An African elephant, larger than its Indian cousin, LOL...
Probably dating myself here, but I once read a book titled 'MAN IS THE PREY'---the book listed human deaths attributed to wild animals, and rogue elephants have killed quite a few humans in the past. In Africa, crocodiles were the number one killer, since natives had to go to the river or lake to get water... surprisingly, rogue hippos were also on the list, their jaws large enough to cut a man in two.
Some better-written books by Jim Corbett detail his accomplishments in the hunting world, specifically his targeting of man-eating tigers & leopards in India. Check out 'MAN-EATERS OF KUMAON'---that is a gnarly book, and Jim Corbett was a brave man for going up against those man-eaters, often under gubmint contract. One tiger killed over 400 people before Corbett tracked it down and killed it... 400 PEOPLE!!!
Makes beating an elephant seem like a sane & sensible proposition, LOL. Anyway, those books written by Jim Corbett are very interesting, and some of those man-eaters were very clever adversaries, like Wile E. Coyote, only smarter, LOL. The accounts of Corbett going into thick brush or dark culverts to confront the man-eaters are rather thrilling, the reader feels like the tiger may pounce at any moment... tough gig, that work by Corbett, but he was up to the task.
MOI, I CAN THINK OF MORE PLEASANT PASTIMES THAN GOING INTO THICK BRUSH TO CONFRONT A WOUNDED MAN-EATING TIGER...
I HAVE A HARD ENOUGH TIME FINDING MY HOUSE CATS WHEN THEY WANT TO DISAPPEAR... THE BLASTED VARMINTS!!!
