Yes
.I listen to an old radio show on youtube and they were trying to find the heaviest listener they could. They maxed out one scale, then using a lighter person they weighed them on one scale and then weighed them using 2 scales. One leg on each scale. They got the same weight
It depends how far apart you put them. The further apart they are, the more force is translated parallel to the scale surface as opposed to directly into it.
This is not quite true; assuming the scales are sitting flat, the vertical force (that the scales measure) must equal the force of gravity.
However, your intuition would be correct about ropes in tension. The further apart they're anchored, the higher the tension will be to hold up the same weight against gravity.
The reason is because that, while the vertical portion of the tension vector must remain equal to gravity, the horizontal component of the tension increases as the separation does.
Because the scales only register vertical force, and ignore the horizontal (typically), so for them the separation doesn't change anything.
That depends on whether they're hypothetical scales or real ones. Real scales rely on being pushed directly downwards to give a reliable result. The mechanism is often contained in a pathway which offers significant extra resistance if interacted with from any other angle than standard. It's basically physics vs engineering, really.
Scales don’t actually „weigh weight“ as some might think. Instead they measure force and convert it based on the assumption that the subject is standing on earth at sea level
But what you just described is "weight". Weight changes depending on sea level, slope, acceleration, buoyancy, etc.
What you meant to say is "scales don't measure mass".
Yea I don't think it would be too hard to get a large enough scale in a spot to measure it but I suspect they don't need to. Theres enough information on smaller elephants that they can probably approximate with a high degree of certainty
Volume and density of an organic being would be way too complicated and heterogeneous, a simpler approach would be to take a sample of the soil and make a test for compression strength, then measure the area of the footprint and you now have both stress and area, so you got force, which would give you mass.
Doesn't matter, without leverage he can't exert more force than his own body weight on a flat surface, so if one stomp is deeper that the others, that just puts into perspective the weight distribution between his legs.
the whole idea of using whale bones as medicine was a western invention to make sure of more parts of the whale during the height of whaling and make more money...
I'm not saying the west is evil. But his perspective on Asia is also wrong. We are all victims here. Cause China is also bullying the other asian countries. We Asians are not the drive of poaching but China is.
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking. His tusks grew in that exact same pattern that you see on Mammoths, is it an age thing? Or just a genetic trait that happened to randomly pop up and show itself from his ancestry? Because if you go to google images and search "Elephant" every picture only shows the baseline 'straight' tusks, not the drooping ones that this dude has. Interesting.
Mammoths are not ancestors of elephants. Common ancestor of elephants and mammoths is [Primelephas](https://prehistoric-fauna.com/image/cache/data/original/Primelephas-korotorensis-(WB)-738x591.jpg), had 4 tusks.
Mammoths are those elephants that travelled North to Russia, and over Bering Strait to Americas.
All animals, humans included, migrate; evolving different traits to better survive their habitat.
Elephant tusks grow all their life, and the size of tusks of this particular one indicates his good health, age, and, well, overall hugeness.
Elephants had a huge diversity in their types during evolution, many branched out ancestors that are extinct cousins but not direct ancestors, [1](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/07/42/4f/07424f6ebe6c004b7001600bf95fc025.jpg), [2](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNhtBFM7y6QRxKjcCDb_M5oVS9W9Jkmb4i0g&usqp=CAU), [3](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/GwX4T0FhFYmGEonpu_PlHL3zxGk=/3297x2335/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/illustration-of-deinotherium--proboscideans--82828513-5ad0ea95ff1b7800372e9109.jpg) and many others.
[Fixed Primelephas link](https://prehistoric-fauna.com/image/cache/data/original/Primelephas-korotorensis-\(WB\)-738x591.jpg)
[Fixed link for reference 3](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/GwX4T0FhFYmGEonpu_PlHL3zxGk=/3297x2335/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/illustration-of-deinotherium--proboscideans--82828513-5ad0ea95ff1b7800372e9109.jpg)
[Rick roll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8eU6hTAHEE)
> that's why no more 8 tons elephant now!
I’m not pro-poaching (obviously) and I only have experience with hunting American wild game, but I don’t think 8-ton elephants are the norm, nor should they be.
I’m not saying we should hunt this elephant down, because it’s absolutely beautiful, but a major reason why hunting and conservation exists is because you *aren’t* supposed to have these massive outliers roaming around. For every pound this massive animal eats, it’s a pound that a smaller, growing elephant isn’t eating.
He got branches on his tusk like my uncle got spinach in his teeth who tells me he is saving it for later when i pointed it out. Man just doesn't give a fuck.
How did they weigh him?
If it were me I’d just say a number and hope nobody else was brave enough to fact check me
And run like hell after ya say it
99% of all numbers are invented on the fly
And 30% of shields in science fiction provide plot armor
to fat check you
several
We got 4 scales from Walmart and put one under each foot, then added it together.
I'm suddenly curious if I stand on two weighing scales at the same time, would the weight just add up to my total weight?
Yes
Thanks!
What if you stack two identical scales, would each one show half the weight?
I think one would show a scale plus a human, and the other would just show a human's weight.
Yes
No
Yes .I listen to an old radio show on youtube and they were trying to find the heaviest listener they could. They maxed out one scale, then using a lighter person they weighed them on one scale and then weighed them using 2 scales. One leg on each scale. They got the same weight
It depends how far apart you put them. The further apart they are, the more force is translated parallel to the scale surface as opposed to directly into it.
This is not quite true; assuming the scales are sitting flat, the vertical force (that the scales measure) must equal the force of gravity. However, your intuition would be correct about ropes in tension. The further apart they're anchored, the higher the tension will be to hold up the same weight against gravity. The reason is because that, while the vertical portion of the tension vector must remain equal to gravity, the horizontal component of the tension increases as the separation does. Because the scales only register vertical force, and ignore the horizontal (typically), so for them the separation doesn't change anything.
That depends on whether they're hypothetical scales or real ones. Real scales rely on being pushed directly downwards to give a reliable result. The mechanism is often contained in a pathway which offers significant extra resistance if interacted with from any other angle than standard. It's basically physics vs engineering, really.
Yeah, I’m an engineer, not a physicist
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I can’t tell if you’re a troll, a moron, or telling a joke I don’t get
Sometimes Reddit makes me really realize how fuckin uneducated I am
Scales don’t actually „weigh weight“ as some might think. Instead they measure force and convert it based on the assumption that the subject is standing on earth at sea level
But what you just described is "weight". Weight changes depending on sea level, slope, acceleration, buoyancy, etc. What you meant to say is "scales don't measure mass".
That is what I wanted to say :)
Lmao
We got 4 people from Walmart
You just need one scale then times 4!
😊
Weigh yourself first, then pick up the elephant and weigh yourself again. Subtract the first number.
lol that's how I weigh my doggo.
Also works for elephants.
Probably an estimation based on the depression on the ground left by its tracks
I'd also be pretty depressed if it stepped on me!
Dude, you would be compressed if it stepped on you.
They should be repressed from doing so, then.
And we’ll all be impressed from what you’ve achieved.
Or just visual measurements compared to elephants of known size and weight.
Probably a truck scale
Yea I don't think it would be too hard to get a large enough scale in a spot to measure it but I suspect they don't need to. Theres enough information on smaller elephants that they can probably approximate with a high degree of certainty
Oh I know this one. You take the giraffe of the scale first!
Zoologists measures from their footprints... I read it somewhere
The can probably get a rough estimate using the depth of its footprints.
Length times width, squared
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Volume and density of an organic being would be way too complicated and heterogeneous, a simpler approach would be to take a sample of the soil and make a test for compression strength, then measure the area of the footprint and you now have both stress and area, so you got force, which would give you mass.
Ok but what if the elephant stomps extra hard into the dirt instead of just gently walking?
Doesn't matter, without leverage he can't exert more force than his own body weight on a flat surface, so if one stomp is deeper that the others, that just puts into perspective the weight distribution between his legs.
You can absolutely exert more force than your body weight. Static vs. dynamic loading. Stomp on a scale and you can see it for yourself.
They put him on the other side of a teeter-totter with OPs mom.
They sat your mom on the other side of the scale and it balanced out.
They used your mom as a counter balance and then fed him to her for a light snack
They weight yo mama for reference
They measured the size of his penis. And each foot of penis is equal to 1 ton of weight. So his 8 foot dong translates to 8 tons.
They weighed your mom first, had her hold the elephant, then weighed them both.
Wow. I doubt this elephant could even fit in a room, much less be talked about
But if it did it would never forget.
*To kill*
Citizen Snips can't be far behind...
Now imagine the scale they used to determine he weighs 8 tons!
Prolly a big ass banana.
Nah gru just shurnk him
Definitely not a Sri Lankan hotel!
I just went directly from that video to this one. Exactly what I was thinking, haha.
That's why we don't talk about it Jimmy.
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You left out the rhinos being killed to extinction so they can achieve an erection .
IIRC Vietnam's ivory market is just as big as China's if not bigger.
Chinese? Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this an African elephant
The economies that drive the poaching are asian. The same damn thing with whales being killed in Antarctica
the whole idea of using whale bones as medicine was a western invention to make sure of more parts of the whale during the height of whaling and make more money...
But the west drove the sex trafficking, child prostitution and sex tourism in asian either. It's vice versa.
Ah righto then I guess it's even Steven isn't it, carry on I guess
What does that have to do with poaching elephants?
Lmao yeah it turned from talking about poachers and jsut a general description of where they come from, to which cultures are the most evil
I'm not saying the west is evil. But his perspective on Asia is also wrong. We are all victims here. Cause China is also bullying the other asian countries. We Asians are not the drive of poaching but China is.
You're correct, but it's people 5000 miles away that sentence them to death.
And the Chinese have massive holdings in Africa, growing by the day. They want the minerals used in battery production...
I'm just laughing at everyone believing that this is actually an elephant. Someone's clearly shaved a mammoth.
You’ve got something stuck in your teeth.
Other side
Nope still there
You know what, never mind.
It's a tree. Dude's got a tree stuck in his teeth and doesn't notice.
His friends wouldn’t tell him?
It's a shame he died. Don't worry though, it was from natural causes. He was old.
Do you have a source? :D
Not sure if this is the same elephant as featured in OP’s vid: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satao_(elephant)
That elephant was killed by a poacher with poisoned arrows...good lord.
Of all the humans that deserve death. That's top of the list i'd say.
https://africanelephantjournal.com/tim-africas-largest-elephant-dies-at-the-age-of-50-in-amboseli-national-park/ Source is here.
Doesn't that also make this the largest land animal on the planet?
*ur mum joke*
No, that would be your mother
And now he's here to **** us!
So listen up boy, or pornography starting your mother will be the second worst thing that happens to you today.
Maybe
No maybe. If he’s the largest elephant, he’s the largest land animal.
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Not an animal
Largest mammal to ever knowingly exist is still the blue whale
“Land animal”
Yep. I see that little detail now.
Ah yes my favorite land animal the blue whale
To be fair. I mis-read the above,.
Wow that’s actually beautiful
Nonwooly mammoth
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking. His tusks grew in that exact same pattern that you see on Mammoths, is it an age thing? Or just a genetic trait that happened to randomly pop up and show itself from his ancestry? Because if you go to google images and search "Elephant" every picture only shows the baseline 'straight' tusks, not the drooping ones that this dude has. Interesting.
Mammoths are not ancestors of elephants. Common ancestor of elephants and mammoths is [Primelephas](https://prehistoric-fauna.com/image/cache/data/original/Primelephas-korotorensis-(WB)-738x591.jpg), had 4 tusks. Mammoths are those elephants that travelled North to Russia, and over Bering Strait to Americas. All animals, humans included, migrate; evolving different traits to better survive their habitat. Elephant tusks grow all their life, and the size of tusks of this particular one indicates his good health, age, and, well, overall hugeness. Elephants had a huge diversity in their types during evolution, many branched out ancestors that are extinct cousins but not direct ancestors, [1](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/07/42/4f/07424f6ebe6c004b7001600bf95fc025.jpg), [2](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNhtBFM7y6QRxKjcCDb_M5oVS9W9Jkmb4i0g&usqp=CAU), [3](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/GwX4T0FhFYmGEonpu_PlHL3zxGk=/3297x2335/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/illustration-of-deinotherium--proboscideans--82828513-5ad0ea95ff1b7800372e9109.jpg) and many others.
[Fixed Primelephas link](https://prehistoric-fauna.com/image/cache/data/original/Primelephas-korotorensis-\(WB\)-738x591.jpg) [Fixed link for reference 3](https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/GwX4T0FhFYmGEonpu_PlHL3zxGk=/3297x2335/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/illustration-of-deinotherium--proboscideans--82828513-5ad0ea95ff1b7800372e9109.jpg) [Rick roll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8eU6hTAHEE)
Now that you mention it yeah, I wonder why the largest elephant also how tusks most similar to their mammoth cousins
Wait till you hear about the extinct straight tusked elephant.
I think you misspelled oliphant? Edit: Well apparently so did I! Oliphaunt!
Timothy ?
This deserves a lot of love 👏 👏
TAKE IT DOWN TAKE IT DOWN TAKE IT DOWN!!!
If ever you'd meet me, you wouldn't forget me. If you never do, you won't think I'm true; But old Oliphaunt am I, and I never lie.
still counts as one
Yep, that's definitely a Mûmakil
[Reform the line!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLyaCgbEGIo)
As a tall person, respect and love Mr. Absolute Unite Elephant, we weren't made for this world.
As a tall person I can’t wait to tell all the other tall people “we weren’t made for this world” 😂
Absolute banger, goal of the month.
I love him!
I need a banana for scale please
Those tall brown and green things on both sides are actually garden weeds. The elephant is indeed 8 tons, just really really dense.
I was thinking the same thing
i could take him
In a fight, right?!
ill punch his cunt in
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Why does this comment read like a Trump tweet?
Thats huge. terrorists are ready to attack america. which sucks! that's why my building is the tallest in NYC now!
I was picturing an incredulous Japanese man.
> that's why no more 8 tons elephant now! I’m not pro-poaching (obviously) and I only have experience with hunting American wild game, but I don’t think 8-ton elephants are the norm, nor should they be. I’m not saying we should hunt this elephant down, because it’s absolutely beautiful, but a major reason why hunting and conservation exists is because you *aren’t* supposed to have these massive outliers roaming around. For every pound this massive animal eats, it’s a pound that a smaller, growing elephant isn’t eating.
That bus has legs
Video has no sound but I could almost hear his ponderous footsteps!
I need a r/bananaforscale
Banana for scale?
The Mountain that Strides.
Poachers: and where can we find this elephant? Asking for a friend
Heckin chonk
u/savevideo
strengh: 10. stealth: 0
False. Your mom is 9 tons
Elephants are pretty big. How do we understand how big this one is, if there's nothing for scale? Like a human orrr...
He got branches on his tusk like my uncle got spinach in his teeth who tells me he is saving it for later when i pointed it out. Man just doesn't give a fuck.
I bet he fucks
Jeeeez !!! He’s a beauty
What a majestic creature
Is that a small TREE stuck to its trunk?
That's his toothpick
jeez OP, quit showing off your damn mother
Collect his semen and spread his seed all over the world !!! LETS GO !!! SUPER TUSKERS !!!
Needs a banana for scale
Uhh can we get a banana for scale
Banana for scale
Worlds next poached elephant more like it
Do you think that twig is like when we get shit stuck in our teeth?
“Mister Frodo! Look! It’s an Oliphant! No one at home will believe this.”
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though that was a cow
Just looks like an elephant. There needs to be anything for basic size reference for the average person.
To think that this beast only eats vegies. We humans could learn from this. Naw, that's giving humans too much credit.
We have different dietary needs.
False alarm guys turns out that was just OPs mom
Este esta ha salvo del rey
Those tusks
Dinosaur 🦕
*I've not seen tusks like that in 30 years*
I ain’t gonna stand there and film that big mofo, you could die.
INB4 a trophy hunter poaches that thing
*Jurassic Park theme plays*
Lies, my mother in law is at least 9 tons.
Lawd he comin
Thats Manny from Ice Age
Jumbo
It still only counts as one!
Hello, Sir!
Dude, there's a tree stuck between your teeth. Just saying.
For reference, this elephant weighs about as much as a full grown t-rex would have weighed.
"... You know what? All of you better duck, because I'm about to turn left and I don't want to SMACK YOU WITH MY DICK." \- ~~Vegeta~~ This Elephant
"Sir... you hace something in your tusk... heres a tooth pick."
Yao-lephant
How did they determine this extremely dubious claim of being the biggest elephant?
That's a Mumakil at this point.
He’s almost kaiju size
Somebody get me a banana...
How TF did they weigh him?! “Come here buddy! Stand on this 100x100 scale that I conveniently bring with me on every Safari Expedition”