In a tragic role reversal above the Serengeti, a helicopter pilot who was tracking the activities of hunters in a wildlife reserve was shot down by those same poachers.

This is Latabe the Elephant, who the other day accidentally took what must be history's first ever elephant selfie. What a world.

A video of an elephant with a smug expression flinging feces at an innocent bystander? How apropos.

Sabu, a five-ton elephant, escaped from the circus and wandered through Zurich last night, terrifying locals but doing surprisingly little damage. Sabu swam in Lake Zurich and was filmed strolling through the city's shopping and financial districts.

A spooked elephant killed its trainer at a Shriner circus in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. "In 30 years I've been doing my vending, I've never heard an animal killing their trainer and all," said a balloon vendor. The show will go on.

Part elephant and part panda, a group of elephandas, the most menacing of beasts, has been unleashed onto the good people of Thailand.