Elephant Mother Faces Horrible Decision | Africa | BBC Earth 

Misinformed ..an elephant pregnancy is 11 months Do your research

Estelle Schneider it literally does not matter, be it 2 years or 11 months. the fact of the matter is that it takes a long time for them to give birth, and its tragic for a calve to die off and its mom could only watch and try making the death emotionally less painful.

Estelle Schneider The African Bush Elephant, as depicted in this video, has a pregnancy period that lasts an average of 22 months...so OP is right.

Грустная девочка Nice, now we can tell Estelle about our research.

Animals with shorter pregnancy have the edge here as when there is a drought or food shortage they might not breed.

I was just at that part when I read this.

would you cry knowing human eats cows, pigs, chickens, and other meats?

@Solargaming wuts that supposed to mean?

solargaming channel exactly

@@raymondaranda8716 when the baby is dead it's not abandoned.

She failed

I hope she gets attack by hyenas later

@@swifthennessy1949 but she tried tho

Elephants are very intelligent and can conduct themselves in a higher level of emotional intelligence.

@@samindaperamuna6392 Not intelligent enough to keep the little bugger alive apparently.

most mammals wouldn’t abandon their young. only solitary animals do this and most mammals are social

@WolframSV2 kindly provide me with your source

ow much [ imagine what humans do to all animals other than mammals. How much pain they have to go through just to protect their young just for the humans to mess it up by killing them , destroying their habitat and more just for meat.

@@judecarribbeanmapper1300 or a trophy tusk

@WolframSV2 survival of the fittest does blue refer to the survival machine (animal) but to the genes (replicating). Hamilton rule puts a higher value on children than yourself in many instances, and not so than parents (particularly if the parents are at an age where they can't breed). But your that care about kin get selected more in general. Maybe read the selfish gene to better understand.

Yes but not until the mother died X-D

Navid Namini Of she stayed longer she could see the vultures eat it

Navid Namini and now she’s going to die alone

Navid Namini m

Wu wu what do you mean the end

Harvey Angel 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀

Good Krypollo animals live there own lives we humans don’t now what they think or feel

P L exactly.

‍ ‍ shut up bitch

She failed as a mother

​@@swifthennessy1949 You're a failed human as well so u must be able to relate

@@Xara_K1 But you don't know anything about me, so you can't make an assessment like that.

@@swifthennessy1949 neither do u with the elephant.

@@swifthennessy1949 you are vile

Lmao

I'm not crying, YOU are 😔😔

​@@HelpadoggoreachsubsWtf is wrong with you

Kampfhund you're weird

+devina devine your the weird one for not finding this stuff interesting.

No you cant, thats you seeing an emotion you are looking for, you are personifying the elephant, its the same as the fact they proved that if you tell a dog owner their dog has done something bad they will see a guilty look on the dogs face when infact the dog has done nothing.

Kampfhund so are humans 😂

I much prefer animals than to humans

yeah.. :(

popo lion

Liberal Tears i think i would take a truck full of hay and buckets full of water, anything is possible. just saying

AKArainkit, y can't they help? 😢😭

Unicorn Donuts because it's nature, you shouldn't interfere, the carcass will feed other animals

may God bless her

@@eigenaltan826 :3

The Bible says in John 3:16-36 that whoever believes in the Lord Jesus Christ shall not perish but have everlasting life, the Bible also says in Romans 10:9 that those who declare with their mouth that Jesus Christ is their God, Lord, and Savior they shall be saved. Revelation 1:8 says that Jesus is the alpha and the omega. Luke and revelation is the ending times, and Jesus is returning back. So are you going to submit your life to him or no? Narrow is the path that leads to the gates of heaven, but only few people find it. The gates that is the path to destruction is where many people find it! Jesus loves you SO MUCH! That he died on the cross, and was resurrected from the dead 3 days later to give us eternal life.

@@poweroftruth9258 If your god exists, he allows this to happen. No thanks.

@@RiceCubeTech God alone suffered more than any person on Earth. We deserve pain and death, but He didn't. He, without sin was treated like worst criminal, yet He never sinned, He never did something wrong. And He still died on us on cross. Jesus, who is a God, died for us and rose from death, so we can live. It's not His fault there is pain in this world. It's our fault, because we broke this world with sin. We are the ones, who are quilty. Even for this. But Jesus doesn't came on Earth to judge us, but to save us. And He really loves you so much!

@@alzbetastruminska3208 if the Bible is to be taken literally, he had a bad weekend then went to sit at the right hand of god or whatever in heaven. Pretty sure this baby elephant whose body is slowly shutting down and dying from starvation which has mostly likely lasted weeks if not months is suffering a lot more. :|

@@alzbetastruminska3208 So he suffered worse than people who get raped, abused, tortured, dying of starvation or dehydration for their whole life while he was just on the cross for 6 hours?

Shuntaro S what hard they can film this but they can't call someone or do something to protect him .... This is why they get dislikes

@@aishwaryasrivastava3998 Life isn't that simple. Have they Interfered it would have cause more problems than good. The Baby Elephant would not have survived in the first place.

@@juicyczennie6064 yaaa but atleast trying is a better option than filming .... If dying and killing of animal will continue like this ... Then we human have to suffer in the coming future .... Nature is already showing us the demo via corona and various natural disasters .... And in coming future it would be worse .... Animals are extincting and without animals there is no nature

@@aishwaryasrivastava3998 In this case the Elephan would Not have survived either way. Have they Interfered they would have Pronloged his suffering.

@@aishwaryasrivastava3998 if they saved it then baby predators would die

I would't say "peacefully". My man, she literally starved to death while her mother watched helplessly! Thats definitely not how i would want to go!!!!

Yeah not even close to peaceful she was in pain for sure. Rip

Me and u have same pfp

Frisbee ayyy

Not really peacefully, she looked drier than the actual desert but ok

Boohoo. Cry me a river

Theses people care more about an animal dying than a human.

@@coffeelink943damn bro ur so cool and edgy

climate change as well.

+Alex Mitra Africa have regularly these kind of droughts, is the reason of why several species developed the instinct of migration in the first place.

+Alex Mitra Of course there is climate change, it has been happening since the Earth began, does not take a rocket scientist to know this.

Human induced climate change not...

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I wish I felt a mother’s love

@@brandilee5777 Why? Don’t you have parents?

This is true 😊😘

@Dre Woke F you, it is.

@@limeplayzzz6778 they just don’t love me

I always cry when I see a animal dying! 😥 but this one left me heartbroken too. 😭😞

Damn bitch you act like you went to prom with the thing. Foh with that empathy for a animal bs

@@myronwilliams262 stfu, atleast animals can posses empathy, such as elephants.

although most any animal possesses capacity for empathy, few cry, so thr ending scene is liquid occular residue.

@@myronwilliams262 people like you will never get it , most people can show empathy for animals in trouble , but you just don't understand it , that Say's a lot about you and the type of person you are, and sadly you are not a good one.

Cathy Scaysbrook me too I'm feel so sorry for little calf it's sad so sad

Cathy Scaysbrook ahaha I'm sobbing

Jovaan McKinney why?

Jovaan McKinney your so edgy bro

to think water is all it needed... so sad.

the baby elephants body will provide food for other animals such as vultures who are classified as vulnerable/endangered and probably save lives for other animals.

If you help them the mother will attack you and its also part of the nature so you just better leave them

This is part of nature, you have to leave the way it is

The day may come when there are less than 100 elephants left and they will have guards with them - like the northern black rhinos did. At that point if there is enough money humans can airlift food to them. This broke my heart, and I didn't carry that baby for two years. I hope that mama has a new calf in better times - soon.

Sadly there is a law that, while filming a documentary you are not allowed to interfere with Natur. If any animal will die without help, you have to let nature take its course. Sad, but it's the reality of producing documentaries Edit:there was a comment stating that everyone is heartless who films and doesn't help, and that they are cruel monster, if they aren't going to Help, then they shouldn't film them. Comment got deleted, so mine is little out of context

I have a 10 week old, and I came to write this exact same comment.

I dont know how a mother feels about her child/ren but I the love I have for my daughter is something I cannot describe. I love her so much that it actually scares me, there is nothing I wouldn't do for her

Elephants are particularly special because of this. Some other animals, abuse their offspring: Macaques are extremely cruel to tjeir babies!!

Welp you decided to have a kid knowing that they have to die someday. Nobody to blame but you

@@youraveragejoe2 Dude ran to this comment's replies trying to prove how smart he is while looking like an idiot. Go somewhere else "Joe" lmao

@Kat deejay Well we learn something new everyday. Thank u mate❤

Elephants don't cry

Just mammalian instincts controlled by hormones.

people should stop anthropomorphisizing animals it does no one good

@@josephaugustine4876 true, but... human emotions are no different, just more complicated

children dying is way sadder than parents dying, especially to the parents.

travel the world and you'll see things that make this look like a picnic on sunday...

@@frankkappa5726 be silence sinner

especially western children

Unless they’re abusive. There are plenty of abusive mothers in this world. I’ve even heard stories of parents intentionally killing their children.

That elephant doesn't care. The only animals that are capable of having emotions are the great apes.

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 that's actually not true, there are several other animal species including elephants that have been shown to mourn for their dead and exhibit some type of emotions

@@nothoughtsjustphotosynthesis Haha I was just trolling. Don’t even remember making the comment

Sending you some love and positivity, I sincerely hope you find people who care about you and love you for who you are. Stay strong

sorry to read that but im lucky not in my case no mother of any species can top my mom my mom is the best mom

I hope you became a person better than you mom ever could and reached sucess in life, keep it cool brother

I'm really sorry you went through that I hope you're with people who care about and love you too. Stay safe and happy, You're a good person.

Praying for you healing and joy in Jesus name amen❤️

It’s a dust devil but it looks just like a tornado 😳

😂😂😂 fuck yeah said mother nature.

doing the film makers a favor by giving them a cool shot to film

more like the film crew with well placed added effects

Humans*

@Elsa 0o dont have to be such a dick about it when its not even proven yet.

@Elsa 0o they definitely cry

@Poppy Farrar thanks for letting me know but i hate it when people just have to barge in and ruin a moment like that weeb did.

Poppy Farrar It certainly hasn’t been proven. There is, however, a lot of evidence to suggest they do actually cry.

@@neonghost7333 they do cry but not in a emotional way

we do it all the time

Cameraman don't care they film just to make a quick buck$$$$

Sexy Red not true. When you're someone who films or photographs any animals from the wild, you're not supposed to help.

Dskiter: what is wrong with the help?

@@sipro8517 interfering with wild life , everything happened for a reason

They're used to it, plus they are not allowed to interfere. All in the game.

@Nica Didn't say it was funny but ok 😐

@Nica yo you mad weird

@Nica bro it’s real funny did you see it’s face when it was in pain the best feeling of my life

I dont get it How it died:(

@@shoota4385 dehydration

I'm not crying, YOU are 😔😔😭😭

ARE YOU BRAGGING OR COMPLAING?@@Freemelon07

So?

Same

Same

I ask myself the same question. These videos are starting to have real depressive effects.

I was asking myself the very same thing.

unlocked cause your a fuckin jack

what is that even meant to be

The outro

hilarious...............total mood changer -_-

Legit just got cheered up reading this comment

Wtf

+Mikkel Youreallydontwanttoknow I was about to cry then the outro came and it ruined everything lol

+Mikkel Youreallydontwanttoknow right i went from :'( to -.- real quick...

worst channel ever! you see she is in distress! why don't you save her??? her call someone else to save her?? There are so many organisations that saves wild elephants why not calling to one of them??

+Honey love Bee They aren't allowed to, most documentary film makers are legally not allowed to, it interferes with natural selection, and how elephants live. I love animals and wish they would help as well, but thats not how nature works, animals must hold there own, especially if they are wild.

+I Can't Aim I totally agree, the scene of the baby elephant dying is very sad but it happens so many times throughout the world. It is just part of life.

Pretty sure those are flies.

@@lilacdaven wrong. Look again at the mom's eye's not the baby at 3:47.

@@lilacdaven yes, there were flies, but there was also tears.

Humans and elephants are the only two animals who cry for emotional reasons so you are right

@@iammas1683 Bruh how are you going to ignore dolphins, chimps and bonobos

I'm sure most of those sounds are artificial...as in made in-house. Not actual recorded noises.

@@megamegaO what the fuck mate? Not a single fake sound here The music and Davids voice are thee only added sounds

@@forna4090 watch the behind the scenes and you'll see they were added afterwards.

@@keepout4075 they are added in after yeah but its the sound that they record. Other wise it would be a amuture-like production and they are past that xd

Baby elephants toot!

that's an elephant death ritual. search it up.

She need to eat it instead. Save herself

thelastperson tokeepitreal lol shut up elephants arent carnivores

@@shumaatiqunnassa4123 ya they can eat meat too. Didnt u ever hear of the elephant who ate a whole family? It was a big deal.

thelastperson tokeepitreal that’s not how elephants work

Tell that to the thousands of people they have trampled لย๔وє๓єภt ξÐgξ

gentle giant psycho killers i absolutly agree with ya , asom balatruseb el crabit the turd.... hahaha

The Wolf of Comedy Tell that the millions of elephants that are beeing hunted for their tusks

eyeyegdhsb\\\\\\\ oh! thats why according to world wildlife governement organizations ELEPHANTS are by far the animal that KILLS the most men\women\children\elderly's on the face of the planet (500 per year , mostly innocent folks) world wildlife statistics...gentle giant murdering capricious temperamental brainless psychopathic humanophobic killers ! did you say something ??

You’ve never seen a male elephant in heat, have you?

no afterlife for animals you duplicity coward

@Timothy Chung yah same im waiting to see them again oneday. ❤

😭😭😭

@Buster Smith how do you know that tho? Beyond death no one knows shit tbh. Everyone believes their own things. Like let them believe if they want to. It ain't hurtin no one

@@Acesspaded It does hurt us. People thinking everything will be righted after death won't work as hard to fix the problems of this life. People thinking children will be taken care of after death will withhold medicine from their own children--look up Adventists, Christian Scientists, and JWs. People thinking they know what'll happen after death try to impose their morality on the rest of us. It takes religion to make something beautiful out of dead children and other dead animals.

*”TAKE IT BACK NOW Y’ALL-“*

I was already crying 😭

You mean rest in pieces

@@edwinverzosa7655 You're a pathetic loser.

I'm sorry to hear. This was sad to watch and I couldn't imagine experiencing it first-hand. :(

I am so sorry for your loss. Prayers for you 💖

Yes, no matter how we try we cannot often control circumstances and get a favorable outcome

I'm so sorry!

Lmao

Not really.

@@mrpirate6187 🙄

Anthropomorphism detected

you can

@@markknopfruit1417 it's been proven that elephants do cry and have other kind of emotions most animals don't have. Elephants and dolphins are one of the few species that are closest to human like emotions. This is tested with a mirror that was put in front of them

elephants physically cant cry

The Zilla then what was she doing?

Watching. Nothing more.

The Zilla THEN WHAT IS THAT FUDGING LIQUID SUBSTANCE KNOW AS H20 DOING IN HER EYES?!

It's not liquid. Even if it is it could easily just be water that she using when she BLINKS TO CLEAN HER EYES. Learn basic elephant anatomy you idiot.

To have feelings you at least need to have a brain. The majority of creatures don't have it.

Lol it caught me off guard while I was sad

Emotionally stupid!!!

The Liberal Thinker What?

umm happy music do u have feelings or what this elephant died why put happy music if u die

So annoying

fr

Animals don't get intoxicated.

@Nathan actually, some do

@@nyancat8828 Haha, yeah, man's closest relatives - APES! :oD

There is an animal that will throw it's babies into danger so it can live. So.. yeah..

Then you would die if you got close to them. Quit watching disney movies.

Yeap

I agree people feel "Bad" for and animal that is dying. But it is the way of nature

+Amarís Gloomwing the filmmakers job is to film nature? for what reason? to make money out of it? I think it was more about filming a dying calf to get a good film that they did not help instead of some made up code of conduct for them. If my livelihood depended on these animals I would make sure I gave something back and helping this calf by giving little water is the least they could of done.

+Naz B And what would you do? Run out there and give them water? That's not enough, they need a lot of food

Naz B and like the other guy said, they are aggressive

Same here

If you think that's sad, imagine being the mother who has to go it alone, no matter which decision she makes. It stays with you for life. That's why rapists should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and denied parental rights.

Same here

+Leopard95 I don't know if it would have died of stress. It wouldn't have hurt to try.

Hey hey Hye It would have. Its too weak and its body wouldn't be able to cope.

+Leopard95 They also aren't allowed to. I think it's called the photographer's code. You do not interfere with nature, no matter what. It could have deadly consequences for both the animals and people.

I am sure the crew were even more emotional watching this then we were

FrozenEternity The cameraman did an interview afterwards and said it was one of the most emotional times of his life.

oh my gahd you are EVIL LMAOOO whew you have me going

@@monametsiramokate257 Yes, nature and drought are evil, yeah. So is natural selection, all these evils conspire to hurt you and only you.

Because if life wasn't, we would take life for granted and would have no purpose in it.

Life is a test and those who are grateful in difficult times those people will get reward in next life.

Pain and difficulty is relative, this calf is lucky to even have a mother that sticks around for more than 10 minutes *cough* sea turtles *cough*

Lmao are you dumb

because inherently life is fragile and fleeting, for millions of years on this planet it has been in a constant arms race to evolve better defences and offenses while also sustaining itself. millions of years on a planet where resources are finite and everything is trying to kill everything else. pain is what prevents organisms from needlessly allowing itself to become injured and death is an inevitable end to all living things. some things are small and only live for hours, other things are large and can live for centuries, but in the end everything dies eventually, sometimes earlier than it's lifespan normally is. its just an unfortunate truth. we are all just bubbles of water trying to stay alive long enough to produce other bubbles of water. ultimately, life is just a strange and as of yet unique to earth phenomena that seemingly arose from random chemistry and very specific temperatures on a relatively average rocky planet orbiting a relatively average star.

Then why d hell god didn't blessed him with food & water while he was alive...

@@lossantoscity3249 wow you don't have to be so rude. People have their own beliefs. Everything happens for a reason and even if you disagreed with him you don't have so be cursing and getting on foolish.

@@lossantoscity3249 God Doesn't control the mind of people willing to commit these kind of sins blame the individual not the creator