The Thai army deployed elephants along the Cambodian border



by Substantial_Mess_456

29 comments
  1. I’m guessing and hoping that this is just a propaganda elephant and he doesn’t get taken to the front.

  2. I’m curious into why they have uniforms for elephants in the first place

  3. Omg! I had to read title to figure out wtf I was seeing. Looked like a fat kid with some toy guns on his belt. Kinda sad to see this though as I’m sure they don’t like gunfire or war.

  4. Man us humans really suck sometimes. It’s not enough to kill each other, we have to kill everything else in our wake as well. Poor animals can’t consent or choose to be used in combat. So many horses, dogs etc died serving. And a lot lot more animals die during conflict/tests. It always struck me how we’ve banned dynamite fishing but the government could just blow up underwater nukes in some of the more pristine and diverse ecosystems of our planet.

    I hope this is just for show and not actually used in combat. Elephant has some pretty cool attire though not gonna lie.

  5. Not gonna lie, I didn’t see the elephant head at first, and just assumed it was a really fat guy bending over

  6. I wonder where they pin the medals?
    Does the elephant salute back?
    So many questions….

  7. So far in 2025 we’ve had tactical donkeys and war elephants, what’s next? 

  8. Russia: Human wave best tactic!

    Thai: *hold my Singha*

  9. Not only does it have a shirt. And pants. The pants have pockets and it is wearing A BERET CORRECTLY?!?!

  10. This is very effective propaganda. If he has a name i need to know it.

  11. Look his ears flapping. He’s just happy to be there

  12. And my wife tells me cargo shorts aren’t cool.

    WRONG

  13. This makes me really sad. I get that the elephant isn’t really going into combat (god I hope not anyway), but it just reminds me of the unfair way animals get caught up in human conflicts.

    When people go to war, they’ve got a chance against each other and they know what they’re in for. When combatants put dogs into the fight, for example, the poor little guys have no idea what’s going to happen to them. Same for all the animals that get caught up in a battle.

    EDIT: *I mean, um, yeah, cute elephant!*

  14. I’m gonna pretend those guns are for the elephant and imagine it whipping one out with its trunk to return fire.

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