Stricknn Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Somebody needs to teach elephants the dangers of alcohol! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21432722/?GT1=10450 GAUHATI, India - Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India's remote northeast, a wildlife official said Tuesday. Nearly 40 elephants came to a village on Friday looking for food. Some found beer, which farmers ferment and keep in plastic and tin drums in their huts, said Sunil Kumar, a state wildlife official. They got drunk, uprooted a utility pole carrying power lines and were electrocuted in Chandan Nukat, a village nearly 150 miles west of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya state, Kumar said. "There would have been more casualties had the villagers not chased them away," said Dipu Mark, a local conservationist. The elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities in India's northeast. Four wild elephants died in similar circumstances in the region three years ago. India's northeast accounts for the world's largest concentration of wild Asiatic elephants with the states of Assam and Meghalaya alone estimated to have 7,000 of them. "It's great to have such a huge number of elephants, but the increasing man-elephant conflict following the shrinkage in their habitat due to the growing human population is giving us nightmares," said Pradyut Bordoloi, a former forest and environment minister for Assam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeInJc aka M.I.A. Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Could quite possibly be the thread of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sounds like a good name for a band: Drunken Elephant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I live in India right now (no where near there), and I am planning on going to the NE in a few weeks for some backpacking. Can't wait to ride some drunk, wild elephants. What a weird story, amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I live in India right now (no where near there), and I am planning on going to the NE in a few weeks for some backpacking. Can't wait to ride some drunk, wild elephants. What a weird story, amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 They just have a wide stance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 They just have a wide stance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMURedskins Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Lightweights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMURedskins Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Lightweights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Lightweights Don't pretend you and your buddies haven't got drunk and tried to uproot utility poles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Lightweights Don't pretend you and your buddies haven't got drunk and tried to uproot utility poles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_cavalierman Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 If you want to see lots of drunk Animals just go to Africa and watch the animals eat Amarula fruit that drops on the ground. As the temps heat up the amarula fruit starts to ferment in the stomachs of the animals thus giving you drunk Monkeys, Giraffes, Elephants, Birds, Lions and others. Nothing like assorted drunk animals all staggering around under one tree. True comedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_cavalierman Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 If you want to see lots of drunk Animals just go to Africa and watch the animals eat Amarula fruit that drops on the ground. As the temps heat up the amarula fruit starts to ferment in the stomachs of the animals thus giving you drunk Monkeys, Giraffes, Elephants, Birds, Lions and others. Nothing like assorted drunk animals all staggering around under one tree. True comedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMURedskins Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Don't pretend you and your buddies haven't got drunk and tried to uproot utility poles. Where do you think the elephants got the idea? They just didn't factor in size when they saw us doing it. Stupid elephants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMURedskins Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Don't pretend you and your buddies haven't got drunk and tried to uproot utility poles. Where do you think the elephants got the idea? They just didn't factor in size when they saw us doing it. Stupid elephants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sounds like a good name for a band: Drunken Elephant Becareful of copyright infringement. This is a Belgium beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sounds like a good name for a band: Drunken Elephant Becareful of copyright infringement. This is a Belgium beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Seriously, are elephants not the most awesome animals or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Seriously, are elephants not the most awesome animals or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINS@THEGOALLINE Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Seriously, are elephants not the most awesome animals or what? The only animal with four knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINS@THEGOALLINE Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Seriously, are elephants not the most awesome animals or what? The only animal with four knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Becareful of copyright infringement. This is a Belgium beer. Indeed I'm surprised Delirium Tremens hasn't been sued by Disney about their pink elephant. Pink elephants! Pink elephants! Pink elephants on parade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Becareful of copyright infringement. This is a Belgium beer. Indeed I'm surprised Delirium Tremens hasn't been sued by Disney about their pink elephant. Pink elephants! Pink elephants! Pink elephants on parade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Weirdo Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Man that must be some potent ****. Elephants are huge. Did they drink every drum of it? God damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Weirdo Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Man that must be some potent ****. Elephants are huge. Did they drink every drum of it? God damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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