Electrocuting an Elephant

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Uploaded by on Apr 23, 2011

This 1903 film by Thomas Edison records the lethal execution elephant Topsy.

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  • Screw Thomas Edison. He killed countless animals to try and put Tesla out of business. Edison was truly a terrible man. He was a known womanizer, cheater, and all around awful person.

  • @MarcusTheReverent  fuck you

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  • @iVidify Fucking Elephant killed people. Bitch got what was coming to him.

  • Fucking Elephant killed people. Bitch what was coming.

  • My Science teacher told us this story and know I hate Edison and like Tesla!

  • @ZoyaTheGreat Yes, there are other elephants in the world but, overall elephants are an endangered species. If we think that there are always more elephants, then you are wrong. If they all die out, then there will be no more elephants for the next generation to see.

  • @mangamaniamarathon She was abused, and it is a tragedy that she was euthanized, but this was the best choice for her at the time. There wasn't much compassion for animals in 1903.

  • @Trustthapo I think your also incorrect. Everthing and everyone diserves a chance at life. Just because you did something wrong doesn't mean that you should be killed. Besides the trainers were clearly abusing Topsy. Topsy was only doing what her instinct told her to do, so don't judge something before you know what happened or what the other one is thinking/feeling.

  • @ZoyaTheGreat Seriously. Though the elephant was abused(it was 1903- animals were generally treated like crap), she was still dangerous to her handlers and the public.

    There are billions of humans, and nobody cries when mentally unstable murderers are executed.

  • It killed three people..

    search wikipedia for (Topsy (elephant))..

  • It was just an elephant. there is more elephants in the world.

  • Not to start a fight or anything, but this was 1903. Get over it.

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