Oct 14 2008Elephants Text Message Rangers To Warn Villages Of Their Impending Doom
Several elephants (including a male named Kimani) in Kenya's Ol Pejeta conservancy have special collars that send text messages to park rangers should they start to venture too close to a village.
The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers' crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time a mobile phone card inserted in his collar sent rangers a text message. Lesowapir, an armed guard and a driver arrived in a jeep bristling with spotlights to frighten Kimani back into the Ol Pejeta conservancy.
Not a bad idea. The texting comes as a result of having to kill several other elephants as a result of their crop-destroying behaviors. Kimani is the last of a group of six regular raiders, and has already been deterred 15 times by his texting. Now if I could just rig up something similar for my girlfriends when they venture too close to the house unexpected....
UPDATE: F*** it, I'm going with shock collars.
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers [yahoonews]
Thanks to Romeo and Jason, who have both put on shock collars and taken turns running across an invisible fence.
Reader Comments
1. s - October 14, 2008 4:05 PM
First, also fake!
2. Sharpie - October 14, 2008 4:07 PM
This site used to be about cool gadgets and new things, now its just bullshit pictures people think are funny then turn them into a story. really lame if you ask me, sites getting boring. might have to back down to a different site. sorry guys
3. malochey - October 14, 2008 4:21 PM
@2 - Using an electronic collar on elephants to send text messages definitely fits into the category of gadgets and new things. If the captions and inside jokes are boring you, then please, feel free to find another site. You've been plaguing this forum with your bullshit comments long enough.
Also, find another gimmick. Calling something fake and "backing down" is Daisy's job.
4. Antonio - October 14, 2008 4:21 PM
3!
5. Antonio - October 14, 2008 4:22 PM
I FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn
6. Konkey Dong - October 14, 2008 4:22 PM
*buzz buzz*
*New Text Message From: Raging Elephant
"OMFG im cming to PWN ur village!"
7. Antonio - October 14, 2008 4:22 PM
6!
8. Antonio - October 14, 2008 4:23 PM
I FAIL AGAIN! JFC!
Today's just not my day...
9. Daisy - October 14, 2008 4:25 PM
yes, sharpie. please. you are a human being. get the F*** out of here and never come back. unless you got pix. 13/f/MA Xx69TinyPantyxX
10. LSDiesel - October 14, 2008 4:28 PM
@Sharpie,
You ass wipe. The tagline is clearly gadgets, gizmos and AWESOME. This clearly falls under awesome. You don't.
11. Antonio - October 14, 2008 4:40 PM
shun the sharpie!
12. Daisy - October 14, 2008 4:40 PM
Fake!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell because you need a GSM phone in Africa and that model is clearly a CDMA model, and won't work in the bush. Additionally from the font in the picture you can see the text was cut from the credits at the end of the movie Never Back Down.
13. Daisy - October 14, 2008 4:42 PM
PS, I don't know what my imposterer is saying. Can someone translate it into English?
14. Elmo - October 14, 2008 4:45 PM
F*** never Back Down Daisy, and F*** Sharpie for today, because usually I wouldn't say "f*** sharpie" but he's being an ass wipe
and this elephant thing is *awsome*
15. LSDiesel - October 14, 2008 4:46 PM
@13, He is saying 'Daisy, I want you to be taken with my imitation of you. I want you to seek me out. I want to sodomize you in terrible ways.'
At least, that's what I would be trying to say.
16. Sharpie - October 14, 2008 4:50 PM
You guys make a valid point. Their... is no reason for me to hang around here anymore. I'm going to cut my losses and try to learn from this experience. Maybe I'll try to start over somewhere else. I love men's feet and getting railed in the stinker.
Love,
Sharpie
17. LSDiesel - October 14, 2008 4:57 PM
Railed in the stinker. Classy sharpie, classy.
18. Buddy Love - October 14, 2008 5:12 PM
The little faggot's only been here for a week anyway. Even if we're talking to a troll, the guy's nothing. Like Daisy he won't be missed.
I won't either, but I'm not a regular enough poster. A part-time troll maybe. LUL
19. Buddy "I'm God" Love - October 14, 2008 5:13 PM
Addendum: Also I won't be missed because I'm not leaving.
Fix't
20. Phxprovost - October 14, 2008 5:27 PM
ohh please you all know that if daisy left there would be nothing for you to bitch about
21. Sharpie - October 14, 2008 5:40 PM
OMFG I wish I was the next Pickup Artist. I want to take a bath with Mystery and suck on Bob Saget toes at the same time. I am so sorry for bothering any of you.
22. Farva's Twin - October 14, 2008 6:06 PM
The hosebag likes the rail in the stinker treatment too. Sometimes she forgets its been there, and asks - how come it smells funny today.
23. Farva's Twin - October 14, 2008 9:27 PM
PS: The hosebag asked me to do her where it stinks. We are on our way to Bayonne, NJ.
24. Gail - October 14, 2008 10:28 PM
I love this post.
25. Ginormagantuan - October 15, 2008 1:34 AM
oh man! no thumperchica post!?!?!?! now that's something wirth railing in the stinker! :-)
26. Thumperchica - October 15, 2008 9:12 AM
@25 - Sorry, I wasn't at work yesterday...
@GW - that shock collar shit ain't funny... I still have a tick...
27. Nugaloopagus - October 15, 2008 11:24 AM
A large caliber bullet would do the same thing only cheaper. Elephant burger anyone?