Dateline: Ranchi, India From Reuters:
More than 400 people have been trampled to death in the last seven years in state of Jharkhand by elephants, which have also destroyed crops and homes.
That's about 57 a year. Obviously a serious problem. Something must be done. A brilliant potential solution is being experimented with.
Villagers have "hired" -- that's the word they used, hired at $46 a month -- two stinky camels to keep the pugilistic pachyderms at bay. Now why haven't we thought of this before? The foul stench of the camels apparently drives Dumbo back into the jungle.
'The elephants do not roam where camels are found,' said Jugesh Oraon, a local village leader.
Other methods that have been tried with limited success to stem the tide of elephant rampages have included hanging chilies from trees and fire crackers.
Every so often I see rats knocking about our street when I walk the dog. I am currently looking into the possibility of hiring a smelly camel to drive the rats into the Hudson River. It could work.
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Thank you Sean. I appreciate the input.
Hope to have you back, mate.
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Another reason I am glad that the largest mammal we have in the states is a bear.
Of course! A stinky camel ALWAYS does the trick...geez didn't you people already know this? Gosh! *rolls eyes*
Correct that! They should have gotten Ass Crickets to clear them uppity elephants out.
See, that is the kind of thinking we need in this country.
Do they have the ass crickets at Petco?
I doff my cap to that one Dickus.
What?!?
How in tarnation (sp Katie?) does the stinky camel work?
I need to know.
Is George Michael's monkey involved?