That seems fair.
"Mr Noor was negotiating a sharp left turn when he saw the elephant calves and slammed the brakes.
His car struck one of the calves, launching it onto the bonnet and then to the ground."
Maybe they need a mirror or something there.
How fast was he going? If you are launching an elephant with the force of your impact, I’m going to go ahead and say you were probably travelling at a fair rate of knots.
Interesting choice on unit of speed for a car…
Well, it’s Malaysia and we drift to work everyday.
The aftermath because dumb article didn’t provide picture:
That’s far less crushed than I was imagining.
That’s not crushed! Clickbate at its finest!
“Totalled” doesn’t have the same joi de vivre
I think it’s pretty clear that they just wanted to 'scream and shout at the people’s like the researcher in the article says. A herd of angry elephants looking to do actual damage would have easily crushed that car if they wanted to. This was just a warning, as the calf turned out to be fine.
That is way too small a car to be in when an elephant decides to go ham on your ride
“Wait! Just hang on I- Yes, yes, I know. I struck one of your young. Don’t worry, this’ll all be resolved momentarily; I’ll just take a minute to upgrade to something more robust…”
(I don’t know why but it feels like this needs to be said in Nigel Thornberry’s voice)
Nature is healing!
