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Elephant breaks tourist’s arm as she gets too close for a photo

May 12, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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An American tourist recently had a dangerous and painful experience on vacation in Bali. While posing with an elephant for a photo, she got too close and the animal grabbed her arm into its mouth. Being strong and big as elephants are, it severely broke the woman’s arm, sending her to an emergency surgery and leaving her with a $10,000 hospital bill.

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Baby elephant photobombs news by ‘kissing’ reporter live on air

Nov 16, 2022 by Alex Baker Add Comment
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They do say never to work with animals. News reporter Alvin Patterson Kaunda was left collapsed in laughter when a baby elephant stole the show ‘kissing’ him on the lips live on camera.

Kaunda was recording for KBC Television in Kenya and standing close to a herd of elephants. As he spoke about orphaned elephants and the importance of wildlife protection, a young elephant named Kindani kept bumping into him. A true professional, however, Kaunda remained unfazed and continued to speak.

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This elephant clearly has a vendetta against camera tripods

Jun 13, 2022 by Alex Baker 1 Comment
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One commercial photographer I know who shot a lot of pet food advertisements used to joke that the animals in his studio were so well trained he could almost get the cats to go make him a coffee. Not so with wild animals, unfortunately, where the saying ‘never work with animals’ becomes pretty accurate. This photographer found out the hard way when this elephant took a distinct disliking to his camera gear.

In the video posted by TikToker hannahrosealt we see a man with his camera bag of equipment, shouting in despair at an elephant who appears to be having a good old time crunching up his tripod.

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Watch: Elephant charges at safari vehicle, crumples it like it was made from paper

Dec 3, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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A group on a safari expedition recently had a close encounter with a giant bull elephant. The group was in an African wildlife reserve near a herd of elephants, when one of them charged at their truck, nearly flipping it over. This group and the others who were behind them caught the incident on camera and it’s truly terrifying to watch.

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Man and toddler charged at by elephant after trespassing zoo habitat for a photo

Mar 23, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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Some people would put themselves in danger to get a “perfect” Instagram photo. And others would even endanger their children, too. A father was recently trying to get a photo of himself and his two-year-old daughter inside the elephant enclosure at San Diego Zoo. They narrowly escaped when the huge animal charged at them, and the father even dropped his child on the ground while running away from the elephant.

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Winning photo of Royal Society of Biology’s contest will break your heart

Oct 13, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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UK’s Royal Society of Biology has recently published the results of this year’s photography contest and they have left me speechless. The theme of the 2020 contest was “Our Changing World,” and the images show how nature changes and adapts, often due to human impact. While there are some positive examples of human interference with the natural world, the winning image of elephants rummaging for food is absolutely heartbreaking.

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Photographer trampled to death by a wild elephant after getting too close to its herd

Nov 11, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 11 Comments
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India’s West Bengal state has seen eight trampling deaths in the past ten days. The latest tragedy happened when a photographer got too close to a herd of wild elephants in an attempt to photograph them. This got the animals enraged, and one of the elephants crushed the photographer to death.

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This elephant knocked a girl down when she tried to take its photo

Jul 11, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 7 Comments
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There are animals that seem to love hanging out with photographers and filmmakers. Not all of them are like that though, and this elephant wasn’t afraid to show it. When a girl took her phone out to snap a photo of the beautiful animal, it smacked her and kicked her phone out of her hands. The person who was filming was apparently standing far enough from the elephant, so they managed to capture the incident on camera.

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These are some of the last photographs of a 60+ year old wild elephant with tusks that dragged along the ground

Mar 12, 2019 by John Aldred 2 Comments
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These images are some of the last known photographs of a more-than-60-year-old elephant named simply F_MU1. Created by wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas, they document a brief moment of her time on this earth towards the end of her life. With tusks that touched the ground, Will notes that she died of natural causes not long after these photographs were captured.

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Photographer launches elephant skin camera bags, pulls them from retail after public backlash

Apr 24, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Danish photographer Thorsten Overgaard launched his own series of luxury camera bags and suitcases. One of the models was made from elephant skin, which incited a fierce public reaction. After only a few days, the photographer decided to pull the bags in question from retail completely.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.netDunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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