--- title: Kim Kardashian Attacked By Elephant While Taking Selfie in Thailand description: Troll elephant canonical: https://time.com/45578/kim-kardashian-elephant-selfie/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-01T17:08:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:24.438Z og:title: Kim Kardashian Attacked By An Elephant Mid-Selfie og:description: During a trip to Thailand og:url: https://time.com/45578/kim-kardashian-elephant-selfie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kim Kardashian Attacked By An Elephant Mid-Selfie twitter:description: During a trip to Thailand twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kim Kardashian Attacked By An Elephant Mid-Selfie by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 1, 2014 5:08 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 1, 2014 5:08 PM UTC During her trip to Thailand, Kim Kardashian was hanging out with a giant elephant, and she did what any of us would do: she took a selfie with it. Or at least, she attempted to take a selfie with it. The elephant decided to blow air out of his massive trunk, sending Kardashian into a panicky fit. It was awesome. > [](https://twitter.com/alexandergold/status/451030419928936448) ([h/t Us Weekly](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kim-kardashian-attacked-elephant-selfie-hilarious-photos-201414)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/45578/kim-kardashian-elephant-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/45578/kim-kardashian-elephant-selfie/"},"headline":"Kim Kardashian Attacked By An Elephant Mid-Selfie","datePublished":"2014-04-01T17:08:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:24.438Z","description":"Troll elephant","url":"https://time.com/45578/kim-kardashian-elephant-selfie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Photos","selfie","Elephant","celebrity","Kim Kardashian"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/45578/kim-kardashian-elephant-selfie/","name":"Kim Kardashian Attacked By An Elephant Mid-Selfie"}}]}] ```