You are correct Bhuban da. And certain breeds of dogs seem more dangerous - like pit bulls, rottweillers, presa canarios, and sometimes even the 'lovable' dalmations.
As far as elephants and lao pani, it would seem they would need to drink a whole lot of it to get intoxicated, and drunk elephant maybe a bigger problem than the sober one :) --Ram > > > On 9/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Ram > > > > The article is still topical as the man-elephant conflict is not likely > > to disappear in the near future. It is not however a man-elephant conflict > > really as such dangers are inherent in situations where an animal's life is > > integrated with human society, as in the case bewteen a man and his dog. > > Dogs regularly kill humans. A grandmother is just now in the dock for > > letting her grandchild mauled to death by a pet rottweiller. > > > > I read somwhere that elephants do get intoxicated after drinking > > lao-pani and in fact they are known to have come back for the same. > > > > I liked the shots too. > > > > bhuban > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: ASSAMNET < [email protected]> > > Sent: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 5.44am > > Subject: [Assam] India's Elephantine Problem - Ami Vitale (Natl. > > Geographic) > > > > > > http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0408/photo_index.html > > > > Some of you may find this not only interesting, but also give some > > thought to the continuous man-elephant conflict in Assam. This conflict is > > becoming more intense as the population is growing rapidly, and forest lands > > are either being depleted or encroached. The article is a bit old, but still > > appropriate. > > > > There are also some great photographs. One particularly caught my > > attention (a bit of levity, if you will, in an otherwise serious > > situation) - we had always heard that elephants love moonshine (Lao-pani), > > but didn't quite realize that this is more than just a story. Do they > > really get drunk? That would require a whole lot of the stuff, I presume:) > > > > --Ram > > > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing [EMAIL > > PROTECTED]://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Get a FREE AOL Email account with unlimited storage. Plus, share and > > store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from > > your favourite artists. Click > > Here<http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548>for more information. > > > > > >
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