Many tourists go to Thailand to experience the country’s wild animals – including elephants.
But it is not completely harmless. It shows a video recorded in Khao Yai National Park.
An elephant, which, according to the media Khaosod English is called Deu, selected Tuesday in the last week to smack a car, while the driver and a passenger still sitting inside the vehicle. In a video, you can see that hanelefanten first rubbing up the car, and then sit on top of it. Finally, one can see that the driver of the car drives away. Probably unharmed, but the car had received some damage.
– Usually can Deu like to greet the tourists, and he has never harmed anyone or some vehicles, says the national park director Kanchit Sarinpawan.
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– We can see in the clip that the driver had the opportunity to run away, but he might have been too panic-stricken to do it, says Kanchit Sarinpawan.
Supposedly, there was both a driver and a passenger in the car, both of which are released unharmed. But it is the car not. The 35-year-old Deu has crushed the car’s roof, destroyed the side windows and the tailgate.
the national Park informs that the elephants in this time of higher degree come out of the jungle, when they’re looking for food after the rainy season, where their usual food is dried out.
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the Khao Yai National Park after the incident seen it necessary to refresh some good advice as to how one should act, if you meet an elephant in the park. You must, first, keep in mind that the elephants are wild.
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What should you do if you meet an elephant
– Keep at least 30 metres away from the elephant. Bak slowly away from the elephant, if it approaches.
– do not Take pictures with flash.
– Beep not and do not make other loud noises.
– do not switch Off the engine and be ready to run away.
– do not Go out of the car to take pictures or approach the elephant.
– turn Off your headlights if you meet an elephant on the night.
– If the elephants surrounding your car, run towards a gap in the circle, where there is not an elephant.
– If a car in front of you hills, then please reverse itself, as it can be an emergency.
– A elefants best senses are hearing, smell and sight. If you turn off your motror, will the elephant approaching your car in order to use his senses to investigate your car.
Source: Khao Yai National Park