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"Some of us had to change our pants," he said on his Twitter
feed after he posted a 30-second video of the brief encounter.
The elephant appeared in front of the vehicle and then walked
off the road, circled the truck and then charged it from behind,
ears flapping, as the vehicle picked up speed and pulled away.
The driver can be heard saying: "I think he's ok now, he's going
to avoid us", seconds before the charge.
Schwarzenegger did not identify the reserve where the charge
took place.
Game drives and safaris are a major tourist attraction in
several African countries, including South Africa, where
Schwarzenegger had been for a sports festival at the weekend.
In some parts of the continent, elephants are being relentlessly
poached for their ivory to meet Asian demand for the commodity.
Schwarzenegger tweeted: "I'm absolutely in awe of these
beautiful animals, and I wish people would stop killing them for
their ivory."
(Reporting by Ed Stoddard; Editing by James Macharia and Alison
Williams)
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