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31. 08. 10. - 16:00

Tusker bags a Snack

A hungry circus elephant after a snack hurled a women through the air after she refused to let go of her designer handbag.

Veteran Tonga - on display before a show with Circus Africa in Jena, Germany - had tried to snatch the bag thinking it might contain food.

But the 42-year-old woman refused to let go and found herself in an unequal tug-of-war with the angry four ton 25-year-old tusker.

"The next thing she knew, she had been pulled off her feet and flung through the air by the elephant.

"Then while she was on the floor the elephant rummaged in the bag with his trunk and ate everything she could find," said one witness.

Police say the women - who'd taken her 10-year-old daughter to the circus as a school holiday treat - was knocked cold by the fall on Monday but has since made a full recovery.

Only her partially chewed car keys were spat out by Tonga - who swallowed her purse, credit cards, door keys and mobile phone.

Now circus staff have promised to search for them all once nature has taken its course.

"One thing elephants are good at is producing tons and tons of dung so we've got a big job ahead of us," said one.

German Herald

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