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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Elephants crush man to death
2010-07-31
[Straits Times] WILD elephants trampled an Indonesian farmer on death on Friday, an official said.

A herd of elephants crushed the 30-year-old man as he worked in his field in Alue Keujereun village, Aceh province, district chief Mohammed Hasbi said.

'A herd of eight elephants appeared out of the blue. He panicked and tried to flee with his friend but he fell and one of the elephants crushed him,' he said.

Human-animal conflicts are a rising problem as people encroach on wildlife habitats in Indonesia, an archipelago with some of the world's largest remaining tropical forests.

There are up to 3,350 Sumatran elephants remaining in the wild, according to the environmental group WWF.
Posted by:Fred

#6  You would need more than a Giant Turkey-baster for the O'Donnel job.
Posted by: Charles   2010-07-31 19:40  

#5  kinda sounds like the conception of Rosie O'Donnell's Lesb-love child
Posted by: Frank G   2010-07-31 18:32  

#4  Too much information....TMI, Moose........
/heh
Posted by: Alaska Paul in Colorado   2010-07-31 18:26  

#3  In Europe for many years, breeding elephants the natural way was regarded as one of the most dangerous jobs around. A male elephant in rut was oblivious to its handlers. Many people died or were seriously injured.

The technique for artificial insemination is still very dangerous.

Step one involves a large, metal, torpedo-looking object that gives off a high voltage electrical charge.

Step two involves a large, clean, plastic bucket. This is the most dangerous job.

Step three, the actual insemination, is relatively easy. Just imagine an enormous turkey baster that uses compressed air instead of a big rubber ball.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-07-31 11:28  

#2  Elephants: why do they hate us...?

Oh, nevermind.
Posted by: Free Radical   2010-07-31 07:40  

#1  Babe-chasing Militant Squirrels on TV, Whale-versus-Sailboat, Bear-versus-Car, Gators + now Elephants, etc. > THE ISLAMIST GLOBAL JIHAD MUST BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE THINK???

D *** NG IT, WOMAN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET FUTURE OWG SUPERMODEL PAULA ABDUL GET AWAY WID DESTROYING THE BACKYARD VEGGIES!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-07-31 01:41  

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