Elephant expresses disapproval of man at Berlin zoo (video)

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DeargDoom

His eloquence is slightly undermined by eating the remaining shit.
- EvilSpirit
  
  Turns out this is also how young elephants inoculate themselves with intestinal microbes from their mothers. Fun fact.
esquire

Because FUCK YOU. That’s why.
eagleapex

How do you piss off an elephant?
- GawainLavers
  
  That’s a different video.
http://twitter.com/chrisjimson chris jimson

I wonder if the title, “Elephant expresses disapproval of man” should have the word “man” capitalized, to represent all men.
- SummerFang
  
  Probably.
Bink Binkerson

It’s what’s called an upgrade, in Redmond WA.
http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Agenbroad/100002463876063 James Agenbroad

So, not just monkeys….
MonkeyBoy

picked a guy wearing white so it would show up.
SummerFang

Well, shit!
- Lexicat
  
  You misspelled ‘welp.’
noah django

if *that* wasn’t dirty enough for you, check out what YouTube recommends next (bottom right)
BillStewart2012

Disapproving elephant is disapproving.
retepslluerb

Probably taunted the elephant some 40 years ago…
- Spencer Brown-Pearn
  
  I heard they never forget.
Wreckrob8

Neither disapproval nor affection. Just ‘why the fuck not? I’m an elephant.’
http://www.facebook.com/frank.xavior.1 Frank Xavior

think he got a refund ?
SoItBegins

“Never work with children or animals.”
http://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com darrrrrrn

I like how he first tried to get over the moat so he could rub it directly in his face, but then resorted to an admirably accurate throw.
- John Maple
  
  I noticed that too, as if the elephant wanted to go over to the man. I shudder to think what a more direct response would have been like.
raleighstclair

I’m most impressed by the animal’s perfect aim.
kiptw

Holy cow! Some Elephant Doody!

Wait, what?
Bender

That’s an elephant that knows how to make his own fun.
snagglepuss

“Take THAT, you parasitic Obama-voting member of the 47% !!!”
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=611376980 Chris Ardley

“If he was trying German irregular verbs on the poor beast,” said Clovis, “he deserved all he got.”
- John Maple
  
  Ouch. A more direct headline then: “Elephant Thinks German Is Sh*t”.
  - nettdata
    
    Or the elephant knew Germans better than we think.
Nicky G

I had a horse sneeze on me once. While it wasn’t this intense, I did get a nice layer of slime on me. Ah, memories…
CH

But did that dirty bomb contain fissile material?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  No, fecile material.
Frank Diekman

Christ, what an asshole!
mookontheboing

I was once at a zoo in Adelaide, Australia. There were some tourists watching and calling out to a lioness in a cage (“ooooh look at the lion” etc). They were quite loud and grating. The lioness continued her stroll, turned away from the loud gawkers and shot a stream of pee at least 15 feet through the bar and hit the loudest of the visitors in the chest. It was very well played.
http://www.lightning-rose.com/ LightningRose

The last time I went to a zoo I confirmed the hypothesis that speaking the name “Blucher” has no observable effect on zebras.