I’ve often said that our species is NOT one of the earth’s smartest. And below, you’ll see proof of that. An idiot in a pick up truck teases — virtually challenges — an elephant, trying to dominate it in his/hers/its pick up truck.
What you will see is: the elephant is far smarter than the creep in the pick up. The cretin driving the truck has a story he/she/it can brag about at home over a couple of beers (which he/she/it could have consumed before pulling this stunt). But the elephant is smarter and backs off.
If the elephant had obliterated the car, then the elephant would have been branded a rogue elephant, dangerous to humans and it’d mean an end to his long life.
And here it is: proof of the stupidity of some humans and their lack of common sense when dealing with big, strong, wild animals…who may also be smarter than them:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.