February 23, 2007: Elephant polo rampage
 

http://cellar.org/2007/rampage.jpg

Three years ago, IotD pointed to Elephant polo in Sri Lanka. This year's polo did not go so well. In the middle of the match, the above elephant became enraged somehow, threw its riders, and ran off and decided to attack this van.

At the MSNBC story there is an amazing video of the event. Once the elephant decided to attack the van - which, it turns out, was the opposing team's van - it could not be dissuaded. Young spectators and trainers try to get it away from the van by peppering it with rocks and poking it with sticks. For some reason, this does not seem to calm the big bully. For a while it goes off and destroys some stands, but eventually it returns to the van, and head-butts it from all sides.

Eventually it pushed the whole thing over. Look at the power - all the elephant's feet are almost off the ground.

They used a tranquilizer gun to subdue the beast.

http://cellar.org/2007/elephantbasketball.jpg

Here's a better idea... a non-contact sport, just a performance for tourists in Thailand.

Thanks xoB for the first image, from WaPo Day in Pics.

1. I wonder if elephant is tasty?

2. Is the hoopster pachyderm actually using his tail to help balance?

that must of been one hellava tranquilizer to bring it down!:eek: Where can i get some!:D Gotta a few people I need to "subdue".

Edit: Get a little trigger happy Elspode?

I wonder if it was a "bad call" that so enraged the pachy. Or maybe someone threw a cup at his wife in the stands...

Typical elephant hooligan.

Maybe the van made fun of him because he still had HIS trunk.

What, exactly, was going through people's minds at this point?

"Quick! Save the van! Distract the enraged beast by pelting it so it will attack us, instead!"

haha, happy friday!

They shouldn't treat animals this way. It's disgusting. Elephants are intelligent, beautiful beings and they are NOT here for our amusement. Really. Pisses. Me. Off. :mad:

BTW, best part of the video is when the elephant picks up one of those long sticks those assholes have been poking him with and flings it at them. I wished he had swatted them all with his trunk.

my favorite part is when the elephant grabs the stick and whips it back at the men. that was cool.

UT! UT! LJ is copying me!

I agree!

You tell 'em, Bri.

So, Bri, why are they here? :stickpoke

1:38 it is very cool.

Because the Universe Loves Diversity!

Anyway, haven't you seen that Star Trek movie or read HitchHikers/Galaxy? Whales and dolphins are the true stewards of this planet :)

Fun Fact: Dolphins are the only animal, besides men and women, who engage in sex just for FUN! Isn't that cool?

WOW. great minds....

But people who engage in sex with dolphins are just sick.

and people that engage in sex with elephants are.......huge?

But he was lookin' really hot and we just..Oops! never mind.

Dolphins also engage in gang rape. :eyebrow:

Cool but not even remotely true, all animals engage in sex for fun, they aren't much for family planning.

But even in the sense you meant other animals engage in recreational sex, Japanese macaques are even bisexual.

:worried:

Ok, you guys have convinced me that dolphins suck.

happy now?

What about bonobos?

Lots of fish are hermaphroditic. I guess that makes them bisexual...in a way.

Dolphins are the smartest form of life on earth. Haven't any of you seen hitch hikers guide to the galaxy???

Its clear the elephant wanted to be 10B not 15C...

I'm confused about people quoting Hitchhikers Guide as saying dolphins are the smartest animal. The book makes it clear that dolphins are the second smartest animal, while mice are the smartest.

Forgive me. It's been the second toughest week of my life.

I wanna be a bonobo. I wonder if that would automatically make me the lead singer for BO?

The van is big, it's grey, and it was flirting with his girlfriend. What would you do?

Com'on! Don't you mean sharks?

Auto-bisexual: they can have sex with themselves. :D

no i think that would be auto-heterosexual. I mean if your a hermaphrodite, then you have the workings of both! You know it's Brianna's fault for turning this from a discussion about elephants to the sexual orientation of animals! :lol:

Oddly, I find it good news, they do. Let's go swimming. :blush:

Anyway, I didn't say dolphins were the smartest, I SAID they are the stewards of the planet.

I hate all of you.

there, I've been reduced to quoting myself.

And I heard the dolphins-having-sex-4-fun thing on the effing DISCOVERY channel. I'm gonna sue.

Right behind you,
I see the dolphins.
On you,
I see the glory.
From them,
I get opinions.
From you,
I get the true story.
:blush:

Sue? Why, it's true. :cool:

Got to hand it to the mistress, she just wanted it more.

Video to the picture
 

Here is a Video of the Elephant in the picture..

Video

Hi vincente, welcome to the Cellar. :D
It didn't take them long to get that on youtube.

These people are disgusting idiots... Poor pachyderm.. His pissed and their solution is to throw stones at him. Dipwads..

Welcome Vincente. Oh and thanks..

jinx, *I* heard you about the bonobos.

Bonobos do the missionary position one third of the time. They have made sex an integral part of their social interaction, like we wave or shake hands. The females use it to control the social structure of the group. Yada, yada, yada. I see no where, the claim they do it for fun, like dolphins and humans. :confused:

Humans do it for fun?! Where? Who?!

Not Scoutmasters. :p

Did you just call me a human?:eyebrow:

No, no, I'd never make such a heinous accusation. :headshake