It bothered me when I read this. I'd never thought of elephants as rude animals. They seemed quite calm, almost graceful, despite their bulk. They have prodigious memories. They mourn their dead. Yet they're not as innocuous as I imagined.
Why would nature allow such destructive creatures to evolve? Nature of course doesn't care. As long as the environment is bountiful enough to support their existence, the elephant herd survives.
But their numbers are limited by their marauding appetites and the size of their jungle. The elephant will be rendered extinct sooner or later. Its habitat is being gradually eradicated by an equally rapacious marauder.
However, the population of this usurper, the human being, shows no sign of abate - for the moment.
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