[Susan]

A schoolgirl has died after being struck on the head by a rock hurled at her by an elephant at a zoo in the the Moroccan capital Rabat. The seven-year-old was having a picture outside its enclosure with her family when the tragedy happened. The elephant picked up the large stone in its trunk and threw it into the air, hitting her on the back of the head. Footage taken by a bystander on a mobile phone and posted on social media showed the girl lying on the ground being tended to by staff as her anguished family gathered round her.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...enclosure.html

[Olidr]

He tought that was a giant peanuts and wanted to take the role of the bystander a moment?

[Azimuth]

Well there's something you don't see everyday.

[deadcat1]

Ban the rocks! Ban the elephants!

[vanillabuzz]

Now they'll blame the elephant. I hope they don't kill him.

[Susan]

I think I've seen a video on here from quite a few years ago of an elephant that was hanged for having trampled someone to death.

[GregK]

Maybe we shouldn't be putting huge wild animals in inadequate pens surrounded by screaming kid. zoos are bullshit.

[vagabond]

I wonder if it was deliberate, or just a random hit? Hmmm....

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by vagabond ↗

I wonder if it was deliberate, or just a random hit? Hmmm....

Lifting or uprooting objects and using the trunk throwing them in the direction of an opponent or predator. This display may also be observed in play. An elephant's aim can be very accurate even at some distance.

Makes you wonder but being in a zoo and getting used to people i think it was play. But maybe it was upset because of somehing that happened prior to the throw, which isn't mentioned so who knows.

[wmbondurant]

I'm not in full agreement but rumor has it that ;-)



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