Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago
Ants Fight Off Elephants to Save Trees. Ants are enlisted to save whistling thorn acacia trees from hungry elephants. But would the acacia trees be better off without the threat of elephants? Find out how the ants, acacias, and elephants all play their part in maintaining a healthy balance.
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Original Videos:
1.Elephant scratching itself with a tree: goo.gl/iJUqN
2.Elephant Shaking Head: goo.gl/Cl5Rq
3.Ants and aphids: goo.gl/EsxFV
4.Wood Grub: goo.gl/EoP8R
5.Elephant (ending): goo.gl/oXhLr
Photos:
1.Green Acacia Tree Purple Thorn: Martin Sharman
2.Acacia Tree Covered in Ants: Pharaoh han
3.Elephant Trunk: Just chaos
4.Dry Acacia Tree one Bulb: Andrea Schieber
5.Elephant: Geir Kiste
6.Ant Head: Steve Jurvetson
7.Acacia Tree Zoom Out: Harvey Barrison
Music: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting & Kevin MacLeod - Rite of Passage (incompetech.com)
Ants Fight Off Elephants to Save Trees. Ants are enlisted to save whistling thorn acacia trees from hungry elephants. But would the acacia trees be better off without the threat of elephants? Find out how the ants, acacias, and elephants all play their part in maintaining a healthy balance.
SUBSCRIBE for more animal stories: goo.gl/5dPnA
Original Videos:
1.Elephant scratching itself with a tree: goo.gl/iJUqN
2.Elephant Shaking Head: goo.gl/Cl5Rq
3.Ants and aphids: goo.gl/EsxFV
4.Wood Grub: goo.gl/EoP8R
5.Elephant (ending): goo.gl/oXhLr
Photos:
1.Green Acacia Tree Purple Thorn: Martin Sharman
2.Acacia Tree Covered in Ants: Pharaoh han
3.Elephant Trunk: Just chaos
4.Dry Acacia Tree one Bulb: Andrea Schieber
5.Elephant: Geir Kiste
6.Ant Head: Steve Jurvetson
7.Acacia Tree Zoom Out: Harvey Barrison
Music: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting & Kevin MacLeod - Rite of Passage (incompetech.com)
