Hungry elephant demands food from tourists

This is the moment a hungry elephant demanded food from terrified tourists on safari. The cheeky tusker stuck his trunk inside a broken-down jeep while begging for treats at the Yala National Park in Sri Lanka. Photographer Sidath Wanaguru captured the extraordinary footage from a vehicle travelling in convoy behind.He said no-one was harmed but the guests were terrified due to the sheer size of the elephant and because they were helpless to getting away due to break downEventually an experienced park guide coaxed the elephant, who is famous for begging for food from tourists, into moving away from the jeep so it could be towed away.

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