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Drunken elephants get themselves killed
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:10pm
by Psycho Smiley
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Drunken elephants die in accident
By Subir Bhaumik
BBC correspondent in Calcutta
Elephants have been raiding villages in search of beer
Four wild elephants drunk on rice beer have been electrocuted in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya, wildlife officials report.
The elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities across north-east India.
But this is the first time some of them have died after consuming the drink.
A herd of about 20 to 25 elephants went on the rampage in a remote area in the West Garo Hills district earlier this week after getting high on the beer.
As panicky villagers fled for cover, leaving behind their freshly brewed beverage, the elephants drank to their heart's content.
The inebriated elephants then struck an electric pole and brought it down.
But their trunks took the brunt of the shock from the high-tension wire.
Four of the elephants were killed instantly.
Assam's elephant expert Kushal Konwar Sharma, a lecturer, said these elephants frequently consume rice beer and cause devastation when they become intoxicated.
Wildlife officials say in the last two years elephants have killed at least 180 people in Assam and Meghalaya.
And more than 200 elephants have been killed by angry villagers during the last six years in the two states, in what is developing into a fierce conflict between man and beast.
I feel bad for the elephants, but this struck me as hilarious.
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:14pm
by neoolong
Wow. Elephants are bad drunks.
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:16pm
by Gandalf
Wow. They should do shots of something.
An elephant sized shot...
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:18pm
by justifier
Thats HI-LARIOUS!
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:24pm
by General Zod
now that is some funny shit. though yeah, kinda feel sorry for the animals involved.
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:35pm
by Montcalm
neoolong wrote:Wow. Elephants are bad drunks.
Yeah just like humans,when drunk every living creature act stupid.
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:35pm
by SyntaxVorlon
Poor oliphonts.
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:38pm
by neoolong
Yeah, but you don't hear of four people taking down a pole and getting shocked to death.
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:44pm
by Montcalm
neoolong wrote:Yeah, but you don't hear of four people taking down a pole and getting shocked to death.
No but they sometime while driving drunk decimate an entire family.
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:46pm
by aphexmonster
a bunch of cute dumbos ^_^ ( that know fatalities )
Posted: 2004-01-29 08:56pm
by neoolong
Montcalm wrote:neoolong wrote:Yeah, but you don't hear of four people taking down a pole and getting shocked to death.
No but they sometime while driving drunk decimate an entire family.
People are worse drunks. They at least should know better.
Posted: 2004-01-29 09:06pm
by Montcalm
neoolong wrote:Montcalm wrote:neoolong wrote:Yeah, but you don't hear of four people taking down a pole and getting shocked to death.
No but they sometime while driving drunk decimate an entire family.
People are worse drunks. They at least should know better.
Yes but they still think they can drive a car.
Posted: 2004-01-29 09:46pm
by neoolong
That's my point. People should know better.
Posted: 2004-01-29 11:09pm
by Rye
That is funny, i mean i had this mental image of them acting like a load of teenagers when raiding villages for the stuff, but it's mean that they died, and didn't wake up in the morning with vomit on their elephant pillows next to a wooly mammoth that looked nice the night before.
Posted: 2004-01-30 12:55pm
by The Aliens
This forces us to ask when will the Federal Government pass legislation on legal levels of intoxication for elephants?
Posted: 2004-01-30 12:59pm
by BlkbrryTheGreat
Humans can get drunk, get in a car and kill someone. When an elephant gets drunk its the equivelent of a drunk truck.
Posted: 2004-01-30 05:14pm
by Xenophobe3691
I just wanna see an elephant take shots, that's gotta be hilarious...
Posted: 2004-01-30 05:44pm
by General Zod
one thing i'm curious about that i didn't see in the article. how did the elephants get drunk in the first place.
Posted: 2004-01-30 11:44pm
by Xenophobe3691
Darth_Zod wrote:one thing i'm curious about that i didn't see in the article. how did the elephants get drunk in the first place.
A herd of about 20 to 25 elephants went on the rampage in a remote area in the West Garo Hills district earlier this week after getting high on the beer.
As panicky villagers fled for cover, leaving behind their freshly brewed beverage, the elephants drank to their heart's content.
The inebriated elephants then struck an electric pole and brought it down.
Posted: 2004-01-31 03:57am
by jenat-lai
What can I say... only one forumer is likley to get this though... but i'll do it anyway:
Posted: 2004-01-31 10:13am
by Sarevok
SyntaxVorlon wrote:Poor oliphonts.
Is not there a tank called the Olifant ?