Posted on 02/01/2021 12:14:56 AM PST by nickcarraway
The genteel surroundings of a Chantaburi golf course were shattered by the thunder of mortal combat between two giants early on Friday.
Local police and officials from Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary were alerted of wild elephants fighting at the Chatrium Golf Resort in Pong Nam Ron district of the eastern province in the early hours of the morning.
Rushing to the scene, they found the body of male juvenile tusker, aged around 6-7 years and weighing over 1 tonne, lying in a dry ditch on the golf course. The animal had suffered deeps cuts and stabbing wounds and was bleeding profusely.
A security guard for the golf course told officials that he heard the sound of two elephants fighting at around 2am on Friday. He went to investigate and found the juvenile fighting fiercely with a much larger male elephant.
“I have seen the dead elephant before. He was living in a herd of wild elephants in the forest behind the golf course," said the guard. He added the two male elephants may have been fighting over a female, as this is now the breeding season.
Police have asked the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to inspect the dead elephant before burying its corpse.
Trump’s fault!
What, elephants aren’t edible? They’re just going to waste it?
Most males in breeding combat tend to size each other up before committing themselves. If the non pictured male was “much larger”, I wonder if he simply couldn’t get away from the older male.
that pic needs to be sent to all republican politicians...
I would just play through
And Carl thought he had problems when he was told to kill all the gophers.
Sounds like a Caddyshack moment.
I would just play throughPatrick Reed would improve his lie.
Maybe they did size each other up and the younger one thought the older one was “too old”.
That being said, the younger one chose poorly.
Elephants don’t have a breeding season. The older bull was probably in musth (think testosterone on steroids with irritability at the nth degree). A cow in estrus doesn’t have to be nearby for a bull in musth to become enraged by anything in his path. Poor youngster, 6 or 7 isn’t even a teenager in elephant years. He hadn’t even been pushed out of his breeding herd yet. Both younger and smaller bulls usually won’t challenge a bigger bull when his raging hormones are in charge.
I’ve seen a cow push over a sub-adult elephant because they both wanted the same foliage to munch on. It’s not always about breeding.
No Vid of the Carnage!?? Bummer...
Cause of death will be covid.
Good idea.
They actually tried to blur out the elephant in the photo?
I saw that as well... strange days
Well, it was 2 am and the bars had just closed.
"All the elephants get prettier at close'n time"
You actually made me laugh out loud with that comment.
If the larger elephant delivered the fatal blow with his tusk that would be a hole in one.
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