VIRAL video: Elephants destroy banana plantation in Tamil Nadu, leave one with bird’s nest unharmed

Elephants are known to be sensitive creatures and this story is proof of the same. In a video that is going viral on the Internet, a herd of elephants is seen destroying a banana plantation in Tamil Nadu, only to leave behind one tree which housed a bird's nest with 4 to 5 hatchlings. 

The heartwarming video, which was uploaded on YouTube by Thanthi TV on May 7, has won the heart of people. The incident happened in Tamil Nadu's Sathyamangala, a town in Erode district, when five wild elephants entered the town after leaving the Vilamundi Forest, local Thanthi TV reported. According to the reports, the elephants entered the garden of a man identified as Krishnasamy and damaged more than 300 banana trees.

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When Krishnasamy went to take stock of the damages, he was surprised to see how a tree with the nest was left unharmed. Netizens praised this act and remarked that elephants have much more empathy than humans and that they understand co-existence.