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[Cluton]

Urine does not work on Jelly fish stings! I get hit wadefishing the Texas Coast on a daily basis and I've tried it all! I've also been hit by a Stingray in '96, snuff, hot engine water, and meat tenderizer sorta helped! But the 8 Bud Lights eased the pain until I got to the Emergency Room! lol

[Rocker5]

Originally Posted by SmokyHill

I’m curious …how does your experience with a bull tusker have anything to do
with the abilities of past human mammoth hunters or if those hunters were not
capable in contributing to the extinction of that species.

I hardy doubt that reaching the "brainpan" with a projectile point was even considered.

SH

Well Smokey, reaching the brainpan is still considered by professional hunters to be the only way to insure hunter survival when hunting elephant. Approach the oblivious animal from downwind, get very close, and put a 500 grain solid at 2,000 fps in the earhole. Anything less is rarely survivable. (not that I condone elephant hunting....I do not.)

[Rocker5]

Originally Posted by MidlandMan

The Pygmys of the Congo in Africa take down Elephants no problem. Two described methods: first one is two men standing absolutly still with the Elephant between them. Elephants have bad eye sight and without movement simply cant pick out a still figure in the jungle. The man behind the Elephant shoots it with an venom tipped arrow and immediatly freezes. When the Elephant turns around the second man fires his arrow. This goes on until enough arrows to envenomate the Elephant to kill it are launched. The Elephant staggers off and may require some time to die. The second method involves one man laying in a shallow hole in the middle of a trail used by Elephants with the arrow tipped with venom pulled at the ready for the Elephant to pass over at which time he releases his arrow into the animals stomach. They are reported to take the drug Ibogane to allow them to remain in this motionless state for very long intervals of time. The Forrest Elephants are not so large as their their savannah living relatives but neither are the Pygmys (though through intermarriage with neighboring tribes they are now closer to normal height).

Thanks Midland for that interesting piece...I hadn't heard about that. I do know, as you mention, the Forest Elephant of the Congo is really small and reclusive, which would indicate a "flee" reaction to attack, or "prey reaction" as opposed to the big African elephants that have no natural predators and are prone to rage and destruction of attackers. Just my guesswork.