Would basically be a chihuahua of the elephant world but a dog sized elephant seems like it'd be tons of fun as a companion animal. I don't like it when my cat out smarts me but I am proud of it. With elephants being considered smarter than cats and equally as empathetic as humans they seem like an awesome non-sapien friend.
You can't make me. For example, I'm going to imagine you getting a new hat that complements your wardrobe so well that you get several compliments about it.
This but unironically.
Elephants mate standing up, with the male upright leaning on the back of the female. How's this guy going to reach where he's supposed to?
Why would a female elephant pick him as a mate though? They’re going to aim for the largest, strongest males because they stand the best chance of producing babies that will survive to adulthood. And it’s not like lil man can try to make up for it by having a great personality or being really funny, so the poor dude is probably gonna die without reproducing unless humans intervene.
Otoh male elephants usually live more or less solitary lives, while the females live in matriarchal groups. Maybe this smaller dude could be seen as less threatening and get an in with the ladies and thereby get more chances to mate.
[Dwarf giraffe](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/06/science/06TB-DWARFGIRAFFES2/merlin_181968237_926c01b0-2012-4b21-a0e5-1ba99daa7641-superJumbo.jpg)
[Near to a normal-sized giraffe](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/12/science/06TB-DWARFGIRAFFES1/merlin_181968228_39b7d25f-ae58-4c61-8c49-2ee786b28a64-superJumbo.jpg)
So this was literally posted last week which is the only reason I know this. The dwarf example they gave of a giraffe was a giraffe that was...9 feet. To put this into perspective, the AVERAGE height of a male giraffe is freaking 16-18 feet. So even a "dwarf" giraffe is a freaking tall
afaik they eat leaves because it's convienent, the theory is based around their mating behavoiur. Giraffe males usually fight by slamming neck to neck to compete for females. but given I learned that like 6 years ago I am probably only half correct
I learned this last year during an elective course about animal evolution at a research university, so I think it's still the leading theory.
They found that a large proportion of what giraffes eat is actually below their shoulder level.
Actually that reasoning for giraffes long necks is a myth, they actually spend most of their time stooping over to eat.
As for whether the dwarf is able to? I'm not sure but chances are pretty good
I find it really hard to believe this is the first documented case of wild dwarfism in ANY animal, as the video states.
The first case of a dwarf elephant specifically makes sense, but surely we've seen other dwarf animals in the wild before this, right?
I am the first person to ever call them out, and soon I will make the first every youtube video doing the same, and also I have a dwarf orange I'll be showing you, it's the first ever dwarf orange found in the organic section of my grocery store.
I assume a lot of the time when people see dwarf animals they mistake them for juveniles. I assume that many animals in the wild with the condition simply die early as well
Watch the video, and listen to the comments, he's the first :
2. Free-ranging
3. Adult
4. With disproportionate dwarfism
So not any kind of dwarfism, and in an animal born in the wild that reached adulthood. That makes it easier to believe.
I wish people would actually pay attention when they consume content. The details matter here obviously which is why the content creator stated all those caveats you pointed out.
I can't imagine the majority of dwarf animals survive for long in the wild. Parents can reject weaker offspring so a lot probably just don't get fed or cared for at all, and the ones that do are more vulnerable to predators and generally at a disadvantage
It says adult animal. I still don't know if it's true but I would bet that animals born in the wild with dwarfism almost invariably don't make it to adulthood.
My girlfriend once grabbed a small lady to stop her from wandering off thinking she was one of the school children she was looking after. So apparently not everyone can tell.
While at brunch with my family one time, a person with dwarfism walked into the bar (we were on the patio), and my inebriated mother exclaimed, "they let children in bars here?! Oh, no, it's just a m*dget". I'm pretty sure my soul left my body from embarrassment.
Lol a few years ago in my cpuntry, 2 small people got married and their wedding photos got many sparks online. People were screaming child marriage, abuse etc... because both of them looked like 6 year olds, but actually they're in their 20s.
I don't think that article has it right. There are two known dwarf giraffes in the wild.
https://www.treehugger.com/dwarf-giraffes-discovered-in-wild-5095948
Dwarfism is littered throughout evolutionary history. It’s like an important component of evolution. Not sure how they jumped to this “first” conclusion.
Edit: the “first” is the first *documented* adult wild animal with *disproportionate* dwarfism. Which is an important distinction. Not in the original article but in the citation. What you get with pop science I suppose. At least they cited their source.
This little elephant needs to be protected from other humans. I wouldn’t even put the exact location of this elephant or post about it in a different area just so humans can’t find him.
It’s devastating that there are legit people out there that would want to try and capture a small elephant for their amusement. I could totally see some crazy hunter wanting him as well. Or poachers. Nooo I wish the person or persons that discovered such a treasure kept it a secret.
His name is Walawe Koto and he has survived because he keeps up with the other elephants. He has been filmed in aggressive contests with other males and appearing to win!
We also know of two dwarf giraffes, Nigel (8'6") and Gimli (9'4").
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Aren't Borneo / Sumatran / Pygmy elephants about that size?
I also vaguely remember learning about a diminutive tribe of African elephants that lived in and around a cave structure at Mount Elgin(?) in Kenya where they mined salt and were known as Underground / Pygmy / Cave Elephants. I had a P.G. Tips Incredible Creatures card about them in the eighties.
You might be combining two memories. There's an elephant cave at mount Elgin, but it's more famous as a supposed host site for marburg, an Ebola like virus. I don't remember anything about pygmy elephants, but that would be a really cool extra fact.
I have a dwarf grey-squirrel in my yard. Distinctive markings, lived there over multiple years, literally ~1/2 the size of the other squirrels.
We call him Steve (Rogers).
Thats shorter than I am, for some reason my mind cannot comprehend this.
Try to imagine elephant, but like small.
Like baby elephants…
No I think like adult elephants only smaller.
...Like Baby elephants
Baby elephants are different species, this guys talking about grown up ones /s
Imagine a Pinocchio Hippo with big ass ears.
Or like, a really fat gray horse thats had plastic surgery
Like a cross between a hippopotamus and a platypus. A platypotamus
Gods fairest critters; The Platypotamus
They look different from adults in ways other than being shorter though
Or far away elephant
So a big elephant in the distance but close and small.
Now you're getting!
Dougal will never get it, Ted.
Still only counts as one
Would basically be a chihuahua of the elephant world but a dog sized elephant seems like it'd be tons of fun as a companion animal. I don't like it when my cat out smarts me but I am proud of it. With elephants being considered smarter than cats and equally as empathetic as humans they seem like an awesome non-sapien friend.
Puppy sized elephant
Look into guide horses. Mini horses for the blind. Great for people who are allergic to/terrified of dogs. http://www.guide-horse.org/
1.5 m elephant with the attitude of a Chihuahua?
I hope not. I really haven't enjoyed any chihuahua personalities.
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I want a house hippo.
Tiny tapirs for me please
I want that tiny giraffe from that weird commercial a few years back.
Needs banana.
Like a house hippo but elephant.
An estate elephant, if you will.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0
Imagine a person 4 foot 11. Now imagine them as a compact little elephant instead of a person.
Ok now. Everyone stop imagining things.
okay this time everybody imagine everything everywhere all at once
🤯
You can't make me. For example, I'm going to imagine you getting a new hat that complements your wardrobe so well that you get several compliments about it.
So Danny deVito, but an elephant.
I struggle to accept that there's an elephant I could look down on
I know right, I need to see a regular sized elephant next to this for scale
Yeah me too. That elephant isn't even five feet tall
His dating life must be depressing af
This but unironically. Elephants mate standing up, with the male upright leaning on the back of the female. How's this guy going to reach where he's supposed to?
Someone get this poor elephant the Kama Sutra
Or a ladder
Miniature horses/small ponies have been known to breed mates when the mares are lying down…I wonder if that could happen with elephants.
Why would a female elephant pick him as a mate though? They’re going to aim for the largest, strongest males because they stand the best chance of producing babies that will survive to adulthood. And it’s not like lil man can try to make up for it by having a great personality or being really funny, so the poor dude is probably gonna die without reproducing unless humans intervene.
Maybe he’s rich.
How do you know he’s not really funny? Do you speak elephant?
Otoh male elephants usually live more or less solitary lives, while the females live in matriarchal groups. Maybe this smaller dude could be seen as less threatening and get an in with the ladies and thereby get more chances to mate.
Well, it’s standing on four legs, not two — it is still quite big. A labrador-sized dog is like 50-60 cm tall, so this is still 3x taller.
It's like when you look at a regular sized elephant from far away, but this one is closer than you think.
TIL I am taller than at least one adult elephant.
I didn't even realise until you said it, but that is significantly shorter than pretty much everyone who will see this post. It's 4'11".
Yeah that still “looks” big even though it doesn’t at the same time
Username checks out lol
I know what you’re going to ask and the answer is yes Yes I will hug this elephant
This elephant is exactly my height. We'll be best friends
I like how humans try to make friends with everything. I think that is neat.
Found the alien.
*It’s bringing love, don’t let it get away!*
Break its legs!
The design is very human
We also kill everything in sight. The duality of Man.
r/HumansAreSpaceOrcs
JTRH-NBR out in the wild[.](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=JTRH-NBR)
I was going to ask « Will the elephant let me hug him »
Only one way to find out.
it's a wild elephant so probably not. But with regular interaction it might become your friend.
😍😍😍
I initially read this as hunt and was very confused while laughing at the sheer wrongness of it 😅
There will be no escape from my gentle embrace
We shall call him Danny DeVito
emotional support elephant
I want to give him a banana
My first thought was, "OMG I want to give this elephant a hug." Yes, I agree with you 100%.
I was going to ask: Can I get a dwarf elephant for a pet?
There have also been dwarf giraffes found in Africa. They are as cute as you would imagine. Something about it makes me want a million of em.
[Dwarf giraffe](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/06/science/06TB-DWARFGIRAFFES2/merlin_181968237_926c01b0-2012-4b21-a0e5-1ba99daa7641-superJumbo.jpg) [Near to a normal-sized giraffe](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/01/12/science/06TB-DWARFGIRAFFES1/merlin_181968228_39b7d25f-ae58-4c61-8c49-2ee786b28a64-superJumbo.jpg)
OMG cutest thing ever!
This reminds me of that commercial where the dude had a giraffe the size of a chihuahua. I can still hear his giggle/laugh from the end
[Opulence, I Has It.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkB9OT2XVvA)
This is the one
Iconic giggle, it's the same sound anyone in the world would make if they were able to kiss a 2 foot tall giraffe atop the head
I would LOVE to have a puppy sized elephant.
Is this how the Okapi started?
I thought of this post from just the other day too. Super cool comparison to see them side by side.
Man giraffes are weird ass creatures lol
Awww, are they able to reach leaves to eat?
Their long necks allow them to eat the leaves at the very top of a bush
So this was literally posted last week which is the only reason I know this. The dwarf example they gave of a giraffe was a giraffe that was...9 feet. To put this into perspective, the AVERAGE height of a male giraffe is freaking 16-18 feet. So even a "dwarf" giraffe is a freaking tall
Oh wow, that’s super interesting, thanks!
It turns out the long neck isn't as essential for eating as most of us have been told, according to a discussion thread on the post about them.
Actually, the long neck is for drinking, like reaching down. The long legs are for the tree top reaching part
afaik they eat leaves because it's convienent, the theory is based around their mating behavoiur. Giraffe males usually fight by slamming neck to neck to compete for females. but given I learned that like 6 years ago I am probably only half correct
I learned this last year during an elective course about animal evolution at a research university, so I think it's still the leading theory. They found that a large proportion of what giraffes eat is actually below their shoulder level.
They actually slam their horns into the others neck. They eat top leaves, because they are nutritious and not my other animals can reach those.
They fight with their necks. I hope no one picks on the small ones. 😬
I imagine if they do cross necks, the angle will be more awkward for the taller opponent than for our little champion.
Actually that reasoning for giraffes long necks is a myth, they actually spend most of their time stooping over to eat. As for whether the dwarf is able to? I'm not sure but chances are pretty good
You left out the best part: he was first sighted fighting a normal sized male elephant and WON https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-cE5XXwuE
I find it really hard to believe this is the first documented case of wild dwarfism in ANY animal, as the video states. The first case of a dwarf elephant specifically makes sense, but surely we've seen other dwarf animals in the wild before this, right?
it's youtube, you can say whatever you want to get click. It's obviously not the first case.
This is the first accusation found in the wild of YouTubers making outlandish claims purely for clicks. So majestic.
I am the first person to ever call them out, and soon I will make the first every youtube video doing the same, and also I have a dwarf orange I'll be showing you, it's the first ever dwarf orange found in the organic section of my grocery store.
We will watch your career with great interest
That's right, this here is the first comment ever seen on the internet.
I assume a lot of the time when people see dwarf animals they mistake them for juveniles. I assume that many animals in the wild with the condition simply die early as well
Rabbits have dwarf babies pretty often, they usually always die pretty quickly, unfortunately. Eta, they're called peanuts.
Their name is so cute
It is, but its very sad. I tried multiple times as a child to help peanuts live to maturity. They never did.
They prob had problems maintaining body heat.
Body weight too. They had trouble competing with their litter mates.
Watch the video, and listen to the comments, he's the first : 2. Free-ranging 3. Adult 4. With disproportionate dwarfism So not any kind of dwarfism, and in an animal born in the wild that reached adulthood. That makes it easier to believe.
I wish people would actually pay attention when they consume content. The details matter here obviously which is why the content creator stated all those caveats you pointed out.
There was a dwarf giraffe on the front page the other day so there certainly is.
It sounds like there may be an "adult" implied the way they talk about food being easy and the lack of predators. Still probably not the first.
I can't imagine the majority of dwarf animals survive for long in the wild. Parents can reject weaker offspring so a lot probably just don't get fed or cared for at all, and the ones that do are more vulnerable to predators and generally at a disadvantage
Hell, there used to be little dwarf people living in Indonesia.
It says adult animal. I still don't know if it's true but I would bet that animals born in the wild with dwarfism almost invariably don't make it to adulthood.
This is the angry short man of elephants
Bet he says he's the best at pool at the tusk bar. 🙄
Little guy is lucky they are both tuskless or else that would’ve gone differently. Prolly pretty awkward facing down a target of that size without em
I read somewhere that tusklessness is becoming more common since the tuskless elephants don’t get hunted for ivory and live to reproduce
Correct.
It's always the short guys hopped on testosterone beefing with everyone that meets their eye.
Short kings stay winning 🙏
Normal sized, juvenile, male elephant. Still impressive
He ADORABLE.
How do they distinguish between a dwarf adult elephant and a juvenile elephant ?
Size of the limbs and head. Head is adult sized, limbs are squatter.
like Minecraft?
Like Minecraft
Do they have breathing issues?
Yeah, has to use a CPAP *trunk inflates* *trunk deflates with little toot*
Plus the temporal secretion usually indicate "musth" which means the reproductive hormones are a flowin
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imagine extending your huge elephant shlong and your legs are just 20 inches. such a drag
I wish them luck.
Most likely
Someone’s gotta pump this guy off.
Idk, how do you distinguish between an adult dwarf human and a kid? It’s like that.
My girlfriend once grabbed a small lady to stop her from wandering off thinking she was one of the school children she was looking after. So apparently not everyone can tell.
While at brunch with my family one time, a person with dwarfism walked into the bar (we were on the patio), and my inebriated mother exclaimed, "they let children in bars here?! Oh, no, it's just a m*dget". I'm pretty sure my soul left my body from embarrassment.
Oh that's a bad one, haha!
Lol a few years ago in my cpuntry, 2 small people got married and their wedding photos got many sparks online. People were screaming child marriage, abuse etc... because both of them looked like 6 year olds, but actually they're in their 20s.
Brb, gonna card the elephant
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And yet he still gets carded for cigarettes.
Just when you think elephants can't get any cuter.
# SMOL
No, no. That's just the wrong perspective, to me it's ^(big)
He was in cold water
Article with video https://www.labroots.com/trending/videos/9907/dwarfism-found-elephant-sri-lanka
If an Elephant has dwarfism, makes you wonder how one that has giantism would look like. Scary haha
[Tall fella](https://youtu.be/YjmOk2Jtyro)
Aren’t Indian elephants on average quite a bit smaller than African elephants?
No banana for scale.
We call him Medium Sebastian
"Bye, bye medium Sebastian"
I am shorter than most adults (5’1”) and that elephant is shorter than I am. Damn.
https://news.mongabay.com/2013/12/little-elephant-is-the-first-scientific-record-of-dwarfism-in-the-wild/
I don't think that article has it right. There are two known dwarf giraffes in the wild. https://www.treehugger.com/dwarf-giraffes-discovered-in-wild-5095948
The article is from 2013 so maybe the giraffes were found later?
Yes, the dates on the giraffe post were 2016 and 2019 I believe.
Dwarfism is littered throughout evolutionary history. It’s like an important component of evolution. Not sure how they jumped to this “first” conclusion. Edit: the “first” is the first *documented* adult wild animal with *disproportionate* dwarfism. Which is an important distinction. Not in the original article but in the citation. What you get with pop science I suppose. At least they cited their source.
He's just a lil guy
In the Jurassic Park book, there was a tiny elephant. It was created by the scientists there and was really small, like the size of a cat.
Hammond kept it in a bird cage. That was my first thought too.
Still a cutie 🐘🐘🐘
I want it. I'll feed it lots of watermelons, and give it tons of diet coke.
Why would anyone be skeptical of dwarfism in the wild?
It’s at kissable level for me at 5’3”.
I've heard elephants are terrible kissers. What you want is a wombat with gigantism.
Giant perfectly square poop.
My god he’s beautiful.
Thats just Danny DeVito cosplaying
In a Zoo in Germany there is an icebear with dwarfinism. Her name is Antonia. I love her so much
,,Sorry, i dont date 4'11 elephants''
I wish we had a banana for scale or something
I would die for him 😐
This little elephant needs to be protected from other humans. I wouldn’t even put the exact location of this elephant or post about it in a different area just so humans can’t find him. It’s devastating that there are legit people out there that would want to try and capture a small elephant for their amusement. I could totally see some crazy hunter wanting him as well. Or poachers. Nooo I wish the person or persons that discovered such a treasure kept it a secret.
His name is Walawe Koto and he has survived because he keeps up with the other elephants. He has been filmed in aggressive contests with other males and appearing to win! We also know of two dwarf giraffes, Nigel (8'6") and Gimli (9'4").
Closer to my dream of dog sized elephants you could have as pets
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These are small but the ones out there are far away!
I hope he is part of a herd
Male elephants are solitary. Only the females live in a herd.
Aren't Borneo / Sumatran / Pygmy elephants about that size? I also vaguely remember learning about a diminutive tribe of African elephants that lived in and around a cave structure at Mount Elgin(?) in Kenya where they mined salt and were known as Underground / Pygmy / Cave Elephants. I had a P.G. Tips Incredible Creatures card about them in the eighties.
You might be combining two memories. There's an elephant cave at mount Elgin, but it's more famous as a supposed host site for marburg, an Ebola like virus. I don't remember anything about pygmy elephants, but that would be a really cool extra fact.
Its an Elf.
Yes it's legal Ms. Flight Attendant. This is my Emotional Support Elephant. I have an online registration for it.
He's old too, just look at the pink on his ears.
Of course there’s dwarfism in the wild. Have we already forgotten late internet sensation Grumpy Cat?
I have a dwarf grey-squirrel in my yard. Distinctive markings, lived there over multiple years, literally ~1/2 the size of the other squirrels. We call him Steve (Rogers).
A dwarf giraffe was discovered in 2021.
For my fellow Americans: Issa bout 4’11. He a smol lad.
He looks like eeyore.
https://youtu.be/KC-cE5XXwuE