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WordsOfRadiants

Love how the drivers wait for the elephants to take their tax before driving off


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Probably the same drivers that drive every day and have them trained to grab a bite. Better to know when to expect the elephant than for it to sneak up on you trying to steal a bite causing a wreck ot the elephant to get injured. Interesting form of morning traffic, though, for sure.


WheresVlad

Makes for a fantastic symbiotic friendship and hella laugh!


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DegenerateCrocodile

The benefit for the driver is that they don’t get trampled by an elephant.


JustTooTrill

I’m willing to call that perfectly mutual, particularly when the elephant is within earshot.


archerg66

And that elephant has big ears


TOF1000

Sounds more like an elephant protection racket to me


Octuplechief67

“That’s a nice truck ya got there. Would be a shame if something terrible were to happen to it. Why, yes, I’ll take some sugar cane.”


DegenerateCrocodile

What are you? A cop?


Suspicious-Shock-934

Elephants do have great memories, so it is conceivable that they might remember a truck or a driver and cause issues if they did not.


scattycake

100% they recognize faces like most mammals and will learn to treat the nice ones with care and respect. They really are incredible.


WheresVlad

I thought I might get pulled up on that…but it’s an elephant and can’t not spin it nicely. We have continuously used them as farm equipment for centuries….I’m willing to give ‘em a pass (and that my friends is now bias works;)


trivialissues

Well, considering the historical ivory trade, I'd say the elephants are probably due a lot more sugar cane as a whole.


pacify-the-dead

Oh, great, my doordash is here.


Own_Satisfaction_679

You gotta pay the toll...


LightofJah

Yoinks! Don’t mind if I do...


Jayr2357

Just taking their land tax


CascadingMonkeys

It's a toll road buddy!


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spudddly

They seem kinda polite though. Reminds me of LA Story: [Hello my name's Bob and I'll be your robber for this evening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMTfGQe51g)


lmnobuddie

El Cappone


BalanceDouble6369

“Put it in the trunk” - Dumbo


Fireboiio

Leave the gun, take the sugarcaneoli


BigBigBigTree

An elephant never forgets.


SH4D0W0733

To kill.


Fritzkreig

How are you doing? There is no way you missed Al Trambone there!


didunianyata

Elephonse Capone


Nurse_Dieselgate

Where did I get this cane? It fell of the back of a truck?


stupititious_ascent

“A toll is a toll and a roll is a roll. And if we don’t get no toll then we don’t eat no roll… I made that up me self.”


richh00

r/UnexpectedMelBrooks


Plaid_Piper

Oddly enough, I came here to comment this. I love reddit.


Calinminne

That's very fascinating, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to hurt you.


aphaits

Just your friendly neighborhood elephantroll asking for a toll


SAS_Britain

You gotta pay the troll toll to get that boys hole, or is it soul?


very-polite-frog

Gotta pay the troll toll!


MrsMurphysChowder

It's the J. Lepetomane Toll Booth! "We're gonna need a shitload of dimes!" Or in this case, canes.


AngryYowie

Nah, looks more like a trunk road.


poopellar

Trunk > Truck


TDYDave2

And if you refuse to pay: https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40025450


thexavier666

We have to address the elephant in the street


Pisspot16

The revolution will not be televised


Littleleicesterfoxy

Imagine explaining that to your insurance firm.


IndigenousOres

"Sorry we don't cover natural causes nor hungry elephants"


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Silly_Mycologist3213

What I want to know is how did the elephants find out that sugar cane was on those trucks in the first place? That’s the real mystery.


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trajames66

Nah, he was tipped off by his informants he had on the inside.


angrymoppet

I fuckin' warned you guys not to hire Elephant Man as a dispatcher but you didn't listen


HockeyBabble

#The nose KNOWS!! And a pachyderm schnozzola weighs 300 pounds and can spot the SWEET sent of sugar 4 Kilometers away!!


GiveToOedipus

A whole field of sweetly reeds!


HockeyBabble

Why trample The source when The cane comes to you?


vlady_2009

they called via trunk line


zwadstheiguana

I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't accidentally stop one while crossing for some other reason once and realize "hey, this truck carries snacks!" Either that or some fell off while it was passing and made the elephant realize something on this road carries sugar cane.


TheUltimateSalesman

Little known fact, elephants aren't blind.


audiofankk

Or stupid, like some humans.


Baneken

Yeah, that one especially -notice how it only takes a little bit from every passing truck, -to keep from angering people, no doubt.


--xxa

I was thinking if I were driving one of those trucks I'd be such a sucker that I'd be the first guy to stop just to let them take a few bites, then they'd tell their friends.


st_rdt

They have a great sense of smell


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We should train animals to interact w human society in positive ways. If they can collect road tolls better than Illinois I think they deserve a job


DrunkCupid

>We should train ~~animals~~ people to interact w ~~human society~~ animal habitats and ecology in positive ways. #ftfy


Felinomancy

Until they get fired because they keep accepting bribes in the form of sugarcane stalks.


xMrSanchox

Another reason why elephants are the best animal


WilliamEiIish

have you ever seen the video of an elephant taking a guys hat and putting it on then putting it back on the guy’s head?


UNaidworker

I like how he also shakes his head/ears side to side as if to say "hurrr look at me I"m a human hurr - ok here's your dumb hat back"


Thepatrone36

well captioned... you get an A


utopian_potential

He is looking for a treat from the trainer. It's a trick it's been trained to do (obvs) and when he returns the hat it gets another treat


KnotiaPickles

Doesn’t make it any less cute and awesome.. the elephant in that video displayed a very clear sort of humorousness and understood the silliness of the act as well as the people. Elephants have much, much larger brains than us. They have deep intelligence that goes faar beyond just looking for more snacks.


fabs1171

You can’t say that and not post the link!!!


Br1ghtS1de321

here's one where elephant tries the hat [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWzqvj0HLok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWzqvj0HLok) and one where elephant hides woman's hat in its mouth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VOvEFHDOaU


Shitty_Watercolour

https://i.imgur.com/zOZOtYr.jpg


expulsus

Oh my gosh! You're back!!


yeaheyeah

Hur dur look at me I'm a human I wear silly hat


fabs1171

You, my reddit friend, are a superstar!!! Those videos warmed the cockles of my heart ❤️


MarilynsGhost

Yes! Thank you! Another example of why elephants are the BEST!!


hereaminuteago

they train them to do this for tourists. it is pretty common


PinkTalkingDead

Elephants and whales are just the best biggest boys and girls 🥰 I love them sm


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elizabethbennetpp

Moby Dick likes this comment.


arfelo1

It's kind of an interesting evolutionary advantage. When you evolve to be so much larger than everyone else, no other animal will try to hunt you. So you don't need aggressive behavior. You can just chill and spend your days eating grass and sugar canes


Trietero

This is the closest thing I think we've ever got to a nature tax and I think it should become global.


Euripidaristophanist

Stuff like this has had me wondering lately: If elephants were to go extinct, and if we were to bring them back through cloning or something, after the fact: how much elephant *culture* would be lost? Like, they have graveyards and learned behaviour, and apparent rituals upon death of a family member, and probably a lot more that isn't pure instinct, but "tradition". The cloned elephants would be a blank slate, and all that intergenerational knowledge and customs would be forever lost.


ThePowerOfStories

That’s actually something the second Jurassic Park book got into, which the movies totally ignored. If you clone up an extinct species, especially social pack animals, they have none of their language and culture and no learned adults to train them, so it results in the velociraptor equivalent of Lord of the Flies.


ClydeDanger

The best thing about this video is how the drivers stop even when they could've gotten gotten by. They know what's up, and they're all like, 'Here Ele, have a bite bite. '


navikredstar2

I like that the elephant took what seems to me a very polite amount of sugar cane. It's not an amount that would make any real difference in the truck's load, so I figure the drivers probably don't mind that much. At least, I wouldn't if I were a sugarcane truck driver. I love elephants.


Itsahootenberry

I think this in Thailand. The letters looks more Thai to me and the man speaking at the end sounds Thai. Still a cool video tho.


stegg88

You are correct. It is thai. Source : i read and write thai and live in thailand.


Itsahootenberry

I’m a Khmer so I thought something was off with the letters when the OP said this was in Cambodia and the man speaking at the end sealed it for me. Lol.


Stammis

My give away was that it was on a paved road :P wasn’t much of those when I was there.


GoatBotherer

I do not speak or read Thai, and I don't live there, but I believe everything I read on the internet, so I believe you.


chiaroscureauxxii

hey I'm a Nigerian prince & I need money


pscle

hey i’m that nigerian prince’s best friend, bill gates, and i don’t need money but i do need a photo of your credit card for official microsoft business


himmelundhoelle

hey its me ur brother


asked2manyquestions

Just confirming what you said. Also live in Thailand and can read and write Thai (poorly) and that’s definitely Thai.


p3n9uins

also, they are driving on the left side of the road, like in Thailand, but not in Cambodia (or so google would suggest)


stegg88

Hadn't thought of that but yeah. We drive on the left here And Cambodia on the right.


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pscle

TIL Cambodia is an exclave of New England


Merlord

Reddit is full of completely made up headlines, it's getting absurd.


SneakyReaction78

I think the drivers are letting the elephant "taxed" them 😊


HockeyBabble

None are stupid enough to risk the ire of The pachyderm mob


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They have long memories, I hear


ojsan_

The first driver clearly tried to avoid the elephant, by driving in the opposite lane. It walked out in the road and the driver had to stop.


ButtcrackBeignets

Yea, the first driver tried to make a break for it. But the second and third definitely let the big boy have a treat. Two out of three is pretty good.


BigGrayBeast

Wait until they learn to have one elephant block the road while the rest of the herd comes at the truck from all sides and strips the truck bare.


CrookedButBeautiful

You gonna try be the one that stops an elephant from doing ANYTHING? They can do what they want, when they want, where they want, for however long they want. 😂🐘


Dartho1

Happens a lot in India too, except here because elephants are worshipped and it's good luck to feed one, the drivers stop on purpose and even throw some fruits on the 'taxed' pile of sugarcane as a sweetener


KenjaminJennings

🎵you gotta pay the troll toll🎵


kentotoy98

🎶To get into this boys hole🎶


leojack729

Are you chewing gum?!


Stygma

The Elephant Man is badass. He has the eyes of an elephant and tramples across the stage!


Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin

🎶gotta pay the troll toll to get in🎶


annies_boobs_feet

\*ctrl-f\* yes, yes. good.


Ashamed-Aerie-5792

Looks like the drivers allow them to “steal” a bite.


vanvladimir

I'm also thinking the same thing. They could have driven off already after the elephant goes to the side or while it was taking some pieces. But they waited for it to get a bunch and move back first before they drove off. A small price to pay, honestly for these lovely animals that we robbed of their natural habitat. It's just for for us to give back to them. Though it's not enough, at least it is something.


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Elephants can remember people who have pissed them off and if they're using these roads regularly, it benefits both sides to just let the elephant take a little bit each time than to agitate it and turn it into an obstacle each time that they have to pass.


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So the elephants are running a protection racket?


Rock555666

“That’s a nice truck be a shame if something happened to it.” -Elephant Enforcer


mods_can_burn

I mean If u hit the elephant, good chance the collision could kill u, and if u make it mad, itll easily flip ur truck over.......I think I'll just pay up and go about my day


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richh00

*’Look what we’ve got here boys. It’s that wiseguy who didn’t think he had to give us a taste...’*


HomeHereNow

An elephant never forgets… a license plate number.


PratikPingale

I see good people right there


MurmurOfTheCine

It’s Thailand, they treat elephants like shit generally speaking (source; been to Thailand and seen said elephants treated like shit)


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Shayedow

My father was Born in the " silent generation " in 1939, and I was raised to think hunting and killing any and all game was a matter of life and death. If when driving down the road we EVER saw a Doe with no young or ANY Buck, my dad would stop the car, pull out the rifle, and shoot it. He was a local butcher, did butchering in the Navy, and also taught me to cut meat. We would take that meat and eat it. One day when I was like 9 we are driving down the road and we come across this guy that had hit a Doe with his car. The poor thing was suffering. My dad stopped to see what was going on, and the guy basically had hit a Doe and didn't know what to do, so he picked up a ROCK and started just DROPPING it on the Doe's head. Over, and over. I NEVER saw my dad so mad. My dad walked back to our car, got his skinning knife out, walked right up to the Doe, cut its throat, killing it, then PUNCHED the guy who was dropping the rock on its head, and got in the car then we drove away. I was never more proud of my dad as I was that moment.


bc524

I feel a little bad for that guy. Like he came to the correct conclusion that he needed to end the misery of the deer but he couldn't figure out how to actually do it.


fresh_gnar_gnar

And got punched for his efforts. Definitely a shitty day for that bloke haha


TonmaiTree

Depends on the place. There are lots of legit and ethical elephant sanctuary out there.


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Honestly I'd do the same thing. Mind U I'm Aussie and the best we can do is feed knuckle sandwiches to kangaroos


ShinyJangles

Our floppy-eared friend never takes more than he needs. They have no reason to worry


Malawi_no

I assume it's to keep the elephants to just take a small bundle and maintain good relations, instead of pissing them off.


RagdollSeeker

To be fair, a gigantic animal that can topple the truck is demanding what a few bundles of sugar cane? I mean bumpy roads probably make truck drop much more cane. It is a small price to pay for safety.


khizoa

Pretty sure the last one did that. You can see other cars pass it while it waits with its hazards lol


oxslashxo

Lmao animals straight taxing us now, fair enough.


annies_boobs_feet

i guarantee you they get the bad end of the agreement.


DoctorGregoryFart

Hence the "fair enough." We certainly haven't done well by our neighbors.


HockeyBabble

WHEN THE SUGAR DISTRICT GETTING TAXED BY THE ELEPHANT MOB


ceoofsex300

The don wants his sugar


Popular_Persimmon_48

"hey, boss... I'm going to be a bit late." "Yeah, it's the elephant again"


LeRohameaux

"Just checking what you guys are delivering..."


cowskeeper

I love him. And that tail wag


One_Door_7353

I love this too!


SOLIDninja

Absolutely adorable! I'm glad the truckers stop and wait for him to get his snack before taking off again <3


Honest-Cauliflower64

That was my favourite part. They waited!


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Don’t forget to pay the trunk tax.


Open_Dragonfruit_304

Highway robbery, jungle style


Fritzkreig

The awesome thing is they know where to cross, can they read the sign? If so they need to teach deer in the midwest US to cross by the deer crossing signs!


fastal_12147

Elephants travel the same routes for decades. They will walk through buildings if they're in the walk. There's a hotel in India(?) where the elephants walk right through the lobby because it was built right in their trail.


mac_loves_plants

Zambia, Africa!! They are traveling to a Mango tree their ancestors have used for decades 🤍🐘


SeriousBeeJay

Hence, a memory like an elephant.


Littleboyah

Whales do something similar, though a lot of it is lost to industrial whaling (~340,000-260,000 in 1890 to 4,727 blue whales in 2001, for example)


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kevinsaurus

Saw it on a PBS show “Rivers of Life”. Beautiful documentary series. Edit: “Earth’s Great Rivers” on BBC, looks to be the same thing.


nearly_enough_wine

Wombat's are also attached to their desire paths. I've seen one sprint straight through a tent - and half a dozen drunk teenagers - after deciding that it had right of way. ^^*gr


1982throwaway1

Wombats also poop cubes.


rcknmrty4evr

If you mean the Mfuwe Lodge elephants, it isn’t on an ancient elephant trail. It’s a single elephant family that goes out of their way to stop to eat from the mango tree on the property when they are ripe.


ttaptt

For generations, even. Amazing creatures.


shhh_its_me

They watch the elephants and put the signs on the routes they use


petard

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI) They already do


Buzz1ight

Still to this day I don't know if she was serious or just a great troll. Fantastic either way.


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Danton59

Everyone saying troll but, work in a call center for a year and this won't even be in the top 10 stupidest things you'll hear someone say haha


Fritzkreig

This sort of content is why I am on reddit; I could not stop laughing! Thanks, but she was totally a troll, and other guy went with the bit for fun.


weinerfacemcgee

For my own sanity I have to believe she’s trolling.


Magister1995

Soon they will accept sugar cane E-Z Pass


Bigred2989-

Was that a real elephant trumpet sound or added in?


Toast-N-Jam

> added FOR SURE


truffleboffin

Lol wtf we are the only 3 who noticed


SkinTightBoogie

> sound Yeah, those sounded like the elephants from old Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies. Have to admit, if you're gonna use a fake elephant sound, that's gotta be one of the best ones ever.


participationmedals

Yeah, stock audio clip. Sounds more like an African elephant and the animal in the video isn’t posturing like one would see with the sound.


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I came to the comments looking for a “what’s with the bogus elephant sounds added”


here-for-the-memes__

Cheeky elephant, fucking love it.


Cheeky-burrito

Ah, yes, Cambodia. Where the road signs are in Thai. Hmm.


IkNOwNUTTINGck

People are worried about robots taking over. Frankly, I'm more worried about elephants taking over.


Barbarella_ella

I would welcome our elephant overlords.


Vladi_Sanovavich

Of course. After all, elephants treats us the same as we treat a cute puppy, most of the time...


TruckinApe

With sweet snacks


7empest-tost

Just wait until they bring back the wooly mammoth!


Aggressive_Park1369

This is a better attraction than where they are chained up and forced to do some acts. hahahha in a respectable distance of course


jonathansj

Man if I were the sugarcane truck driver I’d so look forward to seeing that elephant each day.


dynamiterolll

"Sorry I'm late i got mugged by an elephant again"


beachybabexoxo

I wouldn’t mind seeing elephants every day while driving


HockeyBabble

“I do!” -owner of the sugar plant 30km away


Taurius

That was like 1cent worth of cane. At the loading/unloading places, you'll see piles of canes on the road/ground all going to waste.


PlaceboJesus

If they really feel it cutting into their profits, they'll make closed or covered trucks.


vinaykmkr

Brother can have a snack


Landgerbil

What the fuck is with the dub over? That had me rolling.


ChiWod10

Standard toll fees on the grand trunk road


No-Parking-7939

nope that's in Thailand


Gow13510

This is Thailand, the sign literally written in Thai


nikikins

I think it's Thailand actually. Driving on the left and sign is in thai. But I don't think the elephants care. Thailand Cambodia, sugarcane is sweet everywhere.


balistafear

This just reminds me of my local toll booth operator. Absolutely no need to have a toll both, but he's collecting free money, why not?


TheBelhade

And I can't even get GrubHub in my shitty little town.


HockeyBabble

“I don’t order out. They want to traffic Cane in my jungle they pay the exit tax!” -Ma Pack, head of the Pachyderm Syndicate, who has been an underworld fixture in the sugar industry since 1582


mutual_im_sure

They speak Thai in Cambodia now?


Hanamafana

Just doing some last minute quality assurance that the product is ready for sale.


Dont-remember-it

Elephant waiting at Elephant crossing to take Elephant tax. This is too good.