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

 

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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

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)

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.

Maybe more hungry than wild ?