He gave you every warning sign that elephants display. Shaking his head, digging his tusk in the ground, putting his trunk over his tusk and others. Poor guide to stress this elephant like that. Shame on this guide, he truly did endanger his riders.

"Why is he aggressive?" He's a wild animal and you're intruding on his territory. He's probably tired of being gawked at by tourist.

Wow...so you guys actually thought it was funny to go into an elephants space just to annoy him?...this video was actually very sad and disrespectful... And to the African sitting on the back..I'm sure you've heard the phrase "an elephant never forgets," 🙄

The elephant gave every indication of being angry and in Musth. To rev up as the guide with an ego bigger than his brain, was to challenge the Bull Elephant so much that those in the vehicle were put in danger. A good guide would have seen the signs that the elephant was giving and would have left.

The guide purposely antagonized the elephant to make a truly memorable show for the American tourists. He was doing it for the show. Those tourists will tell that story with great delight for the rest of their lives. Sad, but true state of wildlife tourism in much of Africa these days.

Why do they continue to torment these poor animals. Then act shocked when someone gets hurt or killed by one. So they go kill an elephant. This needs to stop; Leave them in peace. You don't need to get so close and differently stop doing things to aggravate them. This is for all wild life we need to learn boundaries.

It so evident that the engine noise is unbearable for the elephant

Leave Elephants alone.

He's in musth & that's like the worst migraine, with the worst tooth aches & being filled with hormones. He's miserable & the driver is tormenting him.

imagine if the jeep engine stopped working

heights of human ignorance. you all are very lucky to have survived.

The elephant behaves normally, but a car full of stupid people.

That elephant clearly had no desire to fight. He just wanted you out of his space. He showed tremendous patience.

captured on video... ignorant humans and a beautiful elephant.

The elephant clearly wanted them gone. Show a bit of respect!

These guys are complete fools the elephant is telling them he wants them to leave with his trunk over his tusk, the elephant trumpeting and shaking his head

This is in South Africa. When we went on safari in Botswana, the guides there said that South African safaris have become too "commercialized." Unlike in Botswana the guides are more respectful in handling these type of situations. They're like "being one with nature" so to speak.

What a ridiculous way to behave revving the engine when the elephant obviously is upset, back the heck out of there, have some respect!!

Staying that close to a large elephant in musth strikes me as pretty stupid.

"why is he aggressive?" probably because he remembered the last time that u came for piano keys