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| Zoo worker trampled by elephant in Malaysia |
| 2007-02-28 |
| (Xinhua) -- A zoo worker was injured Tuesday when he was trampled by a male elephant in northern Malaysia. Whoa! That hadda hurt! Mohd Hashim Ishak, 40, from the Taiping zoo in Perak state, was then sent to a local hospital to seek medical treatment for suspected fractures and internal injuries, local media reported. "And what brings you to the emergency room, Mr. Ishak?" "I've been trampled by an elephant." Speaking from his hospital bed, Mohd Hashim said he was cleaning a den where the 17-year-old elephant was kept Tuesday morning when the animal attacked him from behind. "Yeah. There wuz no warning! He snuck up on me!" "One of the elephant's tusks hit the side of my chest and the next moment I was pinned down by his foot," he was quoted as saying by local newspaper The Star on its website. Some of his colleagues who saw the incident rushed into the den and pulled him out to safety. "Mahmoud! Come quick! Moe's been trampled by an elephant!" Meanwhile, Taiping zoo director Kevin Lazarus told reporters the elephant was experiencing a "musth", in which condition an elephant turns aggressive. The period of musth may last from a few days to several months for different elephants, added the Kevin. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 :-) DB |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-02-28 08:59 |
| #3 First elephant, "What's this stuck between my toes?" Second elephant, " Slow Zookeepers." |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-02-28 08:04 |
| #2 Elephants, why do they hate zoo workers? |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2007-02-28 07:40 |
| #1 That was a method of execution in the old days in Asia- chain the miscreant to an elephant's foot. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2007-02-28 00:08 |