Watch: Wildlife Safari Turns Into A Nightmare After Angry Elephant Charges At Tourists
A wildlife safari in South Africa turned into a nightmare for some tourists after an angry elephant stormed their jeep The video of the horrifying incident was uploaded on YouTube and didn&rsquot take much time to go viral on social media. A post of the nail-biting video which garnered over 72 million views shows a vehicle filled with Australian tourists reversing at really high speed to escape the irritated elephant.
A wildlife safari in South Africa turned into a nightmare for some tourists, after an angry elephant stormed their jeep. The video of the horrifying incident was uploaded on YouTube and didn¡¯t take much time to go viral on social media.
A post of the nail-biting video which garnered over 7.2 million views, shows a vehicle filled with Australian tourists reversing at really high speed to escape the irritated elephant. Some tourists are also seen holding their phones and recording the incident.
The elephant rams the front of the vehicle and makes trumpeting noises while flapping its ears during the attack.
Watch the terrifying video here:
Me: Africa isn't that crazy, we're just like any other place in the world...
¡ª ?? Bumfluffski ?? (@Bumfluffski) July 13, 2019
Africa: pic.twitter.com/rIFaqBdtBh
While the video looks scary, people on social media managed to crack some jokes at the expense of the people in the vehicle.
1.
Why are your insurance premiums so high in South Africa?
¡ª ?? Bumfluffski ?? (@Bumfluffski) July 20, 2019
South Africa: pic.twitter.com/1hYUGWUhOv
2.
Results of poachers taking their tusks. It's on sight with any white person ???
¡ª *Diplomatic Immunity* .....9th Ward Diplomat (@EasyMoney__9) July 15, 2019
3.
Why do they look so calm
¡ª Briggs (@ghost75142) July 15, 2019
4.
*being chased by an elephant*
¡ª Meghan Wolfe (@MPAWssible) July 13, 2019
Ooh, let's get a video!
5.
To the elephant: good girl! Good good girl! You did amazing! High five honey! Aww such a sweet girl. You're best in the world.
¡ª CantThinkOfOne (@ILuhsHappoIDo) July 15, 2019
To the people in the van: pic.twitter.com/i1mJnR5vul
6.
I need the rest of this video
¡ª Ms. Jay (@jaysharah) July 15, 2019
The average African elephant will grow to between 2.5 to 4 meters from shoulder to toe and weigh between 2268 kg to 6350 kg, according to the National Geographic. Elephants also hold their ears out to the side during an attack to try and appear bigger and intimidate the opponent.
Not so long ago, something similar happened in Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary in Wayanad, Kerala, and the video of the same went viral earlier this month. The video showed a pair of motorcyclists who took a forest road near Kerala-Karnataka border, had a close brush with death after a tiger emerged from the woods and sprinted after them.
Youtube - screengrab
The two bikers took the precarious forest road at Muthanga forest range which is close to the Bandipur forest. The Bandipur forest connects Karnataka to Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The road is also very close to Nagarhole National Park.
More recently, a mother pachyderm avenged the death of its little one by uprooting a transformer pole at an agriculture land in Tamil Nadu's Chittoor district. According to a report in The Hindu, the incident took place in a field of Gobbilla Kotur village adjoining the Koundinya wildlife sanctuary, in the wee hours of Sunday. The report states that the mother and calf strayed into the area inhabited by humans and that's where they encountered the fateful live wire.
The calf died instantly after being electrocuted. The mother elephant, with all her might, tried to lift her baby¡¯s carcass off the ground, but to no avail. By then, curious villagers and forest officials had thronged the site which forced the pachyderm to disappear into the forest, leaving her dead calf all alone.
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By Sunday evening, The Hindu reports states that, the forest range officials took the elephant calf¡¯s body for post-mortem and buried it with a traditional puja.
