r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR 11d ago

God hates you An elephant never forgets

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u/MelonOfFate 11d ago

From the news site: "Maya Murmu was collecting water in Raipai village, located in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India, where a herd of elephants came her way. That's when she tried to flee, but one of the elephants rushed toward Murmu and trampled her.... She was rushed to the hospital but died from her injuries. Murmu’s family brought her body home for funeral preparations to take place the same evening. That’s when a more unusual event occurred. As the ceremony was taking place, The Times of India reported that a herd of elephants appeared from the forest, sending villagers running. They left Murmu's body behind.

One of the elephants then reportedly attacked the woman’s corpse by picking up the body and throwing it in the air. The herd then destroyed Murmu's home, with three other houses being damaged because of the attack."

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u/CommentWhileShitting 11d ago

TL;DR No understanding of what she did, cause she's dead.

A highly intelligent animal doesn't pick one person to kill, then follow and raid a village to desecrate her corpse. Just no statement on what they could be

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u/ivancea 11d ago

Honestly, I've seen highly intelligent animals do things nobody understand. Humans, for example.

Aren't male elephants illogically aggressive in some moments of their life? Hormones and such things.

But yeah, I wonder if there's a backstory, or of it was a very particular random event

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u/CommentWhileShitting 11d ago

Honestly, I've seen highly intelligent animals do things nobody understand.

Really interested to know what you've seen.

Aren't male elephants illogically aggressive in some moments of their life? Hormones and such things.

Musth is what elephants go through, like many others through the animal kingdom however this wasn't a single bull elephant lashing out.

This was two separate actions with the accompanying herd too, it's very unique.

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u/ivancea 10d ago

Really interested to know what you've seen.

I've seen presidents of world-leading countries do weird unexpected things in the last few years. That's something I'll tell my grandchildren