The hilarious video of an elephant violently showing that it does not like to be photographed is making internet users burst into laughter!
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The clip, shared on Instagram, shows a group of young people around an elephant. Suddenly, when one of them decides to pull out her phone to take a photo of the animal, the elephant quickly strikes the woman in the face with its trunk!
“This elephant woke up and chose violence,” reads the caption of the funny video. Since being posted in early June, the clip has already received over 40 million views, along with more than 1.9 million likes and thousands of comments from internet users who enjoyed the scene.
“Now she learns the meaning of privacy,” said an Instagram user. “After checking 10 times, I think it was intentional,” said another. “People need to learn to respect boundaries,” commented a third user.
According to the South African National Parks website, elephants are generally peaceful animals. However, all elephants can become aggressive when they are sick or injured or if they are harassed.
Photo and video: Instagram @lavelledontae. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
