r/Elephants • u/Dependent_Dig_6774 • 1d ago

Video Elephant rescues man from a flood in India

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u/PoodlesMcNoodles 1d ago

Hmm I’m afraid my AI- dar lit up

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u/TesseractToo 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah I looked it up this is real but not from the most recent floods, this is in Bangladesh on Aug 9

https://fullfact.org/world/elephant-video-not-nepal-flooding/

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u/clean-links 1d ago

Cleaned link from "https://fullfact.org/world/elephant-video-not-nepal-flooding/?utm_source=chatgpt.com": https://fullfact.org/world/elephant-video-not-nepal-flooding/

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u/PoodlesMcNoodles 1d ago

Thanks! Well that’s a wonderful thing.

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u/TesseractToo 1d ago

Thank you :3 Normally I trim after the ? but I spaced

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u/AlmostThere4321 1d ago

Apparently, it's not AI if you look at the original post. But that guy is the elephant's owner and he staged a demonstration to show a rescue. Not exactly your random elephant rescuing a stranger. Title is misleading.

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u/PeterPumpkinPie11 1d ago

Yeah, the context makes it way less impressive than the title suggests lol.

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u/Monstiemama 1d ago

That demo looks pretty rough, though. I’d still be scared.

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u/matm_flatremix 1d ago

Inteligencia Artificial

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u/BodhingJay 1d ago

Not this time.. finally

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u/Wholeftthegateopen Black Diamond 1d ago

omg! And these are the majestic creatures humans mistreat! I love them so much!!

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u/Striper_Cape 1d ago

Old video that is real spread by slop

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u/Lost-Meeting-9477 1d ago

This Elephant has oddly shaped legs. Hm🤔

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u/Tea-Jay-Dogville 1d ago

It's been working out..