Richdog Posted September 29, 2005 #1 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I have just been watching a program on TV that was talking about a fascinating and to be quite frank frightening development in the world of elephants. In Northern India India elephants are forming groups and actively seeking out and attacking/killing people, raiding villages and causing as much chaos as they can. Now one would presume quite rightly that they are hungry and in search of food... but this is actually rarely the case. Bull elephants are going into villages mostly at night and ignoring the food to find sleeping people and trample them or beat them to death. They are hunting humans. The experts said that basically elephants are sick of having territory taken from them, being forced out of habitat, treated cruelly etc and are basically saying "we've had enough enough of this, time to fight back". While this may be a bit hard to accept for some, it is apparently very true. Because elephants are so intelligent and have such long and clear memories they have built up an intense hatred of humankind during the last couple of generations, as they have watched large areas of habitat deforested. Elephants also are subject to huge testosterone surges, which makes them quite literally go completely crazy... beyond rage... in groups this is quite literally a massive force of destruction... villages are decimated. Northern India is not an isolated case though... wild elephant populations around the world are starting to exhibit similar behaviour... devestating private farms and attacking field workers on sight. You have to admit... elephants actively going out and killing humans not only for reasons of hunger... but for pre-meditated, calculated strikes... is pretty scary. Googled some pages... http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=na...cking+villagers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeProphet Posted September 29, 2005 #2 Share Posted September 29, 2005 (edited) I want a pet killer elephant Edit: screw that, I want a whole army. Edited September 29, 2005 by Snake_6024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare and Unusual Human Creature Posted September 29, 2005 #3 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Good for them. I hope they win the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Posted September 29, 2005 #4 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I saw this today but couldn't find an article to post. I agree, I hope they win. As long as they spare the good of humanity, anyway. Strangely reminiscent of a sci-fi film I once saw. Is it possible other animal's could do the same? I don't mean form an alliance with the elephants or anything () but just start attacking the 'threat' (humans)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandore Posted September 29, 2005 #5 Share Posted September 29, 2005 (The movie "The Birds" comes to mind. ) Lets hope this is not a trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novo Posted September 29, 2005 #6 Share Posted September 29, 2005 0.O Perhaps we vegetarians werent doing an adequate job of speaking for our so called "voiceless" friends? I must admit, This is a Damned if you do Damned if you dont situation. I cant simply say to kill the elephants (as I would if a wild animal did attack me, Thats simply nature) Because there simply trying to take back what was theres for millenia before we decided we wanted it.. Either way a frightening development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Posted September 29, 2005 #7 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Can you blame them though? Essentially they are taking back what's theirs. It us (humans) that stole it in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticusBlueprint Posted September 29, 2005 #8 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Well good for them.... So how long till Elephants are wiped off the planet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaginCajun Posted September 29, 2005 #9 Share Posted September 29, 2005 i read a book on a killer elephant. let me see the book is call....hmmm can't recall...but it took place in india...i feel sad for the elephants after reading this book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose_ashes Posted September 29, 2005 #10 Share Posted September 29, 2005 well, serves them right. props to the elephants. they're so cute with their trunks and ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted September 29, 2005 #11 Share Posted September 29, 2005 That's interesting, I wonder if dolphins will ever do the same Nothing to fear of course, if it got too severe and we went to war with the elephants, we would win in just a couple of weeks...We're just too good at making speicies extinct for us to lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted September 29, 2005 #12 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Poor elephants, I hope people remember they are endangered and don't try and kill them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted September 29, 2005 #13 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Poor elephants? Poor elephants?!?! Poor us! They killed dozens of people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted September 29, 2005 #14 Share Posted September 29, 2005 And? We've been killing them for thousands of years so we can hardly complain if they feel its time to fight back. Unlike them, humans are not endangered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_kenshin Posted September 30, 2005 #15 Share Posted September 30, 2005 (edited) Poor elephants? Poor elephants?!?! Poor us! They killed dozens of people! yes, they've killed dozens yet including mammoths were've killed millions, i think the numbers speak for themselves i have no pity for the africans/indians/others, its their own fault for hunting elephants for ivory even knowing their endangered Edited September 30, 2005 by evil_kenshin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted September 30, 2005 #16 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hurray! This pleases me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadal Posted September 30, 2005 #17 Share Posted September 30, 2005 yes, they've killed dozens yet including mammoths were've killed millions, i think the numbers speak for themselves i have no pity for the africans/indians/others, its their own fault for hunting elephants for ivory even knowing their endangered Wow, I can't believe you said that! I can understand you meaning potures looking for trohpies...but most of these races hunted elephants for food and survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted September 30, 2005 #18 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Even if you are hunting it for food, thats no excuse for hunting an endangered animal. As an endangered animal it has the right to be left alone And don't kid yourself, elephants are killed for their tusks not food. Rangers find dead elephants which are completely untouched barring for the tusks all the time. There are far easier animals to kill that elephants. We're talking about India here, they have massive amounts of poverty, but they aren't cave people, they don't hunt elephants because they need the bones to make shelter like they may have done a few thousand years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted September 30, 2005 #19 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I dunno where you get your info... but it's been centuries since elephants have been hunted for food and shelter. They've been hunted for their tusks *ONLY* for people who want ivory things. Like with the Rhinos. *basicaly agreeing with Talon* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennRose Posted September 30, 2005 #20 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Yeah, maybe the elephants are ripping out some molars on their way through as pay back. I don't blame animals for turning against humans. The ones we don't kill off, we enslave. Look at the poor elephants in circuses. I would be trampling my way to freedom or death, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koume Posted September 30, 2005 #21 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Wtf?! You people are putting elephants before human beings?! You people are SICK! ****, those elephants need to be shot. >/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted September 30, 2005 #22 Share Posted September 30, 2005 (edited) And that kinda additude is one huge reason why I dislike humans so. And am happy the Elephants are rising up against 'em. Edited September 30, 2005 by SilverCougar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted September 30, 2005 #23 Share Posted September 30, 2005 and that kinda additude is one huge reason why I dislike humans so and am happy the Elephants are rising up against 'rm.[/quote[ I know, it's this attitude that humans are somehow above all other species thats the reason so many species are on the verge of extinction in the first place. Humans are so selfish, we breed like locusts, need more room to live, so what do we do? We point at the nearest wood, bulldoze it down and make houses, without a single regard for the animals and plants living there. We're a plague, and our population needs to be drastically lowered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennRose Posted September 30, 2005 #24 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Yup ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AztecInca Posted September 30, 2005 #25 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I agree with Talon! We only have ourselves to blame for this and I just hope the Elephants actually get to kill some poachers in their "war"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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