Rimmer Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 115 year old Elephant escapes death at his Pattaya home PATTAYA: -- A 115 year old elephant and former movie star was rescued from certain death on Wednesday. Somlak is a male elephant and in his earlier years he starred in a number of Thai Movies. He now resides in Pattaya with his master Khun Tong-un aged 46 who has taken care of him for the last 20 years. On Wednesday Somlak fell in a muddy pool after being given a routine injection by a local vet and everyone feared the worst and assumed he would die. However they refused to give-up and called in a crane to assist Somlak to his feet. After 4 worrying hours, he rose to his feet and after a few minutes he appeared to have recovered from his fall. Full story HERE -- Pattaya One 2011-09-22 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 well this must be the oldest elephant in the world, and not recorded !!! They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years. source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant#cite_note-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yme Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 well this must be the oldest elephant in the world, and not recorded !!! They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years. source - http://en.wikipedia....ant#cite_note-6 Miracle Thailand, land of the oldest, the biggest, the best, the fastest, the most devout, Grand geometricians of the universe and general land of slappers (fully government endorsed for enlarging breasts). No doubt TAT will fire off a correction to those ill-informed farang editors at Wikipedia and have them correct their blatant error immediately, after all, there's bound to be a million or two tourists attracted to the kingdom each year to view the worlds oldest pachyderm that ever lived ... or is ever likely to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 No doubt TAT will fire off a correction to those ill-informed farang editors at Wikipedia and have them correct their blatant error immediately, after all, there's bound to be a million or two tourists attracted to the kingdom each year to view the worlds oldest pachyderm that ever lived ... or is ever likely to. TAT will most likely sue Wikipedia for lost revenue because of their "incorrect" information posted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timekeeper Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 THAILAND-oldest elephant hub........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf99 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 (edited) Mmmmm I thought you were not allowed to post "rumours" and conjecture on Thai Visa.....115 eh ? staggering B S or should it be E S Edited September 23, 2011 by lonewolf99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulchiangmai Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Wasn't there an elephant in Chiang Mai zoo that reached about 95 years of age and only passed on a couple or so years ago? Incidentally if I ever hear the word "hub" mentioned on TV again I will scream. Surely this 'hub ' word is now wearing thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandgroper1066 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Ah, LOS = Land Of Smiles,now we can also have LOL = Land Of Longevity. I hope this longevity also applies to us Humans and not just elephants Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Wasn't there an elephant in Chiang Mai zoo that reached about 95 years of age and only passed on a couple or so years ago? Incidentally if I ever hear the word "hub" mentioned on TV again I will scream. Surely this 'hub ' word is now wearing thin. Hubba Hubba... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulchiangmai Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Wasn't there an elephant in Chiang Mai zoo that reached about 95 years of age and only passed on a couple or so years ago? Incidentally if I ever hear the word "hub" mentioned on TV again I will scream. Surely this 'hub ' word is now wearing thin. Hubba Hubba... I didn't know if you were having a shot at me or what, I googled it and I see you agree with me. We can't both be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aikido Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Honestly you lot are so cynicle Thailand = Land of contradiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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