Elephant Uses Jeff Corwin as a Ragdoll

[Lurk]

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/pla...estoftv/2007/03/23/cooper.elephant.attack.cnn

Wow, that could have been so much worse. He is damn lucky. He's getting yanked around like he's a tetherball, but look at the elephant and it's lazily playing with him. Anderson Cooper noted, "We were helping some handlers bathe the elephants at Cambodia's Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center, when one of the elephants slowly got hold of Jeff's arm. I say slowly, but it also happened really fast. I know it's a contradiction, but once you see the video, you'll understand.

Jeff's response:

Alas, in the end, the elephant got the better of me. Now I know that pachyderms not only like to gobble peanuts down their gullets, but the occasional elbow as well. Yikes!

Truth is that elephant is easily 15,000 times stronger than my meager self, and if she had wanted to, she could have done far worse than crushing a bit of ligament and muscle. Lucky for me, no broken bones, hopefully no connective tissue torn (will have to wait till I get home to find out about that). (Watch Jeff Corwin get tossed by an elephant)

In the end, this experience is a reminder to me just how powerful these majestic creatures are (same goes for many other species as well). The elephant who took to nibbling on my elbow may be strong, but her strength does not hold up to the impact that deforestation and poaching is having on her species, the Asian elephant.

Just a century ago, there were many thousands of elephants roaming and thriving throughout the rainforests of Southeast Asia, but tragically today, their population has been dramatically reduced, almost to near extinction in the wild.

Today in Cambodia, there may be only a few hundred of these intelligent, mighty and charismatic behemoths left. What a tragedy it would be to lose the Asian elephant. My advice to you, though, is if you're ever taking a bath with an elephant, keep your elbow out of its mouth!

 

[jaguarr]

Glad he's mostly okay. Yikes.

jag

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Don't die Jeff. Take a lesson from Steve and go play with harmless animals. Jeff is probably my favorite TV-zoologist :heart:

 

[Kyalesyin]

Wow. Much as it doesn't look all that fun, thats a once in a lifetime thing.

 

[SuperFerret]

Eh, stuff like that happens.

I like Corwin, he (like few animal show hosts) knows what he's doing, and will put an enjoyable spin on things. But I'm sure he'd be one of the first to realize that his being very comfortable around wild animals got him into the situation shown on the video. That level of comfort and ease around animals gives on a kind of confidence that sometimes causes you to over-estimate your own abilities when it comes to handling animals. Of course, that's the exact moment when they like to show you how wrong you are.

 

[Ben Urich]

The combination of Corwin's yell and the murky water reminded me of Star Wars.

 

[jaguarr]

I like Corwin quite a bit as well. The other guy I like is Austin Stevens, the Snakemaster. He's the one who made his name as a nature photographer and the way he handles some of those animals is just amazing. Irwin was a huge loss; we don't need any more of these television zoologists going by the wayside.

jag

 

[Assassin]

Who's next, the Zaboomafoo brothers?

 

[terry78]

Who's next, the Zaboomafoo brothers?

That animatronic lemur is going to eat their eyes one of these days.

 

[Assassin]

holy ****, some one else watched that show besides me back in the day!

 

[SuperFerret]

I like Corwin quite a bit as well. The other guy I like is Austin Stevens, the Snakemaster. He's the one who made his name as a nature photographer and the way he handles some of those animals is just amazing. Irwin was a huge loss; we don't need any more of these television zoologists going by the wayside.

jag

From what I've seen, Stevens seems to be a bit of a loon, but I haven't seen alot from him, so I'm reserving my judgement.

It's very likely that the elephant was just playing with Corwin, because if it was truly attacking him, a handler with a stick wouldn't be able to fend it off so easily.

 

[AndThePickles]

Noooo Jeff, don't get hurt!!

 

[jaguarr]

From what I've seen, Stevens seems to be a bit of a loon, but I haven't seen alot from him, so I'm reserving my judgement.

It's very likely that the elephant was just playing with Corwin, because if it was truly attacking him, a handler with a stick wouldn't be able to fend it off so easily.

Well, none of these television nature show hosts are poster children for normalcy, dude.

jag

 

[StrainedEyes]

He gets shaken twice, I wouldn't say he was used like a ragdoll. I'm sure it hurt but it wasn't violent thrashing.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Who's next, the Zaboomafoo brothers?

Kratt brothers

That animatronic lemur is going to eat their eyes one of these days.

Zaboo

 

[Dark Carnage]

Arrrgh, what the hell do I need to do to get this thing to play?

Can anyone point me in the direction of the plugin I need?

 

[Sun_Down]

That wasn't as bad as I expected, but I'm sure it still hurt like a *****. Glad he's OK.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

elepwned

 

[AndThePickles]

Kratt brothers



Zaboo

I miss Kratt's Creatures soooo much

 

[the-rake]

I miss Kratt's Creatures soooo much

So do I. I miss Bill Nye, and the big comfy couch.
If only I could only relive my childhood. Good Times.

 

[heypapajinx]

OOOoooo!
my ex would be so happy if he knew this.
he HATED Jeff Corwin... of course i would still like to enjoy his experience.:heart:

 

[Warhammer]

I loved Jeff since the Jeff Corwin Experience on Disney Channel.

Anyone remember that from 10 years ago?

 

[StrainedEyes]

OOOoooo!
my ex would be so happy if he knew this.
he HATED Jeff Corwin... of course i would still like to enjoy his experience.:heart:

I'm sure calling out Jeff's name during sex didn't help.

 

[fu manchu]

hmm.................no gifs yet ?

 

[SLVRSR4]

That was pretty funny. Animals bigger than people usually don't do so well with us.