# Elephant  head-butts train .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-head-butts-train/550827>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-head-butts-train/550827 "2010-08-20T03:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-head-butts-train/550827/1 "2010-08-20T03:39:54Z")

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\*A lone bull challenged a train in Gulma forest and head-butted it.

Was it pining for the tusker run over by a train in Chapramari on August 5? Or the juvenile crushed under a speeding engine on July 19?\*

From [west bengal,India.](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Jumbo-in-revenge-attack-on-trains/articleshow/6327770.cms).

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-head-butts-train/550827/2 "2010-08-20T03:41:08Z")

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Guess what?

Elephant butt.

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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-head-butts-train/550827/3 "2010-08-20T03:42:18Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Guess what?
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> Elephant butt.

:p:D

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-head-butts-train/550827/4 "2010-08-20T13:52:45Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Guess what?
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> Elephant butt.

Guess why?

Chapramari

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-head-butts-train/550827/5 "2010-08-20T15:32:45Z")

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[William Kotzwinkle must feel so vindicated right now.](http://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Bangs-Train-William-Kotzwinkle/dp/0380011611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282318301&sr=8-1)

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elephant-head-butts-train/550827/6 "2010-08-21T14:45:54Z")

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Damn. Poor little guy.

I recall when I was living in Albuquerque, there was a popular recreational area out a ways called Elephant Butte. It was forever called Elephant Butt.