what to do confronted by wild elephant on road

[godden]

I'm shocked you need to ask.

[Tonto21]

I always carry a little bit of cheese, (for just such emergencies) It's a little known fact Efi Lumps love the cheese, 'blue cheese' is the best.

Hold it out in the palm of your hand, while he/she is chowing down on this savory snack, tickle him/her behind the ear..... They love it!

WARNING......... When you head home, keep checking they are not following, once they know where you live it can be a <deleted> to get rid of them.

[Tonto21]

imagine if fox news had story elephant came out of spaceship with muslim riding it on white house lawn or uk 3rd page

elephant with pink panties and no bra tony blair trying to do trunk line call

'opaired'........... More 'impaired' Ha ha.... are you smoking man?

[pieeyed]

Rule number 1. Do not honk your horn if in a vehicle or on a motorcycle. They take that as a challenge. Seen a 1/2 ton truck do that in Khao Yai park at some elephants that were at a salt lick. Thought the guy might need a new truck after the young male got finished.

[ableguy]

been surrounded by an entire herd in Africa once.best to shut up and wait they will move on

I know what you mean. They got me on a dance floor in Florida. I stood completely still; not moving a muscle and they thought I was a lamp post and moved on with the moonlight reflecting off their blue hair.

Stay out of the granny bars in Florida, I had blue hair dye on my stomach for weeks.

[masuk]

Do as i did in Tanzaniam reverse as fast as you can, or turn your bike aroung and use your throttle with enthusiasm.

In other words, what steps does one take when confronted by a wild beastie?

B....y big ones - backwards!!

[gpdjohn]

if you are some distance away, ease slowly backward, shut your engine off and back off as far as you can get.

If they are close to you, shut your engine off, park your bike and remain still.

Quiet is the key.

I live just outside the entrance to Khao Yai, on the Prachinburi side.. see them all the time cruisin on my Vespa up in the hills & once my uncle honked his horn at one of 'em and sure as shit, here it comes..half jog and almost flipped his Helix over. Scary as hell!

The one that really freaked me out was the baboon that wouldn't get out of the roadway and just kept givin' me the stink eye & showing his teeth. I turned around and went the other way...

[EnglishJohn]

And get a lovely wink off one of them.

typo ?.

[Spaniel]

Here are a couple elephants on the road in Khao Yai

[Broeno]

You take off your trouser and hope the elephant recognize you by your trunk as baby elephant.

When i tried this, the elephant was lauching himself to dead.

[opalred]

i was waiting around. they say if you can find coffee beans in the elephant poo it makes the best coffee in the world

[elgordo38]

Great selfie opportunity

[ToddinChonburi]

Tell the girl to get off and bring the nice Elephant the bag of peanuts, then ride like hell and never look back. If and I mean if the girl shows up at home in a few weeks then no harm done.

[Liquorice]

kannot, on 22 Nov 2014 - 00:00, said:

Keep still, dont alarm it ,reverse away slowly. if you can.

A lucky sight anyway, have often see the huge holes left thru roadside jungle and elephant poop up near me.

Worse thing you can do is move away, it will charge.

Stand your ground, be quite.

If it does charge, stand your ground, shout and wave your arms.

If that fails...............you'll never have to worry about it again.

[robertson468]

I just love all the write-ups on this topic. Funny, light hearted, some a little off the wall, well done Peeps, kept me smiling for a while and looking forward to the next response. Pity all the reponses on the various topics can't be a little more light hearted, I know, I know, some of the topics are serious, but hey what is there in a day if not some fun. Thanks to you all.

[Suradit69]

Everyone knows they're scared senseless by mice, so always carry one in your pocket for protection. If you have deep pockets and a good sized mouse, it could even garner you some interest from myopic ladies.

[Suradit69]

i was waiting around. they say if you can find coffee beans in the elephant poo it makes the best coffee in the world

Yes, gives a whole new dimension to wake up and smell the coffee.

But apparently the most expensive coffee from poop comes from civets.

Scientists can now tell whether the world’s most expensive coffee, which is picked from the poo of a weasel-like creature called the Asian palm civet, is the genuine article or not.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10259984/Test-to-prove-the-worlds-most-expensive-coffee-really-has-come-from-civet-poo.html

[opalred]

when some of the old farts hear can get upto 50$ a cup for coffee from poo. there will be a rush on poo potty chairs trying to produce there own brand for market

[Gentmartin]

Are you sure it was wild ? You should have held out 20B to see if it took it and gave you a bundle of sugar cane in return...which of course you then give it back.......Incredible business model.....elephants are the Richard Bransons of the animal kingdom :-)

[WarpSpeed]

i was waiting around. they say if you can find coffee beans in the elephant poo it makes the best coffee in the world

Ermm, that's Civet cats...

[WarpSpeed]

I just love all the write-ups on this topic. Funny, light hearted, some a little off the wall, well done Peeps, kept me smiling for a while and looking forward to the next response. Pity all the reponses on the various topics can't be a little more light hearted, I know, I know, some of the topics are serious, but hey what is there in a day if not some fun. Thanks to you all.

Well most here are also off topic to a serious question and that is seldom allowed either.

[Lancashirelad]

Guess it was trunk road you were on?

[Ace of Pop]

Guess it was trunk road you were on?

Road to Mandalay no less.

[Robby nz]

Guess it was trunk road you were on?

Road to Mandalay no less.

Na that's Pattaya beach Rd where the ladies and lady boys are always looking for a man da lay.

[Ace of Pop]

Tusk Tusk, that was a truncated funny..