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Elephant Saves Children
(good story from tragedy)
KTN/News 10 ^
| 12-29-04
| KTEN NEWS
Posted on 12/29/2004 3:12:59 PM PST by Rakkasan1
When Mother Nature unleashed its wrath, a member of the Animal Kingdom stepped in. A British tourist says she saw an elephant save several children on a Thai beach when the killer waves struck. The animal had been brought to a beach resort in Phuket to entertain children. Laura Barnett says the elephant's keeper hoisted kids up onto the animal's back, and then walked them off to safety. Barnett told her tale from London. She and her family escaped the disaster, but the beach where she was staying was destroyed.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: children; elephant; india; saves; sumatraquake; tsunami
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Elephants rock.
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:13:00 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:14:15 PM PST
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:18:20 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(..............blog pimping is impolite..................)
To: EggsAckley
I REALLY like dancing elephants.
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:19:23 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
To: Rakkasan1
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:24:02 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(..............blog pimping is impolite..................)
To: EggsAckley
Nice to see the dancing elephant.
I seem to be transfixed by this story and being home on semester break, have a lot of time to follow it on the web and TV.
There's not much to smile about now - the Swedish boy finding his father, the little baby & its mother that was on another thread, and maybe the mental picture of an elephant carrying a bunch of children to safety.
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:24:45 PM PST
by
radiohead
To: Rakkasan1
Any truth to the story that a donkey was seen kicking kids back into the water?
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:24:56 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all)
To: Texas Eagle
No, the donkey was criticizing the elephant for moving too slowly.
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:34:18 PM PST
by
The Fop
To: The Fop
10
posted on
12/29/2004 3:35:29 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all)
To: Texas Eagle
"Any truth to the story that a donkey was seen kicking kids back into the water?"
untrue. but they are known to tax the dead upon death.
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:37:54 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the Piece: Hope IS on the way...)
To: radiohead
I know what you mean. This whole catastrophe is very hard to get my brain wrapped around. As it keeps getting worse, I keep having more trouble believing that it's real.
Overload, I think. And maybe the dancing elephant helps.
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:42:18 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(..............blog pimping is impolite..................)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: Rakkasan1
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posted on
12/29/2004 3:47:48 PM PST
by
TomGuy
(America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
To: Rakkasan1
Well, I say the elephant's keeper did the saving. No offense to elephants everywhere.
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posted on
12/29/2004 4:06:09 PM PST
by
WarPaint
To: Rakkasan1
Very smart creatures and very long memories...especially for dance steps.
just don't get them pissed off.
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posted on
12/29/2004 4:09:43 PM PST
by
hybrid007
(That's the problem with "New Math")
To: Rakkasan1
I'm just glad to know that not all of these packiderms are just standing around, drinking beer, ransacking villages and looking for trouble to get into. There's hope yet.
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posted on
12/29/2004 4:10:24 PM PST
by
virgil
To: Rakkasan1
So 1 elephant saves many children. How many jackasses saved children?
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posted on
12/29/2004 4:15:29 PM PST
by
Bommer
To: Rakkasan1
Well that's great and I am glad for the children, but the article title is a bit misleading. this line from the article:
the elephant's keeper hoisted kids up onto the animal's back
indicates that the elephant was no more heroic than a truck. The handler made the decisions. The elephant was just big and bulky enough to safely do what it was forced to do.
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posted on
12/29/2004 4:16:47 PM PST
by
broadsword
(The difference between Charles Manson and Mohamed is... exactly... WHAT?)
To: EggsAckley
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posted on
12/29/2004 4:33:40 PM PST
by
Arpege92
(Modern liberalism requires everyone to look different but think the same. - Lizavetta)
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