{"id":589,"date":"2025-07-10T15:19:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=589"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:19:55","slug":"two-elephants-unexpectedly-charge-at-tourist-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=589","title":{"rendered":"Two Elephants Unexpectedly Charge At Tourist Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elephants are absolutely incredible animals; they\u2019re the largest land animal on the planet, they\u2019re intelligent and empathetic, and they know how to scare tourists away when they get too close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjbI9790S4bmPzePiSWf0sos2wJnAya72YKclnp5dnrl6p3KGhM49hZL2h3pBvvGKWXq3DRFXJcHHU0_wreB7uxzkylHW6ZHUEb-SIJTRy3AxFmkuBTWD6hbEpIc6zebj7iBKIwoH_1Uf_h10N4XAbR6ssmf0gVVVen28zD9OP_EV7OHqhfiwGNqmvqDGc\/s1600\/Two%20Elephants%20Unexpectedly%20Charge%20At%20Tourist%20Vehicle.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This footage was taken in the Makuleke Concession in the Greater Kruger National Park by Lyle, who sent it in to Latest Sightings. It shows just how quickly a close wildlife encounter can escalate.<\/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=\"2 Angry Elephants Unexpectedly Charge A Vehicle - Latest Wildlife Sightings\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gq254CLwFdQ?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>While on game drives like this, it\u2019s important to remember that these are still wild animals who will protect themselves if they feel that they are in danger and to ensure that they have their space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elephants are absolutely incredible animals; they\u2019re the largest land animal on the planet, they\u2019re intelligent and empathetic, and they know how to scare tourists away when they get too close. &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-589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elephant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","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=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}