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Elephants LAY DOWN THE LAW ;-)

feline groovy — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:35:14 GMT

Dogs: "we were just KIDDING!"

Wild dogs flee as a herd of trumpeting elephants charge towards them to protect their calves

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PUBLISHED: 16:39 EDT, 14 March 2019 | UPDATED: 16:39 EDT, 14 March 2019

A herd of elephants have been captured fiercely protecting their young from a pack of wild dogs in South Africa.

Guide Brent Leo-Smith came across the stand-off in Djuma Private Game Reserve in the Sabi Sands, the north-east of the country.

The tour guide slowly follows the wild dogs from behind in a vehicle.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1883106/Video-Wild-dogs-flee-herd-elephants-rushes-them.html

The dogs are heading down a path when suddenly the elephants appear from the bushes.

The nine dogs are outnumbered by their colossal opponents who start to roar and intimidate them.

The elephants group together and stand their ground as the dogs flee one by one.

Even the young calf charges with the elephants who then form a protective ring around the more vulnerable animal.

Elephants notoriously hate predators and were really not happy about the wild dogs being in their space.

Dogs hunt in packs but according to the tour guide, they are unlikely to kill elephants.

Mr Leo-Smith said: 'Wild dogs don't show any actual potential threat to the elephants, I've never heard of a wild dog attacking a baby elephant.

'But elephants react really negatively to any predator.'

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Kachina624 — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 05:45:21 GMT

Moral: Don't mess with a baby when a protective mom is around, especially if she has girl friends and weighs a ton.

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jellyBEAN — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:37:10 GMT

That was great! Such beautiful and majestic animals. Thanks for posting that.

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Spurt — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 17:50:28 GMT

Sadly, there are a lot of inhumane things being done to elephants so I like the fact they are banding together to protect their babies and territory from intruders!

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hayseed00 — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 17:49:25 GMT

I feel humans are the cruelest. I just can't understand how anyone can harm any of these majestic animals.

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San Antonio Gal — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:16:45 GMT

I agree @hayseed00 . I can't bear to read anything that has to do with any animal being harmed. It bothers me so much. It even bothers me that I eat meat.

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songbird — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:24:24 GMT

I'm glad they have special home parks run by volunteers for these animals. They do a lot of work helping elephants and keeping their populations up.

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colliemom4 — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 01:58:20 GMT

The baby elephants are so cute. Elephants really are amazing creatures.

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hsawaknow — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 19:03:08 GMT

The elephants are very family orientated. I bet those dogs turned away as fast as they could!

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Greeneyedlady21 — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:41:14 GMT

I love elephants🐘

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Happiness Is Inside JOB — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:19:48 GMT

I watched a show on National GEO this weekend and it was very interesting how elephants stick together.

I am going to use the second picture in my 2020 shutterfly office calendar.

I pray to one day get to Africa to go on a safari.

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songbird — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:44:58 GMT

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Brisky — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:51:05 GMT

Love animals. I really can't think of one I dislike.