Elephant Cleverly Steals Sugar Cane off a Truck in Thailand | Secrets of the Elephants
Elephant bull known locally as 'The Don' acts as Highway Toll Collector in Thailand by taking small amounts of sugar cane from trucks that use the highway; and can sniff them out when they are on their way. Check out even more coverage on elephants this month, including #SecretsOfTheElephants, a four-part National Geographic series now streaming on DisneyPlus and Hulu. Visit NatGeo.com/elephants to learn more.
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Elephants are not thieves! They eat what they like and they have no one stopping them because they are free animals that should be in the wilderness not in your videos!
Those elephants are toll collectors in the route to Khao Yai national park though.
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There's common thing in India and Thailand is elephant and culture & tradition. I'm glad Thai people protected elephants and treat very well.... Love from india 🇮🇳
ไทยของเราร่ำรวยวัฒนธรรม ชนชาติไทกะไดมีอารยะ
ประเทศไทยยังไม่ได้ประกาศว่าศาสนาพุทธเป็นศาสนาประจำชาติแค่บอกว่าประขากรส่วนใหญ่นับถือศาสนาพุทธเท่านั้นประเทศที่ประกาศชัดเจนคือเมียนมาครับ
@@user-bm3ck8th1m ถูกค่ะ ไม่มีบัญญัติในรัฐธรรมนูญของไทยอย่างเป็นทางการว่าเป็นศาสนาประจำชาติในปัจจุบัน แต่เป็นโดยพฤตินัย ไม่ใช่นิตินัย เพราะมีผู้นับถือประมาณ 90% และวัฒนธรรมของไทยส่วนมากมีศาสนาพุทธเป็นรากฐานเกี่ยวข้องมาช้านาน แต่ประเทศไทยก็ไม่ได้บังคับและกีดกันผู้นับถือศาสนาอื่น โดยให้ทั้งสิทธิและเสรีภาพในการนับถือศาสนาอื่น ๆ . เดี๋ยวใส่อธิบายในวงเล็บบอกเพิ่มให้ค่ะ ขอบคุณที่ช่วยขยายความให้ถูกต้องนะคะ 🙏🏼
Yes.
Thai people love India too but we hate Cambodia
Love for Thailand from India for helping this animals❤
Jai hind ❤
Our mutual love for India and Indians as well.
Aw Thanks India, you're like a big brother to Thailand and mainland SEA
WOW I'm in awe! Elephants are utterly genius intelligent. I was totally amazed how clever they are. Appreciate that the truck driver stops for them. Respect for Respect!
Either they stop or the elephants find the fields and trample them.
lol most of this video is just trying to personify something that isn't there, some "elephant mafia" idea is ridiculous. here's what happened. the elephant smelled food and he ate food. a worm can do that
@AlexRoseGames nah elephants are geniuses. They really do have a complex thinking process. They take down electric fences without getting hurt that is more than just there is food.
@@AlexRoseGames มาดูด้วยตาตัวเองไอ้หนู อย่านั่งอยู่หลังคีบอร์ดนั่น หวังว่าคุณจะไม่โดนช้างป่ากระทืบตายนะ
@@stun5733 I love your comment..
Elephants are incredibly sensitive and smart. I love that they let him get his food!
I think the craziest thing about elephants is the fact that they never forget anything. Ever. Scientists don't understand how they can remember every single thing. As crazy as that sounds, it's like a human being remembering everything that has ever happened to them, every word they have ever spoken every thought they have ever had from birth. You can dig a hole in the ground, let's say 2 ft Deep by 2 ft wide and ride on the elephant or lead him toward the direction of the whole. When he comes to the whole you step over it, he will go around it. Immediately after he steps Over the Hole, take it and feel it in pack it down put leaves over top of it and go on about your day. A year later, take him on the same path and when he gets to that spot he will walk around it. It doesn't matter if grass is grown up over the area or something else. The elephant will go around instead of stepping on it
I don’t think that they have much of an option hahaha there are some videos of the elephants ramming their trucks
My EX had the same ability. She was even able to remember stuff that never happened.
@@bigcountrymountainman9740 good thing i will also use this in my trading
Those elephants are toll collectors in the route to Khao Yai national park though.
The elephant is the national animal of Thailand. Including the flag in the past was an elephant. Elephants are riding vehicles and used in wars by kings and governors of various provinces of Thailand to protect their territories for hundreds of years, and for this reason, as mentioned above, it can be seen that in many national parks throughout the country. In the country of elephants, they are free where they live. But there will be some problems when they eat the vegetables planted by the farmers. It's not bad for Thai people, elephants are animals that we bond with. It's an animal that we respect. and is like a family from past to present❤
Totally agree.
Great!
Yeah! Like a video where American fishermen let the eagles take some fish because they are cool and have meaning to American, freedom.
In India also.
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Lots of love to 🇹🇭 from india for showing respect and gratitude towards animals i want to visit thailand hope i will get an opportunity to do so 🙏
Welcome from Thailand 😊🙏
🇹🇭❤❤🇮🇳
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The compassionate relationship between people and elephants in Thailand
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Great storytelling in every milli second! I love how the creator built the tension within the story, the camera angles connecting the eyes of the Don and his perspective, and even combined the shots inside the truck! The drone shots were beautifully done too. I love the fact that the truck driver was not upset. He was even calm and kind to them.
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Such a lovely relationship. Compassion and kindness is the dopamine the world needs right now. Beautiful and sustainable relationship..
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Big love ❤❤❤ Thailand🇹🇭 love from India🇮🇳
Big love ❤❤❤ India🇮🇳 love from Thailand🇹🇭
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Big love India because India love animal so much❤❤❤ amazing me
Me too bro
Driver installed a Lord Ganesh idol in his cabin that tell everything!! Love from India ❤
ประเทศไทยได้รับอิทธิพลมาจากอินเดีย อินเดียไทย เราพี่น้องกัน
พวกเราได้รับการถ่ายทอดอารยธรรมจากต้นกำเนิดอินเดีย พวกเรายังคงรักษาวัฒนธรรมอันดีงามแต่เคารพทุกสิ่งที่อินเดียถ่ายทอดไว้ให้ประเทศไทยไม่ลืมบุญคุณ
Ganesh is esteemed by all artisans including engineers in Thailand as the supreme teacher of arts and constructions.
One of the smartest, and clearly sweetest, animals
In fact, Some of them invade human town,ruin farm, destroy and kill people. It's a sad story that human is killed by wild elephant every year. And all of it happen outside elephant territory. So,they are not sweetest.
@@chanonwisanmongkol2254 I was making reference to the fact that it was taking sugar, a sweet compound. Elephants that kill more often than not have been mistreated in captivity or in the wild by failed hunters. There are certainly outliers, but they are generally warm animals
The route is very famous in Thailand. There usually a family of elephant waiting for 10 of trucks to deliver their tolls. It's so famous that people just go there to see them eating the sugar cane. And don't worry about their safety, there are park ranger controlling the traffics and make sure the trucks don't idel too long and elephants are out of harms way when they get going.
น่าไปดูเลย พึ่งเคยได้ยินเหมือนกัน แล้วมาจากไหน ? เสือกมาจาก national geographics T_T
@@sleekslackช่องไทยในยูทูปเยอะแยะที่ทำเรื่องนี้
@@chairatsuwanwong4448 ตามเมนท์นั่นล่ะ ความหมายคือ หมายถึงช่องใหญ่ทำ อย่าง national geographic
Beautiful thai people ❤
Thank 💐 You to the driver of the beautifully painted truck for stopping to let these majestic angels of the jungle have their treat! African elephants love their marula fruits. Humans aren't the only mammals who like a sugar high!👍🏻😃❤️🐘❤️ May these beauties survive forever in spite of what we have done to their homes.🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦
Thai people they known that route used to be their walk way to find something to eat and the Thai people they known that those elephants came to lived there first so Thai people they let those elephants owned that Khao-Yai road my friend. So he is the real Mafia there for sure. Lol
@@onalonan l am grateful to the Thai drivers for giving the beautiful Elephants the respect we all should have. But yes, it certainly helps when you are a giant elephant mafioso Don that no one is going to say "no!" to you, lol!😉❤️🐘❤️ Take Care! 🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦
@@shendaraalshedir1933 😂😂🙏🙏💕💕💕
He even knows to walk on the side of the road so traffic can get by.
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And he walked in a chill mode like strolling.😂❤😂❤
@@TheElephantWorld l
Elephants are incredibly sensitive and smart i love elephant
Thai people have a strong bond with Thai elephants and love Thai elephants.
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Actually "The Don" in this clip is not the name of elephant, "ด่าน " in Thai language means "checkpoint". In this clip we may call it as "custom check". There are several elephant custom checkpoints like this in Thailand.
ช้างชื่อ..ด้วน...ฉายาพี่ด้วนด่านลอย ..ฝรั่งอาจฟังเป็น..ดอน
ไม่ใช่พี่ด้วนค่ะ ตัวนี้ชื่ออ้วน(เรียกกันว่าพี่อ้วนเล็กด่านลอย) ฝรั่งออกเสียงเป็นดอน
@@betanat ใช่ค่ะจำรูปลักษณ์พ่อพลายด้วนได้ในคลิปน่าจะเป็นพลายอ้วนอย่างที่คุณว่า
ที่เขาใช้คำสรรพนามว่า" The Don" เหมือนที่มาเฟียเรียกว่าเจ้าพ่ออย่างในหนัง The Godfather เขาไม่ได้บอกว่าช้างชื่อพลายดอนนะครับ
@@betanat You must be kidding...lol ฝรั่งมันไม่โง่ถึงขนาดเรียกอ้วนเป็นดอนหรอกครับ
Thank you so much for producing National Geographic's world class quality videos, love from Thailand 🙏🏼🇹🇭❤️
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ที่นี่ประเทศไทยพวกเราคนไทยส่วนมากรักสัตว์แต่ก็ยังมีบางคนที่ยังชอบล่าสุตว์กันอยู่แต่สําหรับช้างแล้วไม่มีการล่ามาตั้งนานแล้วพวกมันพวกช้างป่าก็ใช้ชีวิตอย่างอิสระอยู่ในป่า แม้จะมีปัญหากับมนุษย์บ้างในเรื่องอาณาเขตและการบุกรุกเข้าไปหากินในแปลงเกษตรของชาวบ้านแต่ก็ไม่มีใครคิดทําร้ายมัน และเรามีเจ้าหน้นที่คอยจัดการแก้ปัญหาอยู่แล้วและเมื่อมีช้างป่าเจ็บป่วยก็มีทีมสัตว์แพทย์คอยให้การช่วยเหลือรักษาพยาบาล พวกมันจึงอยู่อย่างมีความสุขตามธรรมชาติ และเพิ่มจํานวนขึ้นเรื่อยๆ และพวกเราคนไทยก็รักพวกมันมาก
Each of us has a role to play in protecting our planet 🌏🌍
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Thats the cutest highway heist that I have ever seen .
Location is Khao aug rue nai เขาอ่างฤาใน จังหวัดฉะเชิงเทรา อ.ท่าตะเกียบ
Elephants: Do you know who are the biggest mafias here!? Truck drivers: aww.. poor animals. Let them have a bit of treats
1:22 THE WAY HE JUST STROLLED DOWN THE ROAD IS SO ADORABLE AND EPIC!!
Elephants are highly intelligent creatures…. Love them❤
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He gets 10% off the top each time 😂
Amen as he should. 😂😂 bring me food you shall pass
That's hilarious😂
I means it’s his block it’s only fair
Biden family members are looking worse and worse.
Elephant the block captain
Elephants are incredible animals!!!👍👏🏻💝💝💝💝💝💞💞💞💞
No vandalism, No humans were harmed. Real time example of ‘How one would react’ when he gets the rightful share from this universe ! Not even a single scratch on the truck’s body or broken windshields. It’s just when people over react and avoid one’s grievances the opposite of this happens. Excellent documentation of this Real world scenario ! Humans or be it animals, no one is bad. They just reflect their environment within which they live !
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คนที่ถ่ายทำสารคดีนี้คือเก่งมาก ทั้งมุมกล้องทั้งเวลาจังหวะคือได้หมด ❤👏👍🤝 เก่ง
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เจ้าพ่อสารคดีโลกเลยละ😂
จริงๆมันเป็นบ้านของสัตว์ป่าพวกนี้อยู่แล้ว แต่มนุษย์ตัดถนนเข้าไปเอง ดังนั้นก็สมควรจ่ายค่าผ่านทางอยู่แล้ว
Not steal, but drivers happily share with the real owner.
Thais love elephant, we have deep relation with them and we count them as a type of sacred mammal too.
Indians too as we also found them sacred as Shri Ganesh 🙏🙏 or siddhivinayak
Great story. It was his territory. But credit to Thais for accommodating the elephant.
❤❤❤คนไทยรักช้างมาก เคารพ ให้เกียรติ และพวกเขาคือสิ่งมีชีวิตที่มหัศจรรย์ของพวกเราชาวไทยค่ะ
The toll collecter are too adorable🥰
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And he trained his young accomplices too!😂😂❤❤❤
First of all I want to thank you for such a wonderful series on elephants. I must say that it's the best series I have ever watched on any fauna. I got tears in my eyes watching Episode on desert elephants. It was such a pleasure to gather tones of information about the giants eg. the way elephants successfully climb down the mountain, avoided flash floods in the desert, the toll collector, successfully adjusting to live near human settlements etc. are few of the best examples. Keep spreading love thanks once again for such a masterpiece ❤
Mutual respect n peaceful coexistence 🤝- heaven on earth❤
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ขอบคุณมากค่ะถ่ายภาพได้ละเอียดอ่อนทุกๆมุมมองของเขาช้างไทยแลนด์มีความสุขที่สุดในโลกไทยแลนด์ขอบพระคุณทุกท่าน
Thank you for filming a documentary in our country.❤
that's amazing that they show sticks of sugar cane to the drivers to let them know... xD
Could you imagine if we had to drive by him with our car full of groceries and he has to inspect each bag or no pass 😂
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Thanks for bringing us the beautiful pictures of gorgeous moments, that I have never got bored to see ❤
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Very nice production ❤ The Don was so clever and adorable ❤
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Awe,I love all elephants 🐘 ❤️ ♥️ ❤
It’s being pleasure to see how people of thialand love elephants really love u from india ,u peoples deserve salute
ช้างเด็กน่ารักมากกกก คงดีใจทีาจะได้กินอ้อยแสนหวาน
I want to hug the Don!!!! 🎉❤
He is wild elephent dangerous to do that
You would wonder evenmore that most of these elephants in this forest have their own names. The park rangers remember all of them.
Elephants say, "This toll way is under our protégé'!" 😁
Yes , absoltely right! he s the master dealer 😊🐘🌳❤ and the diver s so kind 👍😘❤🌳🐘😘
I find it Adorable!🥺❤️
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Thank you Indian friends who love Thailand. We Thai people love India too. Because Thailand has adopted almost all Indian cultures. different from Cambodia who claimed that India and Thailand copied Cambodia's
Nah, A lot of Khmers said this highway is in Cambodia. I don't know why they don't proud of themselve. 😢😢😢😢
@@chanonwisanmongkol2254 lmao XD
give reward to all staff behind the videos!!
Amazing elephants... amazing Thailand... ❤❤❤
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I love cleverly elephant it so wise and strong
Salute to the biggest Don on the planet 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤💯
Good for Elle!! I LOVE THIS! He should charge a toll! Sugar cane is his and his henchmen! 😂🐘🐘 IT'S THEIR LAND
Have you ever pay a grain of wheat to the true owner of your human forced own land ? NO. I think not. You just proclaim behind that keyboard xD.
It’s a tax 😂
If you're going to pass through someone else's territory make sure to leave a gift
Don addicted for sugarcane ❤️👍
Wow!! what a trade... This is outstanding ! ❤
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It's normal for Thai people but it's amazing for foreigners.
Elephants are invaluable animals in Thailand.😊🥰
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@@TheElephantWorldI definitely won't miss this show.🥰😍🙏
ช้างช่วยสร้างแผ่นดินไทย
Very right of animals. 😊 Congratulations 😊
Humans stole the forest from him before. So, it's more than fair.
That is the way to go Big Guy, you have a little respect for me and I have respect for you humans .
amazing Thailand 🙏🙏🙏🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Very nice video! I like it I love them ❤so cute 🥰
Elephants are more than animals to most Thai people. In the past, they helped us to protect Siam, which is now Thailand today. They along side with Thai people marched into the battlefields.
Elephant: Why do you stink so much?..... Truck: I run on filthy stinky gasoline.
It's up to each one of us to do everything we can to protect our Earth and all of her plants and animals. It's not too late, but we must do it now.
เหตุการณ์แบบนี้เกิดขึ้น ทุกปีของประเทศไทยครับ จะมีฤดูกาลของการขนอ้อยพืชผลทางการเกษตร ช้างจะรับรู้ด้วยตัวเอง เป็นอะไรที่ประหลาดมากครับ ช้างเรียนรู้ จากมนุษย์ช้างเป็นสัตว์ที่ฉลาดมากครับ เขาจะออกมาทุกปี เรื่องแบบนี้เกิดขึ้นมานานแล้วครับในประเทศไทย และเราก็รักสัตว์พวกนี้มากเราแบ่งปันกัน เพื่อสันติวิธี ทั้งคนและสัตว์ อยู่บนโลกใบเดียวกัน เราแบ่งปันซึ่งกันและกัน และเรื่องแบบนี้จะอยู่ตลอดไป ตราบชั่วฟ้าดินสลาย ขอบคุณ ที่เข้ามาชมคลิปวีดีโอนี้จากประเทศไทย ขอบคุณมากครับ🇹🇭❤
thank you for the driver's kindness..😊
Ganesh Ji idol in the truck even in thaliand 🙏
Because it's Sanatan, Which is everywhere and there's no beginning or end of it.. naturally all people are Sanatanis until and unless they forcefully convert themselves. {Calm}It's just Sanatan...🙏
@@Mojemoye our religion was spread throughout the south eastern nations till medieval period. After that a parasite came.
You shall not pass without feeding me!!
Beautiful animals 🐘 ❤
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They didn't even take too much from each truck.
So true.
❤LOVE THIS MR DON🐘..IM WITH YOU MR DON❤✊️👍❤🐘.
A mafia elephant walks along the edge of the road. sugarcane transportation route to call the car to stop to collect tribute. 😂😂😂❤❤❤
Habitat protection and management is going to be one of the most important things going forward. These animals don’t want to be reliant on us. They want their independence. Like I do.
ขอบคุณ National Geographic ที่สร้างรายการดีๆแบบนี้มานะคะขอบคุณจากประเทศไทยค่ะ❤🇹🇭
Epic cinematography. It added to the Don's badassery
Amazing....❤❤❤
¡¡HERMOSOS LOS ELEFANTES!!
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@@TheElephantWorld: Gracias Un abrazo
Wow .... how Majestic and Magical is he .
Thanks Driver for kindly to Elephant and good friendly.
Nice VDO. Beautiful camera shooting. Impressive story
I love elephants. Big creature is so amazing. ❤❤❤❤🦣🦣🦣🦣
Gotta pay the toll! Small price to pay the elephants for the "habitat fragmentation" they're forced to live through.
Thank vrey much natgografic❤ .
Long live the Don n his clan!❤
The elephant doesn’t steal sugarcane but knowingly giving to by the truck driver
Elephant toll gate in Thailand There are many places Throughout every region in the country. And there is also a collection of protection fees from monkeys. Thousands of them divided into several groups. If the people around him don't bring food to him It will raise them to fight or destroy the villagers' belongings. or harm human beings. You can find them in the town of Lopburi. Thai people do not like to hurt or fight with animals. for they were here before us. So we don't get rid of them and share food with them.
🥰Thai people’s love for elephants led to their incorporation into the Thai way of life.💕👍 ♥✨I love elephants.🐘🐘💕
Not stealing, just collecting toll fee !!
This whole area used to be a dense jungle where the elephants has had taken as their trail for hundreds of years, then human built roads on or cross their trail, what an opportunity, let's collect payment for land use!
Farmer to truck driver: a ton for the mill and a bunch for the toll fee.
In thailand now many tourists like to see elephants family in khao yai national park
Elepfhants in my country so cute.🐘🐘🥰 surin province elephants are the most 🏠🏠 famous number one in the world.❤❤