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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

ELEPHANTS' STRANGE ATTRACTION FOR CARS - Amorous elephants get close and personal with cars - Try to explain the damage to your insurer.

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  • Family were driving their car through Khao Yai National Park near Bangkok
  • Driver was forced to slow down after an elephant wandered into the road 
  • Creature then approached the car and rested its trunk on top of the bonnet
  • It then put its front legs on the vehicle, standing on it before jumping off 
  • Passengers were unharmed but car was dented and windscreen cracked 
  • Experts believe the elephant may have been stressed due to mating season

    • The silver car was making its way through the Khao Yai National Park, when an elephant approached the vehicle and tried to sit on it 
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    Earlier this month, an elephant also damaged three cars within the same national park, although vets are unsure if it was the same creature 


    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2907642/How-going-explain-insurance-company-Elephant-caught-camera-crushing-car-Thai-national-park-escaping-mating-season.html

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    A similar story from August 6, 2014 on this blog:

    ELEPHANT FALLS IN LOVE WITH A CAR
    While passengers are still inside
    The elephant was thought to have been on musth - a period of time in which its testosterone levels skyrocket

  • Massive bull elephant decided to get up close and personal with parked car
  • Occupants hung on for dear life as it burst the car's tires and broke chassis
  • It was during musth period, when elephants become extremely aggressive

    • This is the moment a bull elephant on musth - when its testosterone levels can reach 60 times greater than normal - decided to get closely acquainted with a parked hatchback.  The two terrified occupants of this VW Polo found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time as a giant elephant stooped down to rub itself against the vehicle's roof and bonnet.
     
    There were two people inside the car at the time the massive bull elephant started playing with itThe incredible images were taken by Armand Grobler, 21, a field guide and lodge manager, in Pilanesburg National Park in South Africa.
     
    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2717919/VERY-heavy-petting-Tourists-stuck-hatchback-elephant-gets-frisky-South-African-safari.html

     
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