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Imagine you’re out sight-seeing in Thailand. Whoa! Elephants! Better catch some video with your iPhone. Really hold it out there for a good shot when, haha, he’s touching it with his trunk! Aaaand it’s gone. Sure, it’d be equal parts hilarious and a bummer if it actually happened, and while that’s what this video shows, it’s probably (unfortunately) bogus.
I don’t know much about biology, but it seems to me that an iPhone would have to have some kind of rocket thrusters or something to race through a digestive system that fast. And beside that, this just seems to good to be true, especially the part where she fishes the filthy thing out of a pile of dung. Veracity aside, it’s an amusing little skit, even if the camera work could probably be a little bit better.
So what do you think? Is there anyone out there willing to make an argument for this thing as real? Do you know something about elephant digestion I don’t? Am I just hoping in vain? [Ubergizmo via DVICE]
Looks like a Lumia
There is something that bugs me about the way the elephant takes the phone. It is as if she just casually places it into the trunk and then has a half-arsed freak out when it takes it. It may be staged or I may just be looking for faults because you said it is most likely fake.
i agree with the previous post… looks more like a commercial than a real thing! also the ending was weirdly cut and acted…
Badly acted. I doubt it would ever work again after being marinated in elephant stomach acid and intestinal fluids for several hours.
It looks like the woman with the phone blocks the view of the camera operator just in time to palm the phone after getting it near the elephant, and there’s no way in hell it would be passed that quickly anyway. Shenanigans!
I’m not shaking that guys hand either way!