Can They Be Serious? Elephant Deaths By Lightning.

[flobadob]

I saw this story with accompanying picture. Apparently a lightning strike killed 18 elephants at once. In the picture it doesn't look like there's any fire damage of any description. It sounds unbelievable to me. Any thoughts?

RTE news : 18 elephants suspected killed by India lightning strike

http://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/0514/1221543-india-elephants/

[ToraToraTora]

BS

[Ringlet]

Sometimes I even find myself agreeing with TTT.
This is one of those times.

BS indeed.

[dannyk13]

If there was no evidence that the elephants had been shot, how else do you think that they died?

[Mamyalynne]

//Perhaps the most heartbreaking example of a single bolt's devastating impact on animals took place in Norway back in 2016. More than 300 reindeer were found dead on a mountain plateau. Again, just one bolt of lightning — and a powerful ground current that swept the whole herd in its shocking embrace.//

https://www.treehugger.com/lightning-deadlier-animals-than-humans-ground-current-4862064#:~:text=As%20dangerous%20as%20lightning%20is,struck%20and%20killed%20by%20lightning.

[douglas9401]

Were they really all bulls?

[barry1010]

Obviously they were all cows. Wee bulls wobble but they don't fall down.