Credit To These Elephants Who Didn't Murder This Asshole Who Jumped Into Their Zoo Habitat, And Instead Just Threw Him Out Of The Club

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A daredevil in Denmark had a lucky escape Thursday after jumping into an elephant enclosure at Copenhagen Zoo. The man’s motive was not clear, but thanks to a measured response from the resident giants, he escaped alive.

In video footage of the incident published by the TV 2 Lorry channel, the anonymous man can be seen crouched on a rock on the edge of the enclosure as onlookers make noise and shout at the Asian elephants to try to distract them. Two adult elephants move toward the man, instinctively guarding a calf which walks toward the intruder curiously. As the elephants get closer, the man steps down from his rock holding his arms out to the sides in an effort to calm the animals and appear non-threatening.

Having clearly gotten the message, the man reaches the edge of the enclosure and manages to haul himself up over a wall and to safety. According to Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Copenhagen police received reports from people at the zoo about the incident. But by the time they got there, the mystery intruder had already left. Officials said any investigation would have to be based on CCTV or witness footage of the incident.

As such, the man’s identity remains unknown. However, witnesses said he did not appear to understand Danish and only responded to English instructions. This suggests he may have been a foreign tourist, and one bystander told TV 2 Lorry the intruder appeared to be of Middle Eastern or southern European descent.

Listen, you are an asshole if you invade an animal’s zoo habitat, plain and simple. I don’t know what you are trying to accomplish besides invoking a threatening response from the elephants here and as a result getting them put down. If those elephants hurt or killed this guy, which they 100% should have, then they would be blamed and therefore punished. Those elephants were just trying to protect their baby, so obviously when they saw an intruder they should have had every right to react in that kind of way. But nope, not these elephants. What did they do? They threw this guy out of the club.

Flat out chased him out of the zoo like true alphas. You might think what could an elephant really do? Are they really that dangerous? Just watch this video and come back to me.

Just leave these guys along. Humans and elephants should not be interacting. Let them roam around Africa or Asia and let’s do our own thing. This guy is so lucky he still has his life.

#TeamElephant.