Why elephants never forget - Alex Gendler

It’s a common saying that elephants never forget. But the more we learn about elephants, the more it appears that their impressive memory is only one aspect of an incredible intelligence that makes them some of the most social, creative, and benevolent creatures on Earth. Alex Gendler takes us into the incredible, unforgettable mind of an elephant.

Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Avi Ofer.

[fhamdani]

Wow, I'm tearing up here. Elephants are to good for this world.

[arsitayyab]

The illustrator clearly deserves a raise mann thats the cutest animation ever😂😍😍

[zeus]

I have a real story on an elephant.
I live in Kerala, India and here there are lots of elephants.Both wild and domestic. Domestic once mainly used for temple festivals. In a festival with many elephants there a keshavan( male elephant). One crazy man throws a stone on him and man ran away. It's hurt the elephant he taken that stone and kept it with him for many years. Years passed away one day in a festival place elephant saw that man and he give it back to him.

[divyars]

Knowing elephants can suffer from PTSD breaks my heart even more knowing Kaavan lived alone in dire conditions for so long.

Lets protect these magnificent animals and all others. Treat them with kindness.. who would want to live in a world without these beautiful beings? ❤️ 🌍

[josevansco]

It's hard to understand how people could hurt such a magnificent animal.

[nawazomuzik]

This is so true in Kenya where elephants have been known to co-exist with the Maasai people for generations but get agitated in the presence of other people because of previous poaching attack experience 👆🏼

[SKtube]

Elephants are so amazing. My mom absolutely loves them and has a big shelf in her house dedicated to elephant stuff like figurines and elephants carved from stones, wood, etc. Our family took a trip to Nepal a few years ago and my mom got a chance to ride one and I don't think I've ever seen her that happy. She was laughing the whole time. Even when it got close to the water and took a drink and then shot it out through it's trunk at her face, she had the biggest smile on.

[ashishgurung]

Can we just take a moment and appreciate this amazingly cute animation

[clarawu]

I feel pity after watching the video. At first I thought it was a pity for such an intelligent and sympathetic animal not able to change the world and live a convenient life as we do. But then I realized I should feel sad for humans, because though we are smart and creative, we don't use our intelligence to make the world better; though we're sympathetic, we don't always have the willingness or courage to stand for the disadvantaged, the voiceless or even people we love. What a pity.

[benbelardo]

It’s the elephant rocking up at the funeral for me 😂

[momusbopus]

Me: cannot remember my friends after summer break
Elephants: hey bud how u doin after 43 years

[JahRandom]

I saw a study recently that showed that elephants' brains light up (when looked at during an FMRI) when they see humans, the same way humans' brains light up when we see cute puppies and kittens!! So apparently elephants see us as adorable little creatures and when they see us they think the same "awww" as we do when we see cute little things! So cool!

[darkheliboi]

Ok I actually burst out laughing when the elephant smelled the herd's butts to recognize them
"poop? Oh, this must be dave!"

[thelordnaevis]

youtube doing something…… they’re really recommending this to us after that one incident

[lahma]

After we’re gone, elephants will look after the world.

[ARay-xjde]

Nothing makes me sadder than to know that elephants can have ptsd
They're so pure 😭 i cried several times while watching this

[prayertsuu]

My grandma loved elephants alot, I never really got why though. After watching this I can say I love them alot too. I want to have an elephant friend lol

[AAA-hzfh]

Did I just get this recommendation after the incident in India where the elephant stomped on this lady’s grave?

[grayfullbuster]

Now I want to have an Elephant friend :(

[thebinlgbtisbabadook]

"refused to place a log on a hole where a dog was sleeping"

Awwww

Damn these onions!