Elephant charge overturns car on safari (unedited)

[SHORT version at: : http://www.youtube.com/user/sam2marshall?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/MdyMS4n2eEU]

Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. Unfortunately we got between a female elephant and her calf. The calf did a mock charge behind us then mum stepped in. She punctured the side of the Land Rover with her tusk and lifted the car onto its side. Luckily both passengers and elephants were OK.

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[PennyinSA]

Cows when stressed also leak fluid from their temporal glands - I have seen it many times before!

[sam2marshall]

@PennyinSA true, but that's not musth.

[PennyinSA]

How sad that people do not recognise an elephant in musth and refer to it as a slash on its face and even more sad that this guide did not read all the warning signs and get out of the sighting when the elephant clearly showed its distress. This is the wild side of nature and these were not captured elephants. This could have been a life threatening incident for those tourists. I hope that guide is removed from the industry forthwith

[sam2marshall]

@PennyinSA the elephant with a mark on its face is a cow. Musth is a bull elephant condition.

[PennyinSA]

@sam2marshall Cows can leak from the temporal gland as much as what Bulls can especially if they are stressed or physically aroused by circumstances. The word musth comes from the Inidan word which means mischief (roughly translated). I have seen many cows and young elephants exuding fluid from their temporal glands!

[sam2marshall]

@PennyinSA you may have seen temporal secretions from cows many times, and I've seen it too, but that doesn't change the meaning of what musth is. I've seen many men have hissy fits but that doesn't make it PMT.

[sam2marshall]

@hom859 Yes you're right, the problem is clearly endemic. On behalf of the UK, its protectorate islands and our friends in the Commonwealth I'd like to offer you a personal apology. We'll be rounding up every man, woman and child for emergency training on their BBC 'B' Microcomputers.

Perhaps in return you could encourage your country to engage in a basic literacy programme so that a video clearly labelled "Unedited" and a description linking to "SHORT" version does not become a fuckwit magnet

[Wolfie238]

Not a very good tour guide. Knowing they were in between a mother elephant and her calf, and not appearing to do much about it, ended up putting everyone else at risk.

These elephants were clearly showing agitation and discomfort starting at 4:50. That would have been the perfect time to either move further away or leave the area entirely. Preferably the latter.

[DanixDfull]

@WallisLad jajajajajaja

[rjaaaysmd14]

holy fuck!

[Shareallicu3]

wow scary! So mom left you alone after the truck was overturned? Thats a relief: I love elephants, but even this would be too close for comfort :)

[WallisLad]

This definitely warrants a Jurassic Park quote:

- CLEVER GIRL!

[fxtrader92]

Basic animal behavior... protect my young. Foolish to just hang out there that long.