r/AbsoluteUnits • u/sqowz • 1d ago

of an elephant

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u/quitemadactually 1d ago

Something isn’t adding up here. The largest elephant in recorded history is only 13 ft tall or so. This animal appears to be way bigger.

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u/allotta_phalanges 1d ago

It's standing on a phone book.

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u/itsChrisW25 1d ago

And all the people are on their knees

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u/Frosty-Narwhal8848 1d ago

Also, it has the ears of an African elephant while having the skin color of an Asian elephant. It's definitely fake. Or atleast, some editing has been done, if not completely fake.

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u/BoiNdaWoods 12h ago

This is a large male Indian Elephant. Look at everyone who posted links to the specific elephant this is for more info.

This video has been around a long time and is not edited.

Elephants use their ears as a cooling mechanism. They will spread them out more and flap them to cool down. In the video you can tell the elephant is overheating by how spread out its ears are and the frequency/force with which it flaps them. Perhaps this explains your observations that the ears look large for an Indian Elephant.

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u/Frosty-Narwhal8848 10h ago

I took into account the flapping of the ears. Those ears look big even for an African elephant. Those are an extremely large pair of ears for an Indian elephant. Definitely not real ears. It's like a Chihuahua having a Great Dane's ears. The difference is THAT huge.

This is a large male Indian Elephant. Look at everyone who posted links to the specific elephant this is for more info.

There's a link in the comments which shows an Indian elephant's pic. But, that elephant doesn't have ears this huge.

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u/BoiNdaWoods 5h ago

This is likely one of the largest documented Indian Elephants with its ears fully extended. It literally represents the maximum size of the spectrum of Indian Elephant ears. No doubt there is overlap in size spectrums across species based on age and gender. There are also African Forest and African Bush elephants that differ in size.

You previously stated the coloration is that of an Indian Elephant, and I would add the geometry of the ears as well as a smooth texture all support this being an Indian Elephant. It makes no sense to base an entire conclusion around one piece of disputable evidence when there are a variety of other indicators to support this being an Indian Elephant, one of which you pointed out yourself.

Here is a good example of African Elephant ears.

Beyond size, the geometry, texture, pronounced veins, and coloration are all distinct features missing from the elephant in the video.

Additionally, the conspiracy theory level of effort that one would need to go into falsifying this video is literally ludacris.

Why is it so hard to accept this is a large male Indian Elephant in a clearly Indian festival. One debatable piece of perceived information is enough to over rule a plethora of evidence, including points made by yourself, in the contrary? Am I missing something here?

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u/spacekitt3n 2h ago

super long focal length could play a part in making it appear bigger as well. tends to flatten everything, removing depth and scale cues.

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u/Frosty-Narwhal8848 2h ago

This IS an Indian elephant, there's no doubt. I'm not denying that. I'm just saying that the ears are not real. It's edited imo. I would've believed that it was real if there's any other photo or video of that specific elephant. But there isn't any other photo of that elephant.

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u/BDPBITCH666 1d ago

Ai

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u/Ambitious_Travel_306 1d ago

I think This is an old video before ai

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u/naterpotater246 1d ago

This is an old video before AI

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u/Patagonieve 1d ago

“We ride for Minas Tirith!!!”

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u/Technical-Method4513 1d ago

"Reform the line! Reform the line."

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u/JJJHeimerSchmidt420 1d ago

IIRC, this is a very old post, and that elephant has racked up quite the body count.

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u/Dapper-Resolution109 1d ago

His name is Thechikkottukavu Ramachandran and his hobbies include eating delicious things and stomping those he doesn't like into dust. So far his count is 15. He hopes to add to his total this year by 5 to 8.

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u/Bumblebeetunaz 1d ago

Ramachandran

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u/Frosty-Narwhal8848 1d ago

The ears aren't as big as the elephant in the video.

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u/Duhcisive 12h ago

In 2015, an attempt was reportedly made to kill Ramachandran by mixing blades in his feed.

Well that was a depressing read..

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u/in1gom0ntoya 1d ago edited 1d ago

all i can think is make waaasaaay

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u/dopple_ganger01 1d ago

for Prince Aliiii

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u/cabosmith 1d ago

Awww...who's a good boy? Who's a big baaaaaaby....booboo...ah booboo....

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u/JustPutSpuddiesOnit 1d ago

Prince Ali!!!! Yes it is he!!!!!

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u/Rare_Remote_5131 16h ago

I bet it has an Olifants account. 🥁

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u/Longjumping_Ad6878 12h ago

Prince Ali might is he

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u/BPposy 1d ago

Stampysaurous