clever elephant. When humans have encroached every micro inch of land and created barriers everywhere, what else can other species do ?
— Suparna Sankaran (@Suparnastar) December 5, 2022
"Without access to any labs and R&D, they are proving better than us. And they never intend to harm others," wrote another user.
Without access to any labs and R&D, they are proving better than us. And they never intend to harm others.
— venkatesh (@halsurvenka) December 6, 2022
While a third user wrote, "nice sir. we should stop human and all traffic for 3-4km range of elephant. or even more 5-6km radius completely."
nice sir. we should stop human and all traffic for 3-4km range of elephant. or even more 5-6km radius completely.
— Focus within (@DivakarY78) December 5, 2022
"We should not underestimate them, it’s really cool, thanks for sharing!" wrote a fourth.
We should not underestimate them, it’s really cool, thanks for sharing!
— Sujith Sivadas (@sujithsivadas) December 6, 2022
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