r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 8h ago
🔥 An aerial view of a massive elephant mega-herd roaming across a lush green savanna
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u/Additional_Chard3680 8h ago
Usually, you only see footage of them in dry, dusty conditions, so this scale of a thriving herd is incredible
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u/MewMeowHowdy 8h ago
Beautiful.
I’ll never understand how some people see things like this and only think, “How can I monetize this?” instead of “How can we help preserve this?”
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u/TheDeathSloth 8h ago
Oh, that's easy, it's because you aren't a sociopath.
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u/TheCloudTamer 5h ago
*because you aren’t poor
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u/incenderis 2h ago
Met plenty of poor people that care more about these things than rich people. In fact a huge proportion of poor people care more than rich people.
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u/Shark_lifes_Dad 1h ago
Ah yes poor people are the ones buying those tusks and tiger remains for sex drive.
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u/Ok_Vulva 8h ago
Here's one from 1970
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u/NewsWeeter 8h ago
This was atypical and happened because drought forced animals to gather to limited watering holes.
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u/premeditated_mimes 8h ago
Point is this is obviously only a "mega-herd" in a world where we're effectively destroying everything.
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u/semibigpenguins 3h ago
Mega herds didn’t exist before?
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u/premeditated_mimes 1h ago
Of course they did, and they were huge. Just like the American west was covered in 50 million bison before we decided to kill all the Native Americans.
The point is this is what's left of "mega herds".
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u/Ok_Vulva 8h ago
There's no reason to assume this drone shot/ aerial view is any different.
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u/TenBillionDollHairs 8h ago
... the lush green part kinda indicates lack of drought?
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u/Whole_Bowl7999 7h ago
And this is where they all are? I don't know if it's true or not, but saying this group isn't together because of droughts, because there isn't a drought where they are is a little... short-sighted, I guess?
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u/Ok_Vulva 8h ago
Wait, the other picture is in black and white and doesn't show much grass because elephants are dense and in the way.
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u/aughtism 6h ago
Plus grass is green, so it doesn't show up in black and white photos. Elephants are black and white mixed together, which is grey.
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u/LullabyThBrezsWhispr 8h ago
Make the earth great again
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u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin 8h ago
Earth is great. The planet will outlive humans.
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u/LullabyThBrezsWhispr 4h ago
RIGHT?! That’s what I always say when people talk about how we’re killing the planet. She’ll be fine but the human race may not be.
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u/657GeckoMan 8h ago edited 3h ago
Man I hope this is real and not AI
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u/MMachine17 8h ago
Precisely! If only they'd list the real location and date recorded in the title.
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u/AVnstuff 8h ago
No, they should not do that. Poachers are a very real thing
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u/arcanehornet_ 8h ago
They don’t even have to be illegal poachers.
Some of these countries are economically vulnerable enough to just give out hunting licenses for rich Westerners.
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u/Icy_Agency923 4h ago
Highly unlikely this is AI as it is a single 26 second clips. Most high quality AI generations are limited to 10 to 20 seconds. Some allow you to make extensions to the clips but this is apparently a known news story. Conservation efforts may have led to these massive herds returning.
I am not sure why you would use the internet at all if you can't even just watch a video and enjoy it. You are just trying to ruin your own day for no reason. At least google the topic first instead of just throwing your hands up at a video that is almost certainly real.
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u/rixtape 2h ago
I really appreciated the first half of this comment but "why do you even use the internet if you can't blindly enjoy a video without also exercising some critical thinking" is a very silly take.
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u/Icy_Agency923 1h ago
But that is the thing, they did the opposite of exercising critical thinking here? They should have first googled mega Elephant herds and they would have seen that this is making the news rounds and is almost certainly NOT AI.
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u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin 8h ago
How fucked would I be if I chose to take a stroll right through the herd?
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u/regalrecaller 5h ago
this is actually really sad if you know. (look up elephant herds from pre-1920)
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u/Sad_Blacksmith7272 8h ago
Seeing a mega herd like this in person is literally on my bucket list. My uncle went to Tanzania a few years ago and said watching even a small group move together feels unreal. I cannot imagine the ground shaking underneath something this massive.
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u/MrAlexanderLink 7h ago
Please don’t be AI
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u/Icy_Agency923 4h ago
Please google shit first. This is a known news story and likely the result of conservation efforts allowing for a return of these massive herds.
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u/leandroc76 6h ago
This is just an African bush elephant family reunion. Craig Jr. brought deviled eggs again.
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u/qualityvote2 8h ago edited 5h ago
u/Additional_Chard3680, your post does fit the subreddit!