How Smart are Elephants? | The Zoo Keepers

How Smart are Elephants? | The Zoo Keepers | BBC Earth

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The elephants of Paighton Zoo have their intelligence tested by a food game.
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@Shiver_MeTimbers 4 жыл бұрын

It got hit in the eye with a giant flying tire and was only mildly annoyed for not even a whole second. That's how big they are.

@Ratigan2 3 жыл бұрын

what

@punkchris 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ratigan2 It got hit in the eye with a giant flying tire and was only mildly annoyed for not even a whole second. That's how big they are.

@Worstestvideos Жыл бұрын

@@punkchris what?

@johnholiday4622 Жыл бұрын

@@Worstestvideos I don't get it

@jacobstathers8823 Жыл бұрын

How can nobody understand what you said lol, I got you dude I’m not an idiot

@SWLinPHX 11 жыл бұрын

When I look at an elephant's eye I see such wisdom, dignity and composure. :)

@slicksmoothezchessgames775 6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Amazing really.

@FaithfulOfBrigantia 4 жыл бұрын

@Get Ass I don't like to make comparisons about who is second third or fourth because there are different types of intelligence. Monkeys have advancedmotor intelligence and can use tools. Parrots and crows have verbal intelligence and can speak Octopi have logical intelligence and solve puzzles Dogs have emotional intelligence and can understand abstract concepts Dolphins have advanced communication and surrounding awareness abilities Elephants have self awareness, motor skills and the best memory It too hard to compare them.

@FaithfulOfBrigantia 4 жыл бұрын

@AL *Some dogs

@slyghost1243 3 жыл бұрын

@@FaithfulOfBrigantia wish I could save this comment.

@ali58457 3 жыл бұрын

@Get Ass but dolphin are psycho smart killing for fun, elephant are fat gentle stonners

@thelazyalgorithm8164 3 жыл бұрын

For such big animals they sure move with graceful steps

@stefansalvatierra4913 11 жыл бұрын

Elephants just NEVER cease to amaze me..

@23jordans 2 жыл бұрын

1:18 I really appreciate Louis C.K. working at the Zoo in his freetime, what a good guy.

@dormiebasne3578 2 жыл бұрын

Such fertile ground for off color jokes

@23jordans 2 жыл бұрын

@@dormiebasne3578 no harm intended.. just a pitch black humor, like your soap

@Sosa081 Жыл бұрын

@@23jordans bro!!!😂

@brettlarch8050 3 жыл бұрын

I really feel like some elephants are only violent toward people due to trauma associated with people. Some elephants attack people on sight because a human hunter killed one of their brethren. They’re such empathetic animals that feel strongly. Some elephants bond strongly with humans who treat them with kindness.

@Fishlipsandbabyhands Жыл бұрын

There was a story of an elephant who got revenge on a woman who shot her young for sport and she followed her back to her town and mauled her to death

@kelisegenti6887 Жыл бұрын

Some male elephants are just quite violent during musth

@Jay_Force_One Жыл бұрын

No. People got to stop with this “it’s because of past trauma”. Wild Animals are just defensive and territorial. It’s built in. It’s called survival instinct. You can’t survive in the wild without it, nature doesn’t care about feelings. Elephants are in general very territorial and defense towards any animal in nature. They’re very protective of their packs and their young. However, like pretty much most animals. With exposure, they can become comfortable with humans. Once they learn it’s not a territory or survival thing, they will let their guard down.

@James-kv6kb 10 ай бұрын

Yes you're right they do bond to the humans I've seen so many stories of circus elephants removed from good homes and they get very distressed because they want to be with the family that have raised in with such kindness

@jagejg7239 3 жыл бұрын

These dudes deserve their own reality Tv show

@QuantumBraced 7 жыл бұрын

This is a paltry challenge for an elephant, they're capable of much more.

@kevinsteel7875 9 жыл бұрын

Elephants are amazing animals, and it's hard to think that they are tortured, forced to entertain tourists, and killed for their ivory. Don't give in to that painting bullshit you see, cause they are all tortured into doing that.

@puppergump4117 Жыл бұрын

And I guess we are all tortured into our places in society just because we're not in the wild.

@kevinsteel7875 Жыл бұрын

@@puppergump4117 Is that supposed to be a joke? Cause if it's not I could make it not a joke.

@puppergump4117 Жыл бұрын

@@kevinsteel7875 I'm saying that the animals in this video are obviously cared for. Africa and India are the places that abuse them the most.

@DouglasSoaresPaes-sk2hv 8 ай бұрын

Thats the most unintentional ASMR voices

@lynngreene1993 Жыл бұрын

Angels in elephants clothing ♡♡

@herrgodfrey9563 8 ай бұрын

It's so cool and fascinating how intelligent elephants are. I think they, the great apes and cetaceans are the smartest and it's fun to watch them use their intelligence.

@ammefan 10 жыл бұрын

Oh god. I think I've just found English zookeeper Egoraptor.

@johnmooris6277 6 жыл бұрын

ammefan omg...

@nerikacutie283 5 жыл бұрын

your icon is my wallpaper and i stuck a splatoon2 logo on the corner

@universojuanluis12 Жыл бұрын

African and Asia elephants together!! Nice!!👍♥️

@omniversosindios7953 4 жыл бұрын

2:27 "Jesus Christ Helen, really?"

@jarnodatema 7 жыл бұрын

when you realise a elephant is smarter than you

@johanalviz1716 9 жыл бұрын

i wouldnt know how to solve that.. really...

@williamdabill 6 жыл бұрын

Elephant is the most unique aminal

@ingrid_inthesky 2 жыл бұрын

Gail believes in working smarter, not harder👌🏽😁🐘

@chemicalspore 4 жыл бұрын

When did mick Jagger become a zoo keeper?

@josephvanhorn5347 3 жыл бұрын

lol was not expecting that guy to have a ponytail.

@Cody-zd2ye 3 жыл бұрын

I learnt recently that the African elephant has since passed away that must have torn you guys apart she was a beautiful girl

@shol4764 Жыл бұрын

what ? 😳😳

@007nekochan 11 жыл бұрын

very beautiful

@erupter76500 2 жыл бұрын

Very powerful

@OussamaErraji 11 жыл бұрын

they were thinking: "humans are so silly..."

@yousafqamar2760 6 жыл бұрын

What was the result. BBC videos are mostly not complete and wastage of time.

@paulkenny340 4 жыл бұрын

Next week on The Zoo Keepers . . . Jason finds an alternative use for Hamish the tapir, Jinti falls in love all over again with a lemur called Jack, and the waiting is over for Jay.

@JMNTN 9 жыл бұрын

There feet has to be scrubed because they can walk further the 100 meters, in the wild the walk all day for miles and miles, there they are put in a small concrete prison for the rest of there life, what the zoo keepers don't tell you is that most elephants in zoo's are depressed, you can see that because the move there head from left to right all day long and thats not dancing

@its1899 6 жыл бұрын

Got memes? *THEIR

@dowsha3747 3 жыл бұрын

But most of animals in zoo's are rescued animals who can't go back to nature

@VisualGourmet 9 жыл бұрын

Zookeeper is my dream job :D

@pacnite 8 жыл бұрын

Zoos are cruel.

@VisualGourmet 8 жыл бұрын

pacnite Not when I work there. I'd clear out everything wrong with an iron fist, for the animals... and probably go to jail since animals are by far not as worth as much as a human in our sick society's eyes...

@Dish.Washer 6 жыл бұрын

VisualGourmet If you don't value humans above other animals, something's wrong with you. I do agree that animals are treated unfairly though

@billjoe39 6 жыл бұрын

actually people like you don't consider all folks as equals, so the 'we are better than animals' claim is moot

@tartass 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dish.Washer maybe it is just that humans had a smooth dvelopment.i think some animals have potential too

@nubiaaparicio4185 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely trainers lovely voice I wish KZfaqrs Learn from this man's voice Not annoying Not loud just lovely!!

@deviprasadmishra7596 2 жыл бұрын

Don't ever underestimate these majestic animals... Prehistoric humans were also very silly and dumb, they slowly evolved as the time passed and became more and more intelligent as the civilizations gots advanced ... I hope that elephants are also evolving day by day , and one day they will surpass humans by intelligence...🙂

@Duckbusinessman Жыл бұрын

I doubt it. They don’t have any ability to create technology that would further increase intelligence. They have not hands or fingers

@Dushmann_ Жыл бұрын

that's not how evolution works

@void6237 Жыл бұрын

That's not gonna be "good"

@pathakarai567 Жыл бұрын

Such a dumbass

@biodiversityfanatic2454 Жыл бұрын

Elephants don't have thumbs I wonder how this effects their abilities to show thier intelligence.

@JameyLeanneCooper 5 жыл бұрын

I have the body of an elephant why can’t I have a brain like one

@-MochiWochi- Жыл бұрын

Even though being elephants can put people on the newspaper, there's still some good elephants in this world like these elephants.

@jaymaccool 8 жыл бұрын

its Stephen Merchant as a zoo keeper.

@caninho1 6 жыл бұрын

do u know how many miles they walk every day in the wild? yea sure they can move there, but it's like putting a human in a 15sqm large room. he can walk too but he'll feel cramped

@UVS0079 Жыл бұрын

Ahh! Gale, Duchess' keeper. Played brilliantly by Mark Ruffalo

@benjaminfischer3229 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if these elephants know math!

@Sizifus 11 жыл бұрын

Fascinating stuff.

@anonymous_dot_com2326 2 жыл бұрын

That elephants eye is probably the same size as that dudes head... His head is quite small

@jonathanroberts-bj7yl 9 ай бұрын

How smart were Mammoths?

@KingKaiWP 11 жыл бұрын

More.

@daphnerodriguez9980 2 жыл бұрын

AMAZING 🐘❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜,

@tigris115 11 жыл бұрын

Clever girl

@emanueltaylor4906 6 жыл бұрын

tigris115 h

@sutil5078 4 жыл бұрын

1:33 The Bee Keeper Rachel call him GAIL , not GAY, but the narrator for some reason changed it to Gay , if he were to be corrected ""HIS NAME IS Gail" he would change it and call it Tail. and since all is wrong, for sure he call RICHARD the ele keeper Rachel the beekeeper .

@collinhunt1791 2 жыл бұрын

What the fuck does this mean

@sutil5078 2 жыл бұрын

Dear rCollin that was long time ago, but I recall that many here complained about the narrator mispronounce the guy name from Gail to "gay".. it sounded that way anyway.. though it was British accent. at 1:33. Also I am surprise of your manners! May God give you light.

@TheXV22 8 жыл бұрын

so, that elephant is gay?

@monicacovington4013 8 жыл бұрын

no that's his name

@FinbyOasta 6 жыл бұрын

@@monicacovington4013 So he's Gay?

@DazzlingPotatoes 5 жыл бұрын

@@FinbyOasta it's his name..

@maanvol 5 жыл бұрын

The original meaning of the term 'gay' is being 'vivacious,' 'joyful'! It is ludicrous that this term has been maltreated! Who the hell came up with this stupid idea to turn the term 'gay' into being a homosexual?

@pierre5014 5 жыл бұрын

@@maanvol In French "gai" means cheerful, joyful. It was a very used word. Since by influence of English language people use the word "gay" to refer to homosexual (especially boy). The adjective "gai" (substantive : "gaieté", cheerfulness) is now used with caution because we pronounce "gay" like "gai" [gε]. I did not really know the first meaning of "gay" in English. it means pretty much "gai" in French.

@aronsmith4387 4 жыл бұрын

I want one..............

@asiano3385 7 ай бұрын

00:00 why did I see the man pointing shotgun at them? Weird.

@Peter_1986 3 жыл бұрын

1:50 Mick Jagger.

@MegaErnieMAN Жыл бұрын

Let the man do all the work them rep the benefits huh

@shaikhmullah-ud-din1964 8 жыл бұрын

0:57 ellecure anyone?

@ChurroMyChicken 9 жыл бұрын

Why did they name one the elephants Gay?

@dragonorbminecraft 9 жыл бұрын

ChurroMyChicken gay has two meanings, gay as in homosexual and gay meaning happy

@vibraphonics 8 жыл бұрын

+ChurroMyChicken Gay is short for Gabriel, Gabrielle or Gabriella

@cacatr4495 8 жыл бұрын

Gaye was an existing name meaning Cheerful or Happy, long before it was ever applied to anything else. It did not have any other meaning.

@betsycollins601 6 жыл бұрын

It's an old-fashioned named for females. It is usually spelled "Gaye." My first scout leader's name was "Gaye" and I now (as a teacher) work with a woman of the same name. It means "happy and cheerful."

@sophiefilo16 6 жыл бұрын

The zookeeper actually says "Gail", but the narrator says "Gay"...

@alexsandroribeiro6566 3 жыл бұрын

😇😇🐘🐘

@DanSwerdlove-wb5jl 4 жыл бұрын

Did they just say Stupid Catalina? 0:52

@babaib3513 8 ай бұрын

The most beautiful amazing beings the most endangered the most barbaricaly treated by poachers hunters and abusers

@redline6419 4 жыл бұрын

its paignton zoo not paighnton zoo smh

@yuppermnh 11 ай бұрын

There were 2 young elephants that stuffed mud into their bells around their necks so they wouldn't ring and they went at night into a banana grove and raided the grove without anyone hearing them . If thats not intelligence in animals then i don't know what is

@mmaaiissee1 5 жыл бұрын

Where are the tuskers?

@Somm_RJ 4 жыл бұрын

Tusks? All African Elephants have tusks while most Asian Elephants don't have tusks. Therefore, these are Asian Elephants. You can also confirm that by seeing that they have small ears.

@MaciejRo09 4 жыл бұрын

Elephant have 13IQ .

@Bananadiva1 Жыл бұрын

They're way smarter than humans but then again that isn't saying much!

@YD-uq5fi 5 жыл бұрын

Why did a female elephant have musth leakage from the side of her head.

@shortywitda4047 3 жыл бұрын

IT LOOKS SO HOT OUT THERE

@redslingshotsthejoke2830 2 жыл бұрын

Wait did they put african and asian elephants in the same enclosure

@bhendri31 Жыл бұрын

Elephants don't give two shits if you insult them. You could call them thick-skinned.

@torappanyt3990 Жыл бұрын

Habi bii come to kerala

@briancho8656 2 жыл бұрын

They live in a very complex societal infrastructure they set rules for themselves and honor the system this is not your avg animal.

@adoftw3866 4 жыл бұрын

did they call the elephant "gay" what the heck

@Arceus-zl5ur 2 жыл бұрын

It's because years ago "gay" means happy

@birdofforest1313 Жыл бұрын

How smart are humans? That's the only question that needs to be answered...... rest of the species on earth is all in coordination with nature.

@LeM502 5 жыл бұрын

1:14 :(

@david44447 3 жыл бұрын

📺🥦📀

@SemperArdens1 11 жыл бұрын

Elefanter er meget kloge, og så kan de huske!

@cherrylove3656 2 жыл бұрын

Okay elephants are intelligent and strong well that beats most humans

@cacatr4495 8 жыл бұрын

An Asian elephant in with an African elephant?? That's very surprising. In the wild, they'd never meet up. African elephants are stronger and more feisty, have stronger opinions, while Asian elephants are more tolerant and gentle. Usually, they are not put together.

@cacatr4495 7 жыл бұрын

Bluenose352 You're suggesting they're something like the official Greeter, then. Elephants are great. I love them all. 😘

@Bluenose352 7 жыл бұрын

CA Catr I do too. They're great! I wouldn't want to run across one of them in musth. But they're still fascinating!

@lloydedgar4006 3 жыл бұрын

Looks at aphmau views 2.7m looks at thins vid😱

@illangageperera1605 4 жыл бұрын

Give food to elephant. They need good bath. I feel very sad

@michaelcollins1211 3 ай бұрын

They should be in the wild not a pen

@mr.coffee5220 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, Dutches and GAEUS.

@fellan2854 6 жыл бұрын

sad. #free dumbo

@jamesdunning8650 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely 90s. I'd never travel alone with a female student these days.

@lazarusdouvos 5 жыл бұрын

shut down all zoos

@hpwan2 6 жыл бұрын

so his name is Gay??

@its1899 6 жыл бұрын

Why would you name someone "gay"

@44neelakandasarmak99 9 ай бұрын

Everything's ok, but why would you name your elephant "Gay" ? 😐

@ranshoham4918 5 жыл бұрын

I hate zoos. Animals shouldn't live in enclosed spaces.

@alexheat0678 4 жыл бұрын

Bruh

@fawziaabdurrahman2251 3 жыл бұрын

stop keeping wild animals in zoo. animals should be in their natural habitat...not toys for humans

@The_Gallowglass Жыл бұрын

Just like real women. LOL

@sifragnhildardottir4498 6 жыл бұрын

Terrible environment!! These world's largest land mammals belong to the wild, NOT in your zoo!!!!

@sifragnhildardottir4498 6 жыл бұрын

AzerGhost16: According to your statement all wild elephants should be captive in zoos? Ridiculous argument my friend. Elephants in captivity is not solution. Regarding poaching leave it to Africa and support their fight against poachers instead. (sorry for my English, its not my native language). Highly recommended website: www.elephantvoices.org/

@immsr.5580 9 жыл бұрын

This is terrible, those two elephants are two different species of elephants and they shouldn't be housed together. The African elephant (with tusks) is much rougher in behavior and tougher in frame than the Asian elephant (the tuskless elephant). What is simple play for the African elephant can be a brutal beating causing injury on the Asian elephant. This is why we should NOT have zoos.

@staurosnika5980 8 жыл бұрын

+imms r. Um. Some Asian elephants do have tusks but only the males; females Asians don't.

@immsr.5580 8 жыл бұрын

+LeCroiséMardaite Yes, I am aware of species specific elephant morphology. I added tusk specifications because both of these elephants are female.

@immsr.5580 8 жыл бұрын

+Commander Frog A one second video clip is not proof of anything.

@wamblytk4371 8 жыл бұрын

Elephants are benevolent and they remember other species of animals so as long as they get along they should be fine

@elifbuyuksarac 6 жыл бұрын

chill please, there are animals in way worse conditions than these guys, go and save them instead of being a knight here please......

@scoobysnax3813 4 жыл бұрын

This is a poorly designed exercise

@psychosaint1307 3 жыл бұрын

Gay

@user-lo9vu8ok1m 8 жыл бұрын

Throw the tire around? What the heck man. Why are we forcing animals to do things so unnatural, perform stupid meaningless tricks and games for the sake of "an experiment" same thing goes for circuses.

@shockal7269 6 жыл бұрын

They never forced the elephants

@elifbuyuksarac 6 жыл бұрын

this isn't the same thing as circuses at all...

@dabofhalo 6 жыл бұрын

They are testing their intelligence, it does not harm them

@tmhwriter 6 жыл бұрын

These are just for special treats. They aren't starving or beating the elephants.

@Drew-jy7dl 6 жыл бұрын

You say it don't harm them... did you see the blow that poor elephant took at the end of the clip lol