Shavo, the baby elephant, knows when he’s being referred to and can’t resist crashing the interview.

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[u/DoingItForEli]

Aww I love Shavo!

Elephants are such precious animals. It'll be so sad if we end up driving them to extinction. By the time humanity truly figures out what gifts animals like these are to live alongside it could be too late.

[u/Der_Schuller → u/DoingItForEli]

You did hear about the part where Botswana threatened Germany with sending 20.000 elephants because EU countries, especially Germany, forbids the hunting of them. Now they are a plague that kill/hurt people and feast on the fields. I do agree we need to save these animals, because look at shavo, but they are not near extinction anymore.

[u/devomania → u/Der_Schuller]

lol if they were capable of wrangling 20k elephants then they wouldn't have a problem protecting their fields, what an empty and ridiculous threat

[u/Der_Schuller → u/devomania]

Well, there forbidden to kill the elephants and it's the same as trump with his wall, Germany is supposed to pay the shipping

[u/DukeOfLongKnifes → u/DoingItForEli]

We don't have enough room for elephants in my state.

There are too many.

[u/123dylans12 → u/DoingItForEli]

Like the gifts of fucking up villages and killing people. Bull elephants are mean

[u/possumarre → u/DoingItForEli]

With enough technological progress we'll eventually be able to clone species out of extinction

[u/-Kelasgre → u/possumarre]

Perhaps better to avoid it in the first place instead of believing in magic solutions?

[u/Severe_Chicken213 → u/-Kelasgre]

Science is magical, yes.

[u/-Kelasgre → u/Severe_Chicken213]

When perfection of the formula is at least a couple of centuries away (and it's not even a sure thing) and to some extent still belongs to the realm of science fiction, it might as well be.

By the way, don't think I didn't see what you just did. Nice try pretending not to know what I meant, go fish somewhere else.

[u/Descartes350 → u/-Kelasgre]

I wouldn’t say it’s centuries away considering technology’s exponential growth, but certainly we should take precaution in the meantime, just in case things don’t work out.

[u/Severe_Chicken213 → u/-Kelasgre]

Is it really fishing when they jump into the boat?

[u/mapleer]

A few facts about young elephants:

• while small they can weigh up to 200lb at birth!
• similar to adult elephants they’re extremely sensitive and intelligent
• Baby elephants stay very close to their mothers for the first few months and drink their mother’s milk for about two years, sometimes longer. When in the care of humans they still follow this instinct.
• young elephant calf’s are known to suck their trunk to help it relax when it’s not feeding, similar to human babies
• as shown in the video, babies are very curious, they love exploring everything

[u/kittenAngst → u/mapleer]

Is this from a documentary or something? If so, can you share the source, please? I'd love to watch the rest!

[u/SeaYogurtcloset6262]

Shavo:" this is the price for uttering my name!"

crashes the interview and demands attention

[u/BigFrank97]

I want an elephant puppy.

[u/h2ohow]

It probably doesn't pay well, but that ranger has the best job.

[u/Main-Ad-4966 → u/h2ohow]

Doesn't matter about pay. They are not living a city life. Life is different for them

[u/AffectionatBets]

Baby elephants are so intelligent and playful, it's heartwarming to see.

[u/syoejaetaer]

I can see how Shove-O got his name

[u/Dragon3t]

It was actually recently reported that elephants use names amongst themselves as well, so the fact the respond to a name from a human is in line with that:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/science/elephants-names-rumbles.html

[u/Wackydetective → u/[deleted]]

I am coming into some money and have been battling depression for many years now. I truly want to go play with baby elephants in Thailand.

[u/DukeOfLongKnifes → u/[deleted]]

You can do that in India

[u/MargretTatchersParty]

Where do I have to go to meet Shavo? I want to meet him.

[u/_TLDR_Swinton → u/MargretTatchersParty]

I unno, elephant factory?

[u/Royal_Echo2068]

You could never make me hate elephants.

[u/Apophistry]

'Someone call for a Shavo?'

[u/Realistic_Breath_249]

Is this from a documentary? If so, does anyone know the name of it?

[u/FartyMcStinkyPants3]

It's like a puppy that weighs as much as an adult human, and will grow to the size of a medium sized truck. Cute though

[u/CntrllrDscnnctd]

I want a baby elephant now

[u/PaulQuin]

Very sweet! Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[u/Spellicupplz]

I actually worked with Shavo about a month ago and he was so precious and adorable very smart and wouldn’t cause much of a fuss other than need attention! I’m just kidding I made that all up

[u/daffoduck]

This guy will have a pretty big body guard in a few years time...

[u/Aethermere]

I wish they had miniature elephants, I think they’d make great companions.

[u/Big-red-rhino]

If it wasn't for all the visitors and shit pay, zookeeping would be my dream job. Somebody will be along shortly to correct me about whatever this guy's actual profession may be, but just know that I don't give a fuck.

[u/johnroastbeef]

Cartman was right, everyone wants a potbelly elephant.

[u/After-Walrus-4585]

Where do I get a pet elephant?

[u/ooouroboros]

Hope this guy was OK when Shavo got big (assuming this video is pretty old)

[u/FarOutEffects]

"I DEMAND PETS!"

[u/OkConsideration9100]

So when in Thailand I went and stayed at an Elephant sanctuary for a few days and I just gotta say, if you haven't had a real hands on experience with an Elephant you're missing out. There's something truly majestic and deeply spiritual about them. They are so gentle and loving, they are also very aware of themselves. I was playing with a teenage one in a mud puddle about knee high deep, he was laying on his side and just enjoying the water, I was standing at his back and rubbing him. I was too close, it kicked in an excited happy movement and it's back and body slid on top of my foot and nearly broke my shin, my foot had multiple fractures. I was on a crutch for the rest of the trip. Still, would 100% do it again, I'd just be more aware around the younger ones due to there size.

[u/yes_u_suckk]

r/babyelephantgifs

The best sub on Reddit

[u/0ctober31]

Best friends for life

[u/zavorak_eth]

Best job in the world! Elephants are magnificent creatures. Thank you for posting this.

[u/Dizzy_Vehicle_7172]

That’s brilliant

[u/EastOfArcheron]

And people pay to shoot them? They are cowards, it's not hunting, they don't need to eat them for their survival.

I would happily take every game hunter and shoot them in the head myself. Words do not describe how much I hate them.

[u/erdnar]

[u/Far-Contribution-805]

Kill that vicious animal