{"id":427,"date":"2025-06-22T17:14:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2025-06-22T17:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:14:19","slug":"elephant-pushes-down-huge-old-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Pushes Down Huge Old Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watch how one mighty action contributes to the balance of an entire ecosystem. On a clear, sunny day in MalaMala Game Reserve, David den Hartog encountered a breathtaking sight! A giant African elephant was in the process of toppling a massive tree \u2013 a display of strength, intelligence and determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgTCrKDgyQ7OMdDxIRkV7XbVUJd8WgysU8sw7g9yLVw9JT3t8OY-FmGZPX6VzgiqPoXdVOuwE-5ld9DOobU471NzcK9qijGAOZE0DFj0tb6hsW3MulHytuC12HZVDB_NAKCbneBsUGj5iQQtRvQHCsyESei6UcOljL47TmCr1jncFTa1Rm69lNrEoYfMUE\/s1600\/Elephant%20Pushes%20Down%20Huge%20Old%20Tree.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>David couldn\u2019t believe his eyes as he watched the elephant use a well-practiced technique involving its large body and strong trunk to bring down a tree nearly three times its size!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elephant Casually Pushes Down Massive Tree\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kxi0An---zM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Choosing a Strategy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To accomplish this incredible feat, the elephant uses a combination of techniques including strength, momentum, and calculated strategy. Initially, the elephant shoves the tree using only its face to test the strength of the trunk, but quickly realizes this will not do the trick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch how one mighty action contributes to the balance of an entire ecosystem. On a clear, sunny day in MalaMala Game Reserve, David den Hartog encountered a breathtaking sight! A &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elephant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}