Elephant climbs iron fence in viral video. Please remove it, says Internet

The video, shared on Twitter by Principal Secretary Environment Climate Change & Forests of Tamil Nadu, Supriya Sahu, shows a tusker trying to cross an iron fence in the middle of a jungle.

There is no doubt that elephants are one of the most intelligent creatures in the animal kingdom. Several videos on the internet are also witnesses to the notion. Now, another video of an elephant cleverly climbing across a fence has gone crazy viral. But, rather than being taken aback, netizens shared their annoyance about the video in the comments section. Speechless #elephants pic.twitter.com/6S1WJqEkZS He did it like a child. Why is that fence there? Is it legal? Why it is taking this much of effort to climb over it? This has to be looked into before we get stunned. #elephants In Masinagudi I saw example of elephants easily getting through 10-15 deep trenches.Highly intelligent animal. This is how animals suffer when humans construct barriers on their natural paths. Remove the fence.. what if he died or hurt himself while doing so ? What if other elephants do the same.

The video, shared on Twitter by Principal Secretary Environment Climate Change & Forests of Tamil Nadu, Supriya Sahu, shows a tusker trying to cross an iron fence in the middle of a jungle. As the video goes on, the elephant skilfully climbs over the fence and manages to make its way to the other side.