r/MadeMeSmile • u/Plus_Leopard9367 • 13h ago

ANIMALS What a lovely elephant

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u/Ordinary_Prune6135 8h ago

Still very much a wild animal. Taming reduces the danger, for sure, but it doesn't come close to eliminating it.

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u/CrustyBollox 7h ago

True. I believe he's been interacting safely with people for decades, but you're correct that if he did decide to hurt someone then there's not much could be done about it in the moment.

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u/Ordinary_Prune6135 6h ago

That and just how many captive elephants have killed people only after behaving passively for a very long time.

Granted, that's often abuse-related. The risk could be less with a trusted sanctuary.

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u/CardiologistQuiet907 5h ago

Keep this same energy and criticism when you see someone driving their daughter around considering vehicles related deaths far far far exceed the rate of captive elephant killings lmao.

This little girl literally and demonstrably had a higher chance of death riding to and from the airport than interacting with this elephant. I guess the fact that literally even single human action carries risk is lost on redditors. We should never interact with elephants

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u/Ordinary_Prune6135 5h ago

It's normal to go an entire life without ever physically interacting with an elephant. Affects a comparison like that kind of a lot.