Hungry elephant enters a Thai shop and carefully choose which products to eat: the viral video

In Thailand a truly unusual episode saw protagonist Plai Biang Leka wild 27 years old who broke into a small one grocery store looking for a snack. Everything took place in the early afternoon in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima, near the Khao Yai National Park, where it is not uncommon to see elephants wandering nearby. However it is the first time that one of them has decided to Enter directly at the point of sale.

The pachyderm was immortalized by surveillance cameras As he approached with a quiet step, he gently moved a freezer to make room and headed without hesitation towards the shelf of the desserts. Here he used his trunk for Select carefully snacks and candiesconsuming the equivalent of about 800 baht (about 25 dollars) in products, including Sweet rice crackers, dry bananas And peanut snacks.

According to the owner of the shop, Khamploi Kakaew, the elephant seemed Know exactly what to look for. “It seemed on purpose“He said. A second elephant, probably a partner, remained out to wait. No one was injured during the episode and the animal remained inside for about ten minutes, before the guardiaparco managed to convince him to leave.

An organization for the protection of wildlife has reimbursed the shop

The raid became viral in a short time when the video started circulating on social networks and led an organization for the protection of wildlife to decide to reimburse the shopironizing he wants “sponsor the elephant snack“.

The case reported attention to the problem of coexistence between humans and elephantsaggravated by the growing urbanization and from the reduction of natural habitat. Today it is estimated that in Thailand they have remained only 3,000-4,000 specimens in natureagainst over 100,000 in the last century.

Plai Biang Lek is not new to similar “shipments”: according to local volunteers, he would have already visited some homes, also coming to injure the proboscis by breaking a showcase. Some elephants now seem to prefer life in the houses, where food is more easily available and this can only raise urgent questions about the sustainable cohabitation between man and nature.