Hell hath no fury like a spurned elephant
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A HEARTBROKEN elephant acted out his thwarted crush on nearly 20 cars near a Chinese nature reserve over the Valentine鈥檚 Day weekend.
The spurned pachyderm 鈥 apparently angry after losing a fight for a mate 鈥 wandered out of a national park and onto a road in southwest China鈥檚 Yunnan Province, proceeding to smash and dent visitors鈥 cars in a fit of jealous pique.
In a video, Zhusunya, a male Asian elephant whose name translates to 鈥淏amboo Shoot Teeth,鈥 pushes and hits a vehicle, provoking shouts of surprise from bystanders.
The bull damaged 14 cars during a rampage on Friday and another four over the course of an hour on Sunday, Xinhua news agency said. There was no estimate of damages, but it said visitors would be compensated.
As of 2015, fewer than 250 wild Asian elephants were believed to exist in China according to a study by China鈥檚 National Nature Science Foundation, primarily in Yunnan, part of a habitat that extends into neighboring Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar.
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