Beethoven “Moonlight Sonata” for Old Elephant 

Beethoven would be honored.

He would cry tears of joy, no doubt

Man stop that blunt

I don't know man, I think he probably would complain about not being able to hear shit.

Not for us, for the elephant.

Elias Seldon omg this comment

Too funny 😄😄🥰😄😄

😂😂😂

i spat out my chips while reading this. might have safed me from suffocation.

Very good!!! 😂😂

Hear me out, there is a hope somewhere that never fails, in God, just think about it...

@@Jesusbloodissufficient9434plus he hates me for who i love

@@tikimillie Jesus wouldn't have taken the punishment you deserve on your behalf on the cross, if he hated you.

Re-evaluate your priorities

@@TheBombasticFatRat seek professional help. Your heart is a stone.

JJohnWords laughed so hard at this comment I had to get out of bed to share with the wife & kids

Nice

This is hilarious

Solid!

vido4x4 so you get off the bed to tell your wife? Where is she?

the Penguins of Madagaskar tought me this.

An elephant never forgets, especially not the moonlight Sonata. 😉

Neither the pianist

@@leonrabinowitsch2574 😂😂😂😂😂bruh

no indeed... and was that a tear I saw at the end?

No, animals can individualize much more semitones than humans. This is only distorted noise for the elephant, he (or she) is just waiting for the food after the music, as the animal was conditioned.

​@@jorge_781you just have to see the negstive instead of positive of things. I bet youre so miserable with all your negativity

But how can you know that he/she was given food after listening to music enough to be conditioned?? I've seen wild animals react to music in videos - highly doubt every one of them was conditioned.@@jorge_781

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@@jorge_781wouldn’t the music be even more touching if they can difference semitones better? Honest question

Me too, wished all people would give them the respect they deserve 🤗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It actually will help me to sleep at night.

@@xMrJanuaryx This is what I do before going to bed. Calms my mind and warms my heart. Sleep well

Well he feels like a elephant shaking his big Grey trunk for the hell of it

Amazing grace! I'm so enchanted. Wish I coulda been there

xuj62 he would probably be very happy to know

I wondee if they actually can hear this as it is. Or do they just hear this as something like a birds chirping.

@@larryxiang822 I think elephants are very intelligent. The patterns and sounds are probably soothing to them as opposed to random noises like birds chirping. Just my uneducated guess

It's perfect and dreamy. The elephant is so majestic, it suits him.

he knew. This is something I know - after seeing 5 seconds of this video.

Elephants (and basically all animals for that matter) dont produce tears in response to emotion. That being said, this is still beautiful and very touching

Im still crying!

@mistrants2745 actually, elephants are some of the few that do!

looking closely, at about 6:05 there seems to be a tear drop from his eye...

@@mistrants2745 how do u know ? :)

Tip Jar🎯🎯🎯

Yes no shuffling in the seat, " quiet" conversation or a cell phone light coming from their lap positive change from the typical theater audiences these days.

LoL

The elephant was.more polite than Nancy Pelosi

North Koreans don't agree

exactly!!!! finally someone gets me lol

Haha Same

🤣

Same here

Me rn

Matt skeletor that's really creepy

Plot twist: elephant sets the piano on fire and requests Jerry Lee Lewis

Matt Skeletor I just laughed so hard at that 😂😂😂😊😊😊

The plot thickens

Hehe can just picture another elephant operating the camera.

Bruh moment v69

Who wants the student to tickle the ivories.

Hahahaha!!

plt twist the elephant stand up and started clapping

Oh that made me laugh, thank you! 😆

Love that song, Colors of the Wind !

I second that

Stay strong bro

3rd on that

Stay safe friends

jennifer lane 4th on that

Those things will always be a part of human life, but we could probably reduce them all by a great deal if we stopped letting rich people use the economy as a casino. Since they own both parties and know that the government will bail them out when they crash the economy by abusing deregulation, they get carte blanche to screw us six ways from Sunday with near-impunity. Meanwhile, we could spend the rest of our lives in prison for stealing to meet our basic needs... being paid $0.27/day to work for the same assholes who were responsible for shipping all the manufacturing jobs to countries with fewer labor protections. The world is pretty messed up right now, and most problems can be traced back to what is euphemistically known as the Age of Exploration. Europe spent centuries robbing the countries we today call underdeveloped; funny how having resources stolen at gunpoint can make people poor. Scientists should study that. World War I was essentially European countries fighting over who got to rob Africa, and World War II was an attempted re-litigation of WWI. Europe spent all its time rebuilding after destroying itself over the course of two wars, so it fell on America to keep the poor countries in line. We bombed the shit out of Korea and Vietnam in an attempt to prevent their popular communist revolutions from succeeding, losing both times while managing the consolation prize of stealing part ot Korea then installing a fascist dictator. We have couped governments in the Middle East, Africa, South America... every continent except Antarctica. Americans need to get their shit together and stop our government from murdering poor people on behalf of Wall St.

So, very precious. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

@@robinlanier6886 Precious indeed.

What a wonderful comment 😊.

@@cameronsmith3532 Thank you.

everything is vibration and music is a perfect expression of this

I noticed how he reacted more to the lower notes. True appreciation.

The elephant certainly reacted to some specific chords more than others.

😅

That says volumes about your humanity or lack of

@@kierankelly1252 that says volumes about your sense of humor

Good one Maegen! It's nice seeing another advanced sense of humor like mine! LOL

@@Cooly_Fooly touché I apologise I am too grumpy

Keith Berry that made me chuckle. Ty 😆🙂

Sounds like a great children's book =]

🤣😂💚💛💜🧡❤

😂

@Keith Barry Bless you! 😂

Drefuss Beats ah im happy knowing this fact.. thanks

They Can Paint too... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-foahTqz7On4.html

Oh of course they are. They're extremely attentive to social cues, they gave great memories and pattern recognition. Even though you can't imagine what is like to be an elephant, they certainly share a lot with us.

They also flap their ears to get the flies...

They don’t comprehend anything, animals don’t have brains like we do. They just hear something that has a good tune and begin to flap their ears. They don’t need to comprehend anything, because they can’t.

Yes, it gives more "reality" for the MOONLIGHT sonata!

Yeah

❤❤

💙

Power of music

He knew...

I feel Ludwig felt it would be possible.

He knew thats why he was always angry :C

i didn't realize that i needed this until RU-vid showed me! ;)

@@irokekula5739 same here 😊

Lol you're right, shout out to RU-vid!

❤ 😢

So true Joe. I do the same and enjoy the eccentric's of it all.

At 1:15 the elephant raises his trunk to acknowledge his emotions I think that’s when he started getting teary-eyed emotional from hearing the beautiful Beethoven..

Is that what he told you?

In an elephant rescue?

I guess he was talking about playing the sonata at night, in moonlight :)

It was decided that the Imperial royal family, headed by the Emperor, should leave Vienna for their own safety. This included the Emperor's youngest brother, Archduke Rudolph, friend and patron of Beethoven. Beethoven told the Archduke he would compose a Piano Sonata to mark the occasion.

@@lady0shady It was decided that the Imperial royal family, headed by the Emperor, should leave Vienna for their own safety. This included the Emperor's youngest brother, Archduke Rudolph, friend and patron of Beethoven. Beethoven told the Archduke he would compose a Piano Sonata to mark the occasion.

Aayush Boliya's Universe, Owen Benjamin. Has nailed this, check him out

chad gammie what did bb nail ? i dont understand

or hot.

"his ears"..."s/he" This ain't it chief

Did you just assume this elephants gender 😤

😂

Dang i love that

😂😂😂

🤣

Psst don't tell anyone ..but the elephant helps em. 😎

Mary Rose Kent we shouldn’t even give those “people” attention anyways

Not yours though >;3

I can only see stuff about the music but ok let your anger flow

@@Crackmonkey2110 Anger? Where? She's simply informing people that newer piano keys are no longer made of elephant tusks. And just because you don't see those comments does not mean they dont exist, there are currently over 5k comments, you think you've seen them all? 🙄

@@eroxcis ever heard of sarcasm?

Ava Anderson good observation 👏🏼

wow that makes alot of sense

That you for your knowledge

Dopest comment. 😍❤

your comment made me think that if he played Nirvana song the elephant could be nervous and break the piano

Taylor Coley indeed, and you can see it enjoying the piano and moving around following the melody

What does being American have to do with anything?

@@JCam151 my question exactly 😂

JCam I just meant it’s not like I’ve spent any time around elephants. But any fool can clearly see they are intelligent whether they have been around them in person or not.

@@taylorcoley6329 gotcha

I have officially *a s c e n d e d*

well said my dude

Where did you find those words ?

Well said 😢

Helluva description

Personally i think cows and certain types of birds also enjoy 'Human Music.'

Parrots are total music lovers. even budgies will bob their little heads up and down to the beat and mimic melodies. Big parrots will often straight up sing along. It's not just that they're repeating things, music is good for their mental well-being, and it's a recommended part of caring for a bird to play them music, sing to them etc. They're wonderful animals. (just make sure it's not too loud obvs)

@@wademichalski768 So it's not as much as enjoy it, many animals can enjoy the music but not many can understand it. Elephants are known to be able to understand rhythm, tone pattern and even the emotional tone of the music. as well as enjoy it.

Lots of animals love music. Here's the reaction of some cows - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CMCIEtC-tJk.html Some horses - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GqRammbyk4M.html A donkey - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SbCgZOwUrXM.html A bird - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_J8SktWF2cQ.html

every animal enjoys music we just cant tell. We humans are so arrogant to think we would even know what an animal is feeling when we cant even properly communicate with all humans yet..

Also CIA: watching us watch an Elephant Listening to a Pianist.

Well that's what you do when you watch some on perform 🤪

@@keylor512 Also Aliens: Watching the CIA watch us watch an Elephant watch a pianist

nah shon Also God: Watching aliens watch the CIA watch us watch an elephant watch a Pianist

Watching an elephant watch a pianist that is also, in turn, watching the elephant.

I'm 62, and I have a tear or two. The Elephants face is beautiful. He seemed to love it. At one point, he seems to be dancing with his trunk ❤❤😂

Hon. Sssh. ❤

Me too,

Elephant all like "Bro, how bout some lettuces to go with my lullaby?"

It was beautiful. It transcended in some way. The elephants I felt know it was a real expression of love and respect. 🙏🏻

Light T lol

Sounds like Dagda's Magic Harp to me.

Light T animals are smarter than religion.

You have spoken sir!

Man I would like to smoke the same weed as you sir

Feeling all the frequency's, im in tears jajaja, the most beautiful miracle on human existence is Music We are so lucky to understand assimilate feel and play and make music

@MyGun4hire dude dont be a troll to each their own show respect 4 others way of thinking maby music feels like a miracle to them

You got me!

From what I heard the latest number hiding in the woods listening is 17,593

as far as I know, animals don’t hear music as beautifully harmonized notes but more like a noise. so they wouldn’t be like: “wow!! music” they would be like “wtf is this sound”

:)

I haven't had an opportunity yet to play piano for elephants (or animals besides dogs cats). I would like to, though!

Don't forget elephants that play their own sonatas.

I play my ukulele for the village pastor's goats. They love it! (true story)

They especially love "Pata Pata" :-D

I think because he just overlapped his own playing in a simple elephant's video.. i kind of wished to see him actually play near the elephant..

@@biman2287 he played the whole song infant of the elephant it isn't in a loop jackass

Friedrich Nietzsche „Humans are Selfish and they always find a reason to hate something trust me my friend.“

Those are poachers, animal abusers, etc...

Who cares. Doesn't matter what video it is there will always be dislikes. Most dislikes are more than likely just accidental.

Travis Ploeger it did

Travis Ploeger im thankful but also worried

Yes

@@dredank why worried?

OMG you are so funny and original

thank you 😂

It’s out in the wild... soz 😂 still liked it, original comment

I think you mean the pianist in the woods.

😂😂😂

Lmao 😂

Jordan Q Me too I couldn't agree more.

Jordan Q I feel the same 🙏🏼❤️☝🏼

Same! I wish that's what I did on a regular basis.

I say the same

You must to see when the cows listen a violinist with much attention....lovely

Dude, you make me feeling the same frickn thing!

An elephant flapping its ears means it's happy! It's enjoying the moment :)

Mantis Monk how’d did I know you were Asian before even looking at your picture lol

@@The10lsand4 lol Hmm I wonder XD

What really makes you wonder is whether it can feel those moments of tension then joyous release that music will create. I know the brain has to learn how to hear music and it's obvious that this elephant has listened to that piano more than once coz of the patience it has. If it has spent enough time listening and growing brain pathways, it may even be able to anticipate the hints at the direction that music will give you as it progresses along a piece... and that is where the music also begins to emotionally reward the listener as well. It does make you wonder if that elephant has developed that coz it sure seemed to appreciate it... :)

Person would be disrespectful while using his or her phone

@Wiliam Forsythe wow...

@Wiliam Forsythe no he's not

Elephants are the most intelligent animal after us.

what

Better that than "elephant pianist", that could be heard wrong...

@@Ghost2743 So a guy walks into a bar and sees a foot tall piano player with an amazingly adorned bottle sitting on his tiny piano. He goes up to the bartender and asks "so what's up with the piano player and the bottle?" Bartender says, "Well there's a genie in that bottle. You can have a wish if you want but be careful she's hard of hearing." Guy asks, "What do you mean?" Bartender says, "Do you really think I asked for a twelve inch pianist?"

@@BenBlackEquinoxEngelhard hahahaha

That s the job i am looking for .I used to be a nuclear physicist and part tme meat pie taster , but this beats it hands down .

@Schwarzbraune Bärin SMH Where did that come from? That wasn't a jab at his honor.

😂😂😂😂😂

@Chris Defeo Where's my Chippy?

its a f*cking elephant

@Chris Defeo About time someone notices! Lol

It's Spagett! I got goosebumps

Your way of words is beautiful.

One love 💕💜

Yes, magnificently put!

Coincido absolutamente . Estoy llorando al oír está hermosa melodía pero más por ver a este hermoso elefante escucharla

Very correct observation sir!

I would be thinking. Dam shouldn't of eaten those berries.

Imagine running into this guy while tipping balls on mushrooms

I would break down.

IRL easter egg

Honestly I could die a happy man at that point.

Amen Karen

Ever wonder what the piano keys are made out of

@@hughchapman-brown6369 yes we know ..

@@hughchapman-brown6369 not anymore

This guy's name is Paul blarton and he's actually extremely abusive towards elephants look it up so yes everything is ugly unfortunately

True.

True.

True

I’m beginning to think people pay to have their videos featured

@Anna Burgdorf Nope. The RU-vid algorithm works in mysterious ways

Lingling elephant

Thanks for this comment Bryan 😂

That's why you only hear the entire sonata played by concert professionals.

"Anything for you my old friend! 💕" He looks so peaceful and calm!

made my day sir

Me too 😢❤🎶

Same here. Heartwarming.

Adrian Lowery “WRONG! DO IT AGAIN!”

Elephants arent as barbaric and judgemental as us humans.

"EEEEEERAH!!! Get it right!!!!"

@@Vampire_Sugar_Junkie of course they are. Don't forget they are animals, and animals will do anything to survive. They are as barbaric and horrible like you or me, if not more. Because life depends on consuming life. Everyone is ugly and that's normal.

@Thogman you sir made my day :)

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Source?

@@iamwhoyousayiam6773 description

He did? How do you know this?? Is there a video I can watch that will tell me more?

@@xbrandi12345x ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p2RUu_hChRk.html its somewhere here

Elephants actually don’t seem to forget anything. One research tells us when her baby is killed she won’t leave the corpse and protect them from predators. While she communicates with the heard that went ahead. Few days later when she finally knows it’s her limit to catch up she leaves. Elephants learn and remember what happened where and it’s said they never make the same mistakes. And they have all sorts of communication within themselves.

Well, I Love Elephants & I Love Bill Murray too! It all makes perfect sense 💖🙆💝🐘~

I never forgot the elephant I touched as a child

@@naokoasami2026 I've also learned that they can become almost sociopathic and aggressive against humans if they've seen on of their own murdered. It's really sad

true I still remember an elelphant in chains from when I was very little : ((

MalumInSe it also is a ventilation system that cools them down .. helps blood circulate through their body

They really flap those ears when they're pissed off too.

I think 90% of the stuff they write about Elephant is fake. Like they think humans are cute and shit.

@@Exekutioncro and that they have long noses and shit. I mean pfffft who'd fall for that

The ear flap is a cortexial brain asymptomatic reaction to show appreciation for good music.

I think it's because mankind is on this planet to have moments like this, to be caregivers of the planet, not to live in unrest, but in harmony with the other creatures.

We are all one

ZeroVizibility for some reason that had me dying.

got to agree

I just read that on 333 likes the number for compassion, blessings & inspiration!

You know, there is something in common with us that RU-vid used to randomly suggest this hahaha. I agree, this is awesome.

Why so chilly? *please look up ‘literally’. Literally not ideally suited to precede a figurative descriptor. Unless you also speak with a vocal fry, than have at er.

same