Tourists injured by charging elephant
A Polish and a Chinese tourist visiting South Africa’s flagship Kruger National Park were taken to hospital after an elephant charged their car and overturned the vehicle on Monday, park officials said. An emergency medical team was dispatched by helicopter to the accident scene in the vast park. The Polish man, who was not identified, … [Read the full story]
Apparently, elephant poo coffee isn’t shit
If you like your coffee strong with plenty of nose, then Thailand could be your ideal destination, after a blend made from elephant dung was put on sale by an upmarket hotel chain. The Black Ivory blend, made from coffee beans digested and excreted by Thai elephants, is billed as producing a particularly smooth cup. … [Read the full story]
It ain’t half hot mum, in Australia
I was very happy to be invited over to Australia to enjoy the second sport played by the Roos. Or are they the hockey players, no, no, they are footballers or soccer players as they call it over here. We in India are the best hockey players in the world but must give best to … [Read the full story]
Man serenades blind elephants with Beethoven
Elephants never forget, according to the saying – and these ones will always remember when Briton Paul Barton serenaded them with Beethoven. Mr Barton, 50, dragged his piano up a mountain in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, to help raise money for blind elephants. He said: ‘It was a 50th birthday present to myself. My wife and I … [Read the full story]
Elephant dung powers lights at a zoo
At the Munich Zoo you can watch the courtship rituals of the banded mongoose, hear the morning song of the scarlet ibis or visit the Indian elephants, who help help keep the lights on with electricity generated from their dung. They can do this because Munich Zoo has harnessed “poo power,” energy stored in animal … [Read the full story]
The next time it’s the end of the world…sit back and have a smoko
I used to be a witness but gave it up after three explicit dates for the end of the world came and went, without a single flash of lightning or a thunder bolt…and then went back to smoking. Last weekend I waited up in anticipation of some strange phenomenon of people disappearing into the clouds. The … [Read the full story]
Elephant crushes trainer
An inquiry is underway after an 8,000 pound elephant at a Tennessee zoo backed a trainer into a wall and crushed her to death yesterday. Knoxville Zoo said today that it had temporarily closed its elephant exhibit, while the rest of the zoo remained open. But a zoo spokesman insisted the death of 33-year-old Stephanie … [Read the full story]
