mamajumps 0 #1 October 23, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21432722/ GAUHATI, India - Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India's remote northeast, a wildlife official said Tuesday. Nearly 40 elephants came to a village on Friday looking for food. Some found beer, which farmers ferment and keep in plastic and tin drums in their huts, said Sunil Kumar, a state wildlife official. They got drunk, uprooted a utility pole carrying power lines and were electrocuted in Chandan Nukat, a village nearly 150 miles west of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya state, Kumar said. "There would have been more casualties had the villagers not chased them away," said Dipu Mark, a local conservationist. The elephants are known to have a taste for rice beer brewed by tribal communities in India's northeast. Four wild elephants died in similar circumstances in the region three years ago. India's northeast accounts for the world's largest concentration of wild Asiatic elephants with the states of Assam and Meghalaya alone estimated to have 7,000 of them. "It's great to have such a huge number of elephants, but the increasing man-elephant conflict following the shrinkage in their habitat due to the growing human population is giving us nightmares," said Pradyut Bordoloi, a former forest and environment minister for Assam. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #2 October 23, 2007 Get drunk, go apeshit, get electrocuted. That happens more than you think here in the states... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #3 October 23, 2007 Quote They got drunk, uprooted a utility pole carrying power lines and were electrocuted in Chandan Nukat, a village nearly 150 miles west of Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya state, Kumar said. They must have been on a weather hold. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #4 October 23, 2007 That is a relief.. When I first read the title, I was worried Hans and Skinnyshrek got drunk and were pissing on the electric fence again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porpoishead 8 #5 October 23, 2007 fucking elephants, can't take em nowhere...dude, wonder how much beer it takes to get a herd of elephants wasted. if you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #6 October 23, 2007 Quote fucking elephants, can't take em nowhere...dude, wonder how much beer it takes to get a herd of elephants wasted. I dunno... 5000 kegs? "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlindBrick 0 #7 October 23, 2007 Quote dude, wonder how much beer it takes to get a herd of elephants wasted. Significantly less than needed to get a cessna load of jumpers tanked. -Blind"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porpoishead 8 #8 October 23, 2007 only one way to find output out some vats of beer on billy v's porch and release some pachyderms from the local zoowhat's left, we have dz.com eastcoast boogie withwhatcha say billy, got any powerlines near the crib or what??? were buying if you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #9 October 23, 2007 the first elephant electric 8-way You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 1 #10 October 23, 2007 Quote Get drunk, go apeshit, get electrocuted. That happens more than you think here in the states... Hey! Hold my beer!!!Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #11 October 23, 2007 Quote only one way to find output out some vats of beer on billy v's porch and release some pachyderms from the local zoowhat's left, we have dz.com eastcoast boogie withwhatcha say billy, got any powerlines near the crib or what??? were buying Sadly enough, Mona, the only elephant at the Birmingham zoo, died recently. But, I could probably rustle up Al, the U. of Alabama's elephant mascot. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porpoishead 8 #12 October 23, 2007 no problem bro, the audubon zoo here has pppplenty, I'm sure they got the range plenty beer stops from here to there. if you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peej 0 #13 October 23, 2007 Quote Quote only one way to find output out some vats of beer on billy v's porch and release some pachyderms from the local zoowhat's left, we have dz.com eastcoast boogie withwhatcha say billy, got any powerlines near the crib or what??? were buying Sadly enough, Mona, the only elephant at the Birmingham zoo, died recently. But, I could probably rustle up Al, the U. of Alabama's elephant mascot. Come visit us in South Africa, we got plenty Advertisio Rodriguez / Sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
