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2005-01-04 Southeast Asia

Elephants save Thai tourists from tsunami

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Posted by Dar 2005-01-04 11:37|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

the huge beasts used their trunks to pluck the foreigners from the ground and deposit them on their backs

Cool!

The tsunami drove up to 1 km (1,000 yards) inshore from the gently sloping beach

Good God Almighty! That's just unimaginable. No wonder so many people died.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-04 11:58:22 AM|| 2005-01-04 11:58:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Elephants rock! Humans so often underestimate the instinct-based intelligence of animals. I think elephants should run the UN.

Posted by ex-lib 2005-01-04 12:01:00 PM|| 2005-01-04 12:01:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 GOOD IDEA CURRENTLY IT IS RUN BY NEMATODES.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-01-04 12:02:58 PM|| 2005-01-04 12:02:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 (inserter old work fer peanuts joke here)

Posted by muck4doo 2005-01-04 12:03:10 PM|| [http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-01-04 12:03:10 PM|| Front Page Top

nematode, nematode worm, roundworm:
unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

Yup, I think you've got it Rightwing (but please don't shout...)

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-01-04 1:09:43 PM|| 2005-01-04 1:09:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Elephants are very sensitive to low frequency sound waves, looks like they heard the actual quake from Thailand!

Posted by Grunter 2005-01-04 1:19:39 PM|| 2005-01-04 1:19:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 Elephants are very sensitive to low frequency sound waves, looks like they heard the actual quake from Thailand!
Posted by: Grunter 2005-01-04 1:19:39 PM

yup agreed . Elefriends rock !

Posted by MacNails 2005-01-04 2:00:28 PM|| 2005-01-04 2:00:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Notice it was the elephants helping and not the donkeys.

Posted by Johnnie Bartlette 2005-01-04 2:24:20 PM|| 2005-01-04 2:24:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Notice it was the elephants helping and not the donkeys.

LOL! Nice one.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2005-01-04 2:29:07 PM|| [http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2005-01-04 2:29:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I kinda get a kick out of those Thai 'Phants that have been robbing the produce trucks on the highways up-country, heh. One or two block the highway and, when a truck full of juicy stuff comes along, the signal is sent (They're communicating! Lol!) and their confederates come out of the brush, prevent the truck's escape, and loot it. The Thais revere them, but I think this serves as an editorial comment on the menu being offered, lol!

The Thai word (shown phonetically, of course)is "chahng" - said in a high tone.

Posted by .com 2005-01-04 3:21:49 PM|| 2005-01-04 3:21:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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