webfact Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Wild elephant herd causes damage at Rayong orchards By The Nation RAYONG: -- A herd of 20 wild elephants intruded into oil palm plantations and fruit orchards covering 100 rai (16 hectares) of land in Rayong’s Khao Chamao district early on Sunday morning. Upon hearing farmers’ complaints, Khao Chamao-Khao Wong National Park head Sampan Pholpho and officials inspected the damage at a 40-rai fruit orchard in Tambon Khao Noi belonging to villager Ampai Sikhao, 56. She told officials that the elephant herd entered the orchard at around 1am or 2am on Sunday and there were elephant footprints all over her property. At another 30-rai oil palm plantation in Tambon Khao Cha Khor, owner Nopporn Panathisak said elephants had pulled out many two-metre-tall palm trees. Sampan said officials would look for the herd and try to push them further into the forest. He also said he would ask related agencies to provide aid and compensation to the farm owners. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30317799 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-06-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 African elephants are afraid of bees, especially the aggressive African honey bees. These bees' stings can be extremely painful even for the thick-skinned elephants, especially inside their trunk or around their eyes. In 2002, researchers found that African elephants stay away from acacia trees with beehives. Later studies showed that not only do the elephants run away from the sound of buzzing bees, they also emit low-frequency alarm calls to alert family members about the possible threat. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141204-five-ways-to-scare-off-elephants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobobo Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 So what's your point? That Thais import African bees, or that they send their elephants to Africa on a re-training course? (Just joking, it's Monday morning blues) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 3 hours ago, hobobo said: So what's your point? That Thais import African bees, or that they send their elephants to Africa on a re-training course? (Just joking, it's Monday morning blues) Maybe the elephants are just reclaiming what used to be forest and now covered in palm oil plantations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky mike Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Maybe more hungry than wild ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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