It’s a clumsy jumbo! Clumsy Jumbo! Moment elephant becomes stuck while trying to climb over an Indian fence

  • Viewers captured footage at Nagarhole National Park, November 16 
  • It’s been viewed over 248,000 times, and it has been liked by nearly 20,000 people
  • Mahesh Kumar stated that the elephant returned to the forest following crop raiding










It is hilarious when an elephant tries to climb over Indian fences.

The animal is seen climbing over an iron barrier, as filmed by Nagarhole National Park (Karnataka, India) on November 16.

The video shows that at first the elephant balances on a fence panel with one leg scanning the other side. 

This is the hilarious moment an elephant finds itself in a sticky situation after attempting to cross a fence in Karnataka, India

After trying to climb a wall in Karnataka in India, an elephant is caught in this hilarious situation.

Filmed by onlookers in Nagarhole National Park on 16 November, the animal can be seen trying to climb over the barrier

On 16 November, Nagarhole National Park filmed the animal trying to scale the barrier.

The bird then swings its feet over the fence to balance on its stomach. 

The elephant’s progress is made for a while before it realizes that its hind legs are the key to its success.

The elephant pushes its weight through the barrier using its back legs, nearly crawling along the edge, and eventually makes it across the other side. 

Supriya Sahu (IAS Officer) shared the video and captioned it with ‘Speechless.

This video was viewed over 248,000 times, and almost 20,000 people have liked it. 

One commenter said: “I’ve seen these gentle giants walk across a thin bamboo fence, when it was easy for them to do so.”

Another stated that an elephant must be fined 500 Rupees for traffic violations.   

Mahesh Kumar, director of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, told the Indian Express that the video was recorded in the Veeranahosally Range.

The incident occurred on November 16, when the animal returned to the forest from crop raiding.

The video shows that at first the elephant balances on a fence panel with one leg scanning the other side

Video shows the elephant balancing on a panel of fencing with one foot scanning the opposite side.

It then dangles its forelegs over the fence and becomes stuck balancing on its stomach

The bird then swings its legs over the fence to balance on its stomach.

The elephant uses its back legs to push its weight over the barrier, almost crawling across, before eventually making it to the other side safely

An elephant crawls along the fence using its hind legs, pushing its weight upwards.

It isn’t just the elephant that gets stuck on a fence.   

One of the sanctuary’s elephants got his hind legs caught in the fence and fell over it.

The video was shot in Chiang Mai. It shows an adventurous animal standing on his front legs with two of his hind legs hanging over the strong fence.

Khunseuk is the youngster. He struggles to get out of his precarious situation as the older elephant looks on inside.

The clumsy elephant tries in vain to move his legs over the fence before finally managing to creep it forward

He shuffles forward, managing to get one leg over the top of the fence before clumsily edging forwards again until the other falls to the ground

He moves forward and manages to lift one of his legs over the fence. Then he clumsily edges forwards until the other is on the ground.

He moves forward and manages to lift one of his legs over the top. Then he clumsily edges forward until the other is on the ground.  

The energy elephant then gains his balance and heads toward its companion.

Khunseuk’s keeper stated that he didn’t know how Khunseuk found himself in this strange position on May 2nd.

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