Elephants not dangerous and other made up stats.

http://www.rexano.org/Statisti...lephant_Fatality.pdf

Average human death per year according to this source .66 - chance of getting killed 1 - 480 mil.

This is total BS.

1 in 480 mil is using the whole US population.

In reality there are 288 elephants in US zoos - let assume there are another 288 in circuses ect. Round up to 600 elephants - they whack off .66 people per year - mainly trainer or people who take care of them.

So in reality - pretty damn dangerous job to be anywhere near a elephant.

I have rounded and approximated numbers as I have incomplete data - but I am being super conservative. Chance of getting whacked by a elephant in captivity is pretty high if you take care of them or are anywhere near them.

My advice stay far away from elephants.

Mike

Stats IMO are more dangerous than elephants.

Unless you really understand the exact population being used, they can be very misleading.

Thanks for the thread.

BH63

I'll quote these stats to the cow eles and tuskless next time they are screaming and raising sand at me.

Mikey, he's STILL looking for you! :-)

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Originally posted by Bama15:
I'll quote these stats to the cow eles and tuskless next time they are screaming and raising sand at me.

I am pretty sure quoting wrong made up stats will only result in lighter stomping than usual

Mike

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Mikey, he's STILL looking for you! :-)

Biebs if I run the numbers right - there is a better chance to get stopped by a elephant if one is a trainer/handler than you have of hitting 75 inch flat screen TV at 100 yards with your super accurate Blaser

Mike

At least I don't need a couple banana clips-full of 375 Ruger to hit a Moose in the ass! :-)

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Originally posted by BuffHunter63:
Stats IMO are more dangerous than elephants.

Unless you really understand the exact population being used, they can be very misleading.

Thanks for the thread.


BH63

Figures don't lie but liars are always figuring.

Tell that to guys who have hunted elephants few times
" Oh , don't worry boys, 1 in 480 mil is safe, just stand here in the middle of elephants herd , you'll be safe

Good point Mike

http://news.yahoo.com/shocking...an-is-151056661.html

Saw this down at the bottom of another thread. Says 5 people killed in past few days by elephants. In India, and Asian elephants, but still...
k

The title of this tread notwithstanding, Elephants in the wild scare the hell out of me.

Just sayin.

Statistics are wonderful things; considering that they include the millions of people who never get within a hundred kilometers of a wild elephant. Thanks for posting the video from India, I was looking for it.

The stats were from a group that wants to keep private animal ownership legal in the US.

Private ownership of elephant in the US is safe to the public- that is the 1 in 400 million risk.

On the other hand, being around elephants is dangerous. These are supposedly smart and tame animals and there have been 16 deaths relatively recently in the very small group of people who have routine exposure to them... How many people are exposed to elephants professionally in the USA? Not great odds, methinks.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to recall reading once that hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal or reptile....is this correct ?

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Originally posted by IKE:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to recall reading once that hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal or reptile....is this correct ?

No. They are responsible for the death of many people but only indirect. Blacks normally can't swim and hippos are fond of turning boats upside down. So the people drown.

http://www.kapstadt.de/schindlers-africa
http://www.jim-corbett.de

Having been bluff charged several times by a large bull elephant, which I finally killed at 20 yards, I believe you have a better chance of surviving an elephant charge (provided you shoot straight and are using the proper rifle/bullet combination), then trying to change the minds of millions of people who are convinced of the righteousness of their position due to misleading stats.

Kind of like "The pen is mightier than the sword", extrapolated to "Mass ignorance is mightier (i.e. more dangerous) than a charging elephant".

JMO.

BH63

As one who deals with statistics from time to time there is only one truth: There are liars, damn liars and statistics.
I once came close to being ele toe jam. That wasnt a statistics that is best classified as a near underwear changing experience

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Originally posted by Tim Vining:
As one who deals with statistics from time to time there is only one truth: There are liars, damn liars and statistics.
I once came close to being ele toe jam. That wasnt a statistics that is best classified as a near underwear changing experience

Yet statistically, a swimming pool is more dangerous than a wild elephant. Go figure.

BH63