Revenge at the cost of life, immortalized in time (8 photos)

Elephants are very wise, patient and calm creatures. But if offend them, then retribution will be inevitable and cruel as fate itself.





This story took place over a hundred years ago. territory of Malaysia. The country was then still closer to nature than to civilization. And mighty giants measuredly wandered anywhere. They are not touched and not offended.



Teluk Intan today

After the arrival of the British in the country in 1885, a Railway. It was necessary for the transportation of tin, which began actively extract in the central regions, in coastal ports.

In September 1894, the train moved to Teluk Intan (then the city was called Teluk-Anson) baby elephant. Apparently, the baby accidentally wandered on the way. After all, he did not know that a noisy car was dangerous.



Train wreck site

A few days later, a train was leaving from the state of Perak. In wagons there were workers who worked in the mines, and merchants. Driver I saw a huge male elephant on the rails. He froze in place, moved and didn't want to leave. The situation was further complicated by the fact that the sun was setting, and in the approaching twilight it was difficult to review and evaluate. The driver gave a signal, but the animal ignored him and stayed put.



A few seconds later the train derailed. As a result two people died. The four-legged avenger also did not survive in collision.



The monument, the inscription on which reads: "Here is buried a wild an elephant who, defending his herd, attacked a train and derailed it September 17, 1894"

The story of the selfless deed of an elephant that lost his baby and avenged his death at the cost of his life, has spread. The English were so imbued and moved that erected a monument at the site of the collision.



Elephant skull in the museum

The railway line has been gone for more than half a century. And the monument the memory of the elephant is alive. The skull of the animal is kept in the Taiping City Museum. (Perak state), and the femur, the length of which is almost meter, in the museum of the city of Johor Bahru. British animal tusks presumably taken and taken away, and the remains were buried on the spot train wreck.



Volunteers clean near the monument



Zoologists believe that these animals are well aware of the fact death of a member of his family, which inflicts on them a deep psychological trauma. As a result of the shock, they can take revenge, even if at the cost of life. The assumption is also confirmed by cases of revenge of elephants, which occur even today.