Park expert gives advice to avoid wild elephant attack



BANGKOK: -- A wildlife veterinarian has issued advice for motorists driving through Khao Yai national park to follow in case of sudden encounter with wild elephants.

The advice came as a wild bull elephant attacked a passing vehicle on the park Saturday, causing damages to the car.

Fortunately four persons inside were not harmed.

The elephant attack came just less than two weeks when a wild elephant attacked a pickup truck on January driving through the Khao Yai park after its driver blowing horn at the beast. Nobody was injured.

Wildlife veterinarian Pattarapol Manee-on gave five advice on how to avoid elephant charge, and how to stay safe if it charges.

1. Pause your vehicle at least 30 metres apart if spotting a wild elephant crossing the road. If the wild elephant walks closer, shift your car in reverse gear, maintain your composure and drive off slowly. Wait patiently until the beast walks off the road and start to drive pass.

2. Don’t blow the horn or make any noise to disturb the elephant as the noise could enrage and stimulate it to charge at as its ears are sensitive to the horn tweeters.

3. Don’t photograph the beast with flash on as it could frighten and turn it to charge, or arose its interest to come closer to explore.

4. Always keep the car engine on so as to turn back in time if the elephant walks closer. The bass noise of the engine will not disturb or frighten it as it is familiar with such noise from vehicles and it is not interested in it.

5. In case of driving at night and encountering elephant, always keep the headlights on and try to observe its signs and keep a distance from it. Don’t flash the lights as this could draw its attention and walk up to the vehicle.

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/park-expert-gives-advice-avoid-wild-elephant-attack

-- Thai PBS 2015-01-12

And most important, if a big male elephant smiles or winks at you, run like hell !

And don't dress as a giant peanut or banana

He does not like Mercedes ,driver to Elephant do you

know who i am?

regards Worgeordie

Don't drive a car painted the same color as an elephant's skin, you dumb s...!!! Horny elephants in heat are like horny drunken tourists. If it remotely resembles its own species (Drunken humans don't realize their misperceptions until the next morning and see who they woke up with) they are going to try and screw it. Elephants are big mothers, and what is misconstrued as an attack is really their way of cuddling. Similar to the intimacy after a session of lovemaking in prison when Tiny takes a bride.

Horny elephant defeats Toyota Vios in stomping competition
By Coconuts Bangkok



KHAO YAI: -- A bull elephant stressed out because he can’t get laid took his frustrations out on the vexing vehicles swarming his domain Saturday.

After charging one vehicle which managed to escape, the elephant, believed to be about 8, stopped a Toyota Vios carrying four passengers through Khao Yai National Park and proceeded to mount the vehicle’s hood, flattening its front end. No one was hurt in the incident.

"It's in heat," Veterinarian Patarapol Maneeorn explained in The Nation. When male elephants reach the age they start feeling the need to breed, they are forced out of their herds.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/01/12/horny-elephant-defeats-toyota-vios-stomping-competition


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-01-12

How about just don't >deleted< go there?

And don't dress as a giant peanut or banana

But do keep a mouse suit in the car ,thatll do the trick

was there an earthquake..........the camera was shaking that much

Here's advice - keep away.

Now, where's my fee?

And of course certain woman who are overweight should not turn their backs on the Elephant . There can be mistaken identity made ( by the elephant)

And most important, if a big male elephant smiles or winks at you, run like hell !

Carry lots of bananas and sugar cane bundles with you. Peace offering.

Best advice would be to avoid visiting Khao Yai national park. No?

And most important, if a big male elephant smiles or winks at you, run like hell !

Carry lots of bananas and sugar cane bundles with you. Peace offering.

One of these per passenger wouldn't go amiss either; especially if it tests your airbag as per the above clip:

I did not know Thai automobiles had "trunks" in the front...

Try explaining that damage to the insurance man honest it was a horny elephant and he shagged my new Merc .

humping a car might appear to represent an upgrade to what some expats may be humping

Don't talk too loudly how much nice his tusks, and you just bought new balls to your pool table ...

Why couldn't the video taker keep the damn camera still?

Horny elephants just LOVE retarded car drivers using the horn (from where the word derived from)

Don't talk too loudly how much nice his tusks, and you just bought new balls to your pool table ...

This is a lot of balls....:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiard_ball

How do you stop a pit bull from humping your leg?? Give him a BJ

Not sure if that will work in this case however

I hope this advice was, or will be printed on the ticket in future

Don't expose your trunk.

Thais could easily adapt this advice when dealing with horny drunk farangs:

1. Pause your vehicle at least 30 meters apart if spotting a horny drunk farang crossing the road. If the horny drunk farang walks closer, shift your car in reverse gear, maintain your composure and drive off slowly. Wait patiently until the farang beast walks off the road and start to drive pass.

2. Don’t blow the horn or make any noise to disturb the horny drunk farang as the noise could enrage and stimulate it to charge at as its ears are sensitive to the horn tweeters.

3. Don’t photograph the farang beast with flash on as it could frighten and turn it to charge, or arouse its interest to come closer to explore.

4. Always keep the car engine on so as to turn back in time if the horny drunk farang walks closer. The bass noise of the engine will not disturb or frighten it as it is familiar with such noise from vehicles and it is not interested in it.

5. In case of driving at night and encountering horny drunk farang, always keep the headlights on and try to observe its signs and keep a distance from it. Don’t flash the lights as this could draw its attention and walk up to the vehicle.

Hope this helps!

And don't dress as a giant peanut or banana

or a rabbit

Love to see those brave plicks on the loud motorbikes roaring through there now.....

and dont pain hoi at the hood.

Why couldn't the video taker keep the damn camera still?

And hold the camera correctly while he's at it.

I have this thing against VERTICAL videos...

It's like looking through a slit...

Why couldn't the video taker keep the damn camera still?

And hold the camera correctly while he's at it.

I have this thing against VERTICAL videos...

It's like looking through a slit...

It's very difficult to hold a camera still when you are trying to control your bowels, when hoping that Dumbo doesn't take a fancy to your nice new car!