Love that the owner let the donkey stay with elks to protect them.

@HK-ce2lj

Ай бұрын

what about the mountain lions? they'll starve

@SC-qg9jl

Ай бұрын

@@HK-ce2lj well, he can’t save the whole world, but only his small family that took him in.

@user-yk9qp1fv5f

Ай бұрын

@@SC-qg9jllol love this

@jeffreyjohnston6023

Ай бұрын

​@@HK-ce2lj😂😂😂

@JK-lp6uw

Ай бұрын

​@HK-ce2lj lol, no they won't

After 5 years of living free and becoming master of his universe, I'm glad his owners loved him enough to let him be.

@nelsonnelson999

Ай бұрын

my sentiments exactly

@nadiariggs5110

Ай бұрын

I loved that so much, too!! The most loving choice❤!

@culcune

Ай бұрын

I am fairly certain that donkey won't be easy to find or catch.

@Theydas

Ай бұрын

He's probably would be too much trouble to keep at ranch. He's wild animal at this point now.

@twitteringothers5059

Ай бұрын

But what if he's actually waiting for his humans to come and take him home ? Diesel's humans should at least go down there, make contact and decides whether Diesel wants to come home or stay with his new family. I mean if I'm missing, I certainly want to go home.

Donkeys can be fierce protectors of what they consider to be "theirs".

@M_SC

Ай бұрын

Fierce defenders of their *family*. Seeing it as capitalistic possession is a weird human thing.

@RageUnleashed15

Ай бұрын

My father in law raises cattle and has a few Donkey's mixed with the herd to protect them and deter coyotes and other predators.

@Opinionated-Angel

Ай бұрын

Yes, I agree with you. I could see on the recording that he is protecting the herd of elk.

@yanderefangirl8317

Ай бұрын

I’ve heard of a ‘Guard Donkey’ before. They have a powerful kick.

@hahawoshedman4017

Ай бұрын

@@M_SC Why do you have to bring capitalism into everything? I think that's a weird human thing that you easily demonstrate here.

At this point in Diesel’s life it wouldn’t be a rescue, it would be a kidnapping. Diesel is impressive.

@kalipw0210

Ай бұрын

He was out there living his best life!

@aholmes74ah

Ай бұрын

Right! He wasn't lost. He escaped 😂🎉❤

@SubwooferKing100

Ай бұрын

He’s an invasive species out in the wild though. It’s not natural so they should catch him

@WangNurMouth

Ай бұрын

Diesel don't give no fkcs

Diesel should have his own biography movie called “The Ass and the Furious”!

@TheRealWinser

Ай бұрын

This might trigger some Safe Searches. 😂

@ThatGuy1242

Ай бұрын

Could also be the title of a movie from a much different genre 😂

@GOLDIELIVE24

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Bay510Area

Ай бұрын

LMFAO

@Bay510Area

Ай бұрын

​@@ThatGuy1242 Ahahaha 😂

Diesel has a full-fledged backstory and hero journey. Take notes Disney. We need the Diesel saga.

@elizabethvandecoevering6042

Ай бұрын

Diesel's life story is great for a great animated movie about his life from birth on a farm to life in the wilds as a herd guardian protector of a herd of Elks.

@annien.1727

Ай бұрын

Yeah, and I'm going to provide that saga once I get to work at Disney. I'm not kidding. I've got a LOT of great movie ideas that Disney should use, and yours is one of them. In time, Diesel's saga will be one of Disney's GREATEST animated new films!

@annien.1727

Ай бұрын

@@elizabethvandecoevering6042 Yep, couldn't agree more! Diesel's life story could make a GREAT Disney animated film!

@josephmedina6403

Ай бұрын

Even the donkey now recognizes as an elk . Wtf ! 😆

@jigokutsuushin

Ай бұрын

@@elizabethvandecoevering6042 The mountain lion will be the final battle

Owners of sheep sometimes include a donkey as a protector of the herd.

@Catherine.Dorian.

Ай бұрын

That also why you sometimes see a random llama on farms?

@afrothunder8833

Ай бұрын

Bless you all❤ let him stay free I have total respect for you

@snickerswo1f519

Ай бұрын

me and my father have incorporated a donkey with our few cattle and bulls

@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN

Ай бұрын

Wow this is crazy so cool at the same time, good to know

Our man diesel just doing side quests

@user-gi3hv4fm1u

Ай бұрын

He's on a Skyrim side quest rampage.

@nottheonefromearth

Ай бұрын

ong

@blubastud

Ай бұрын

This comment is highly underrated.

@1996Derik

Ай бұрын

😂

Diesel went from being spooked from a mountain lion to protecting himself and his herd from one. That donkey went through some serious character growth.

This whole segment was hilarious. Godspeed Diesel!

@meghoughton562

Ай бұрын

I read an article saying that the guy who spotted him referred to the group as a “mixed herd.” 😂

@deemaria814

Ай бұрын

It made me laugh too, especially the way the guy was telling the story and seeing the donkey with the elk 😂

LOL. Shout out to Max for noticing this and giving Diesel's human family closure!

@DarlingNikki2

Ай бұрын

Yes, I'm sure they've been worried about him and seeing him not only alive but doing so well must be a relief even if it is bittersweet.

Thanks for letting him live the life we all wish we could. ❤

@akenjah

Ай бұрын

To live wild with elk?

@cadebritt8001

Ай бұрын

@akenjah Sure, I don't understand your reasoning. My donkey is boss over her horse mates. Why not, elks ? Freedom from human control is living life. ✨️

@nessajones4003

Ай бұрын

​@@akenjah😂😂😂

@zultana2078

Ай бұрын

Yep..plus diesel can always be protecter of those elk❤

@zultana2078

Ай бұрын

​@@akenjahif he is happy, why not?? Havent you heard about plenty of man live in stranger's land.. blend with foreigners, and they live happier lives better then in their own homeland?? To be happy, you don't need to ve with your own 'species'. Sometimes other species wil treat you better, appreciate & respect you.

This is a beautiful story. Diesel not only sitting in with the elk but he’s leading them. The elk could’ve teamed against Diesel but they instead decide to follow his lead.

@culcune

Ай бұрын

I am fairly certain the donkey is the brains of that whole outfit!

@bukka6697

Ай бұрын

@@culcune 😂 Just like human politics

@smidgen

Ай бұрын

there's no reason for them to team up against him, he's no threat to hooved animals! mountain lions on the other hand lol...

This would make a great children’s book!

@elizabethvandecoevering6042

Ай бұрын

As well a great animated movie.

@DylanoRevs

Ай бұрын

​@@elizabethvandecoevering6042For real. Heck, the Mountain lion could be the villain in it

@mei6044

Ай бұрын

Ha ha ha, it would! So funny! 😄 But also makes sense.

@elizabethvandecoevering6042

Ай бұрын

@@DylanoRevs In deed the Cougar would make a great villain in the animated movie based on Diesel's Life.

This is such a great story. He’s free,he’s earned his freedom. Would be interesting to see his offspring 😮

@shylohsturm493

Ай бұрын

😂 I don't think he's breeding.

@adamsons2890

Ай бұрын

@@shylohsturm493 Well infact a young Donelk is quite tender and the taste is similar to veal.

@kalipw0210

Ай бұрын

​@@adamsons2890Boooooooo! Get outta here! Booooooo! Didn't know they could mix... Booooooooooo!!! 😂😂

@joethugwana4713

Ай бұрын

How did he join his newly found family? Applied for citizenship maybe?

@adamsons2890

Ай бұрын

@@joethugwana4713 🤔 maybe,lol

Hollywood should make a movie or TV series about this brave donkey becoming an *Alpha leader* to an entire elk herd! 😃👏

@onlythereal3389

Ай бұрын

Indeed, and make Eddie Murphy the voice actor 😁

@Elysia63

Ай бұрын

@@onlythereal3389 Haha lol yeah 😆🤣

@psx2rulz2

Ай бұрын

It's only a matter of time now, lol

@daddypfp734

Ай бұрын

How would that be tho like the the lion king?

@annien.1727

Ай бұрын

That's a fantastic idea!

If he wants to identify as an elk, we should respect that

@culcune

Ай бұрын

This story is from California, after all...

@MichaelThompson-qt1iy

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@Teefs143

Ай бұрын

Why does this sound gay?

@mariarezende3761

27 күн бұрын

Or he identifies himself as a donkey, and the elks accept him for whom he is 😅😅

Wow to survive and he isn't lonely, has friends, and he can kill mountain lions? Diesel is a legend!! I am guessing the lion had hold of an elk and wouldnt let go, so Diesels hooves did the talking. Astonishing!

Man not only survived, he thrived

We had donkeys in with our livestock, bad asses when protecting

@o______-

Ай бұрын

i see what you did there

@bethanyoneal5789

Ай бұрын

At least they weren’t jackasses

@jammzy2959

Ай бұрын

Literally 😂

@poppamic

Ай бұрын

Bravo 👏👏👏

@nomaderic

Ай бұрын

When we had a donkey nothing would even dare come close to the property.

That story is SO awesome...it made my day!

Awe, I would want him home , but he seems pretty happy ❤❤ you go Diesel 🎉🎉🎉

Imagine those elk watching him dispatch a mountain lion! And I like her answer, let Diesel reign!

Hold on a min... Diesel was scared off by a cougar, and five years later-ish, a warden finds a dead cougar. I'm suddenly imagining an epic story of life and rite of passage where Diesel was hounded by the cougar for five years and always ran away... until he was accepted into the elk herd and they became threatened by his old nemesis. With something to protect now, Diesel faced off with his tormentor and walked away as the winner and alpha of his adoptee family. They will write songs of his legend!

I love these stories where a lost animal (or child!) is taken in by a group from another species. We all instinctively look for protection/relationship within a group and its comforting seeing it across other beings in our world.

A donkey can most certainly take out a mountain lion, I saw one time a donkey bite a full grown man on top of the head and lift them up off the ground like they were a feather.

@TheWannabmodel

Ай бұрын

😂🤣🤣 lord i hope the guy is ok but i laughed so hard

@aarongreenfield9038

Ай бұрын

@@TheWannabmodel Needed About 100 stitches and lost a wee nip of the top of his right ear, but he was okay.

@princelips3980

Ай бұрын

Well now you've made me afraid of donkeys

@khakicampbell6640

Ай бұрын

Sounds terrible! DId the guy do anything to provoke him, or was that donkey just loco?🤔

@aarongreenfield9038

Ай бұрын

@@khakicampbell6640 Just kind of poking around, standing by its food and it's space. It was kind of funny because after it did it, kind of just trotted back a couple steps then gave him a look like yeah that just happened, now what. The guy didn't even know what happened for a little bit, he thought somebody came up behind him and whacked him with a beer bottle or something.

That's not a donkey. That's a noble steed. 🤣😂

@grondhero

Ай бұрын

Aw, Shrek.

Is no one bringing up the fact that he killed a damn cougar!

@meghoughton562

Ай бұрын

Well, they *suspect* it was him. Who knows...if so, I'm definitely impressed.

@lordextinction8322

Ай бұрын

Honestly glad they’re letting him go free Those elk clearly need the protection

@gillesderais834

Ай бұрын

and now he's one of the boyz

@jlp0174

Ай бұрын

I never would have thought 🤔🤯

@carlycrays2831

Ай бұрын

That would explain why the elk follow him

So cute! Diesel looks happy! 😊

"And he's apparently moved up in life" is wild😂😂

thank you mam for allowing Diesel to run with his heard

My boi living his best life!

That was so sad seeing the trail cam all by himself wandering the forest. So glad those Elk took him in and showed him how to survive in the wilderness.

What kind of crazy weird scenario is that donkey killing that mountain lion....

@mollyram2997

Ай бұрын

They have a killer kick(donkeys). It is very possible the mountain lion tried to kill some of the elk and he protected them. It is not uncommon to have one donkey out there with your herd of sheep bc they will protect them from harm.

@alienandroid2012

Ай бұрын

Donkeys protect life stock on farms, they kill coyotes too

@kalipw0210

Ай бұрын

​@@alienandroid2012You beat me to it lol. Donkeys have generational trauma from cannids. They don't put up with schitt anymore!

@kalipw0210

Ай бұрын

Remember that guy who was bragging about killing a mountain lion with his bare hands, etc etc? Then come to find out it was a 30 pound orphan...😢😢😢 What a douche. Anyway it coulda been a small lion, who knows.

@codymoe4986

Ай бұрын

@kalipw0210...A kick from a donkey can kill a full grown man. Guessing a mountain lion wouldn't fare much better if it took that same kick.

Diesel powered elk herd!

@Kettvnen

Ай бұрын

good one, good one

@isamusika

Ай бұрын

@@Kettvnen haha. Thanks!

The donkey is the alpha male of the elk herd 😂 thats one cool donkey.

new found respect for donkeys and this is the feel good story of the year for sure.

1:27 He was like Lovelace in Happy Feet. He's seen the aliens and he's surrounded by girls 😂

Beautiful video!! Love this story! 💛😊

donkey has his own gang now 😂

This makes me want to eat onions for some reasons...strange...

@aarongreenfield9038

Ай бұрын

Donkeys have sleeves, but ogres have layers.

@metoo6599

Ай бұрын

And waffles! 😂

@Ren505nm

Ай бұрын

Sploosh😂🍑 🧅

@alanhelton

Ай бұрын

That Donkey has LAYERS!!!

@aarongreenfield9038

Ай бұрын

@@alanhelton Of course, I'm sure there's Quite a few layers of mites fleas ticks and mange.

Well spoken Lady. Thank you.

Wow what an amazing cute and funny story. My reaction is the same as the guy that spotted Diesel lol.

why is this so cute

This is the best story I've ever heard ❤

Diesel is adorable. 🙏🐴❤

I assumed elk would tower over a Donkey but surprisingly they weigh similar to female elk, about 500 pounds

I'm so happy for this donkey! He was accepted by an elk herd and has found a new family that loves him❤😊

Diesel said I'm nobody's pet or beast of burden... I'm my own wild animal!! 🤘🐎

Donkey's should never live alone. They need social companions which is why he was hanging out with the elk.

Diesel was ready for that mountain lion in the 2nd round. He said: "Catch these hooves, how bout dat! 😂

@TemplarX2

Ай бұрын

They actually bite and bite really hard and persistently. They can be relentless. Bar a bear, nothing can touch a rugged donkey in these hoods.

I love it that they let him stay with the herd❤

That's awesome.. .to see Diesel the Donkey with the Elk herd. And on another note that man in that hat that came across that, ....niiiice 👌 😉

@tatianarizk2739

Ай бұрын

Mmmm Caramelo Cowboy. 🧑🏽‍🌾 Niiiice 👌😻

One of the best stories I've heard. Love it!

I’m glad that the owner is letting him be free instead of trying to force him back home. I love that she recognizes he’s happy and living his best life in the wild. I wish Diesel a long happy life

What a wonderful Story thank you ❤️🌹

Story of the year!

Elk : “Yo, you see that strange elk that stomped out that mountain lion? He should lead us…”

Wholesome and also badass at the same time

I sooo need a movie about this! I've seen coyotes adopt stray dogs but I was shocked when he said the donkey had become the leader of the herd. How? We want to know the stories behind this! 😅

Could you imagine how desperately sad he would be to be taken back into captivity... he's living his best don-elky life! ❤❤

Bless that man for bringing the footage to everyone's attention.🤔🤗🤗🤗😔

Wow something of a movie, once a tamed donkey now part of the wild. I had no idea Donkeys can kill a mountain lion. If he takes down a bear, he will forever be a legend among the elks.

What a story! This is awesome :D

Love this!! They accepted him!!

A great ending for him 💝 living free ❣️

One of them is not like the others

A 2 minute news report has a better story and ending than anything Disney has put out in the past decade 😂😂😂

The donkey just wanted to be away from Shrek

@Inferno45

Ай бұрын

😂 did you see how uncomfortable the donkey was when she kissed him.

@Patriots_Prodz

Ай бұрын

@@Inferno45 yes lmao

@BlueStinger475

Ай бұрын

If Donkey left Shrek alone

@abreada

Ай бұрын

Diesel is the alpha now 😈

@t.johnson2966

Ай бұрын

Wow! So mean!

The hunter who found him seems like the chillest guy ever

Can't wait for the movie!!🐣

I ❤LOVE ❤ this story 😍!!!

Is it possible to be in love twice at the same time, cause im in love with Diesel and Farmer Max and his cowboy hat.

I love this story so much. It feels like a real life Disney movie. Wish we could see what the first interaction between Diesel and herd was like.

he's soooo cute😍, what a sweet story. He reminds of adorable Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.

That's amazing. It's so awesome to see the elk took him in.

Donkey said: “no one scares me off my family TWICE!”

that's awesome! Love that the owners let him be free! He did earn it!

God bless that 🐴

This is such a wonderful story.

There’s safety in numbers 🥰

Imagine the council of the Elk: "Donkey cannot be leader, he is not an Elk," said one. "But Donkey killed the fanged beast. Donkey is more Elk than any of us," said another. All Elk nod in approval. Donkey becomes leader of the herd.

Good on the former human owners to let Diesel live free. He's got a good life with the herd.

So we're just gonna ignore the fact of matured wild animals adopting another matured animal into their herd? Not to mention, one that is of a different species?!

@bjuganda7758

Ай бұрын

Coexistence is a thing and there is a mutual relationship between both the donkey and the elks. Donkey can watch and protect the herd while the elks provide company and places that have lots of food to eat for the donkey. It's my hunch but that's how I see it

@PepitoMegaChocolato

Ай бұрын

​@@bjuganda7758Yes it is not uncommon to see in nature different species having a relationship that mutually benefits everyone. The first example that comes to mind is sharks with pilot fish.

@aaa-sz9ul

Ай бұрын

Not to mention that the donkey might also be the alpha of the pack lmao.

He seems happy.

One of my favorite stories ever

Let him stay with his friends, Jacks on a side quest 😂

I don't know much about donkeys, and even less about elks. But just from looking at the two, side-by-side... I wouldn't be surprised if the elks saw the donkey as a solid, powerful protector.

Aww. I would still want to go see him so that he would like know that I missed him and didn’t forget about him.🥰

@janettamcgee8124

Ай бұрын

Me, too.

What a story!😮 If a Elk and a Donkey could breed, that would be one tough SOB!

Killed mountain lion, claimed harem. Diesel is a total chad. Long live the Donkey King!

I'm so happy they allow him to live free ❤

Donkeys make great livestock guards and alarms. If they see or smell something, they make so much noise. My neighbors donkey sounds like someone is being murdered when it goes into alarm mode.

It’s interesting how social animals have the ability to coexist or even be subservient to an individual from a different species. That donkey definitely earned the right to stay with his elk family. It makes you wonder how many other lost pets actually survived with wild animals. I know of a case where a pitbull lived with coyotes so the possibility is rather high.

*Time to make a call to Eddie Murphy "I am an ELK, don't call me an ass no more!"*

What a lucky herd of elk!

@elizabethvandecoevering6042

Ай бұрын

In deed to have a guardian protector.

Petition to protect Diesel's herd

"El Burro"!!!!!!😂❤❤❤❤❤

@alejandroguevara2212

Ай бұрын

Mule kick perk jingle ?

I love it! Diesel has a new family and he looks like they accept him

Nice fella 😍