qT=1&tQ=Recent studies suggest that African Elephant attacks are on the rise because elephants are...&tC=reacting to traumatic experiences with humans.|growing rapidly in number.|starving and will do anything to get food.|wild at heart and weird on top.&cC=1&fB=In the elephant world, disputes are generally settled peacefully, but in both India and Africa, elephants have been known to kill humans!<br><br>Scientists believe that young elephants have learned to react aggressively toward humans from their parents, who may have experienced trauma at the hands of man. Because elephant habitats are being destroyed, contact and conflict between elephants and humans is bound to increase.