What would happen if elephants in the zoo fought?

Elephant fights in the zoo can be a dangerous and scary event. The consequences can be serious for both the elephant and the people around it.

For people living in the city, the zoo is not only a place for weekend entertainment but also a place for children to observe and explore animals in nature, so many people choose to go to the zoo. fun on the weekend. In China, Shanghai Wildlife Park is considered a vibrant place and many tourists come here every weekend.

Although animals living in zoos are not too wild, fights still happen often. Recently, an animal fight occurred in Shanghai Wildlife Park, causing many visitors to exclaim: This is the first time they have seen it in their lives!

Elephants clash in the park.

Many elephants fought in groups, and a male elephant was knocked to the ground

Previously, when visiting Shanghai Wildlife Park, most animals appeared to be very gentle and comfortable for people to watch, while monkeys appeared to be more active. So fights between animals mainly take place in monkeys. However, the scene of elephants fighting in groups recently occurred at Shanghai Wildlife Park.

In fact, after a period of being kept here in captivity, there were some small conflicts between the elephants. At first, tourists thought it was a small fight and found it very interesting, but as the situation grew more tense, people realized something was wrong.

The friction between the elephants escalated and eventually turned into a fight. According to descriptions of visitors at the scene, these elephants collided, pushed each other, emitted billowing smoke and dust, and occasionally emitted loud sounds like scenes in the movie "The Park". Jura".

The fight between the elephants only ended when a male elephant was attacked by two other elephants, he was pushed to the edge of the fence and finally fell to his knees. However, this male elephant was very flexible and he quickly stood up to fight back after being pushed down.

Elephants like to live in groups and group members are often very friendly and gentle with each other!

There are currently two genera of elephants, the African elephant and the Asian elephant, that still exist on our planet. However, the group of highly fighting elephants belongs to the African elephants. They are the largest land mammals. When they reach adulthood, male elephants can grow to over 3 meters tall and weigh 2.7-6 tons.

African elephants prefer to live in groups, often forming a family group of twenty or thirty animals. Occasionally, some male elephants will live alone. The herd of elephants is usually led by an older female elephant, who has rich survival experience and can lead the herd to survive well in the wild.

Although elephants are very large, they are very gentle animals towards their fellow humans. All members of the herd mostly get along well with each other and are very peaceful.

Although adult elephants have no opponents in the wild, African elephants are also invincible in the grasslands. But they usually compete with other animals in a gentle way and only become aggressive when provoked, angry or scared. When an African elephant gets angry, even a healthy rhino will be scared and retreat.

Elephants only become aggressive when provoked, angry or scared.

Elephants sometimes fight over territory

Although the members of the elephant herd are all friendly to each other. But nothing is absolute. For example, the group of African elephants in Shanghai Wildlife Park are in fact juveniles. As they gradually grow older, male elephants' territorial awareness gradually strengthens and they will fight to gain some survival resources.

This is as true in captivity as it is in the wild. Because elephants are so big, their fight looks very fierce.

Compared to the wild environment, elephants fighting in zoos is not uncommon. This happened more than once in Shanghai Wildlife Park. In addition, at a national park in Kenya, five African elephants were observed using their tusks to push each other, as well as using their trunks to hit each other's weak points and launch attacks.

The reason why elephants fight in herds often occurs in zoos is also very simple. Because in the wild, male elephants often live alone, and when they are kept in a space that is not large enough, it is inevitable that they will fight over territory.

Elephants are very emotional animals and they have high IQs. Research has found that elephants behave strangely when faced with the remains of their own species.

In nature, most animals do not show much interest in bones of the same type. When a member of the elephant herd dies, the members will continue to come 'moving in silence'. Even if the mother of a baby elephant unfortunately passes away, other members of the elephant herd will replace the biological mother and take care of and raise the baby elephant.