Let’s go on a canoe ride they said. It’ll be fun the said

[Ontario Hunter]

I'm wondering if screaming at the elephant didn't agrivate it more. Just back off and try to be non-threatening. All that hollering seemed to add to the anxiety.

 

[Russ16]

Someone threw a stick there at the end. That seems fairly futile.

Bet that guy in the hat was pretty sore.

 

[Surgeon1]

This is a great way to thin out the antihunters, left wingers, and the stupid which we seem to getting more of each day. They are lucky to have survived!

 

[BonUm16]

Acquaintances from a church I attended lost a daughter to an elephant in a similar manner. Though not in a canoe, it did chase her in to the water and drowned/stomped her. That tragic loss did not keep them from their mission of building children’s orthopedic hospitals in Africa and Asia.

 

[Red Leg]

Someone threw a stick there at the end. That seems fairly futile.

Bet that guy in the hat was pretty sore.

Gal

 

[steve white]

Here is the complete video with all three parts spliced. This attack took place just a couple of days ago on September 27 and amazingly no one was seriously injured. The elderly overweight woman in the brown T-shirt is extremely lucky to be alive. When the Okavango was turned into an adventure tourist destination, I wonder how specific the liability releases read.

"Are you ok? ................" I did not see any of the guides attempt to do anything but run once the makoros were flipped.

Terrifying moment couples cheat death when elephant flips their canoes

The two couples - both husband and wife and said to be British - were being poled 'gondala style' through the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Man, are you right about the woman in the brown tee shirt. That elephant curled up its trunk in classic fashion and actually let loose with it, only to have: 1. the water slow down the blow, 2. the woman to move in the water in response to the blow, lessening the impact, 3. no further follow through by the elephant to grab her/possible loss of vision as to where she was either for the initial strike or any followthrough. Unreal.

 

[fourfive8]

One of my dad's favorites when we would pass by an abandoned and dilapidated ranch house in some overgrazed, hard scrabble ranch land, "That looks like a real cold sweat and belly ache".

I haven't seen the movie but might sometime. I know some details about Oppenheimer's time in NM and don't want those realities to ruin the movie for me if too much is conflicting. Nonetheless, here's the famous and sobering one by Oppenheimer, as he quoted Vishnu, when later interviewed about his role in the development of the first nuclear weapon, "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds".

Here is the complete video with all three parts spliced. This attack took place just a couple of days ago on September 27 and amazingly no one was seriously injured. The elderly overweight woman in the brown T-shirt is extremely lucky to be alive. When the Okavango was turned into an adventure tourist destination, I wonder how specific the liability releases read.

"Are you ok? ................" I did not see any of the guides attempt to do anything but run once the makoros were flipped.

Terrifying moment couples cheat death when elephant flips their canoes

The two couples - both husband and wife and said to be British - were being poled 'gondala style' through the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Yes exactly! That non-hunting transition happened several years ago in the Okavango. I watched a travel show promoting that type of idiotic tourism there. One was particularly disgusting where the “safari” company would take tourists out into the Okavango on horse back and taunt elephants into charging. Not good…

 

[Hunt anything]

The idiocy of the guides is inexcusable, the tourist should know better by just using some common sense.
We came across some surely cow elephant last month, they would turn, flair their ears, trumpet and take a few steps towards us. Mostly because calves were present or we came around a turn in the road and surprised them. We just hauled ass, not an option in a canoe unfortunately.

 

[Nkawu]

What would be the best firearm in this situation? A rifle would be sitting on the floor of the makoro getting wet and dirty, and the standing guide would need to bend down during the action to retrieve it. I recall seeing a photo of Zim guides training with a heavy revolver from a canoe, but I suspect that was more focused on an angry hippo not an elephant. 44 Magnum with solids? 500 S&W Magnum?

 

[Hogpatrol]

The tourons definitely watched too much Disney.

 

[Hunt anything]

What would be the best firearm in this situation? A rifle would be sitting on the floor of the makoro getting wet and dirty, and the standing guide would need to bend down during the action to retrieve it. I recall seeing a photo of Zim guides training with a heavy revolver from a canoe, but I suspect that was more focused on an angry hippo not an elephant. 44 Magnum with solids? 500 S&W Magnum?

We went on some night drives in Kruger last month and the rangers/drivers carried .458 WM. The catch was they had to keep them cased!
I’m sure they were so well trained that if an animal charged they could gain access to the rifle chamber a round and defend us ! Tongue Firmly in Cheek!

 

[Flbt]

What would be the best firearm in this situation? A rifle would be sitting on the floor of the makoro getting wet and dirty, and the standing guide would need to bend down during the action to retrieve it. I recall seeing a photo of Zim guides training with a heavy revolver from a canoe, but I suspect that was more focused on an angry hippo not an elephant. 44 Magnum with solids? 500 S&W Magnum?

I would think for safety
Another boat with 2 guys sitting down with rifles

 

[Justbryan]

When the elephant cow with a calf raised her tail straight out, she means to violently clear a safe path for her calf. She warned them!

Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[pilar]

My wife wants to do a little float down the Zambezi in a kayak , till I showed her a video about
The hippo attacks, we will probably go on THE River GOD house boat , to mana pools
As a bonus after I hunt.

I would rather see a old fat lady get it then a cow and have a orphan calf
Pure gold stupidity

 

[BRICKBURN]

At least there wasn’t banjo music

My thoughts exactly.

 

[BRICKBURN]

The elderly overweight woman in the brown T-shirt is extremely lucky to be alive.

She is lucky the water is deep enough that she did not get crushed as she was pushed under.
That's a close call you don't want.

 

[Red Leg]

What would be the best firearm in this situation? A rifle would be sitting on the floor of the makoro getting wet and dirty, and the standing guide would need to bend down during the action to retrieve it. I recall seeing a photo of Zim guides training with a heavy revolver from a canoe, but I suspect that was more focused on an angry hippo not an elephant. 44 Magnum with solids? 500 S&W Magnum?

Might as well try to brain one with a Colt Woodsman. A .44 Mag 240 gr bullet has an SD of less than .2. It isn't even like shooting an ashtray at an inbound elephant - more like a cardboard beer coaster.

A 700 gr .500 S&W solid at maybe 1200 fps might theoretically reach the brain of an inbound cow in the cool hands of an expert shot with a profound death wish.

The solution here is to simply have guides who are significantly less stupid than their guests.