This is the nail-biting moment a giant elephant rummages through a ranger's vehicle with its trunk while terrified safari goers scrabble around inside. <br /><br />Passengers on a safari tour in southeast Sri Lanka got more than they bargained for after a giant male Indian elephant named Gemunu halted their jeep so he could search the interior for food.<br /><br />The incredibly close encounter shows a determined Gemunu standing in front of the jeep as it tries to pass through Yala National Park, before using his trunk to ransack a bin inside.<br />A startled passenger can be seen jumping across from his seat to shelter a child from the elephant, as the bull's weighty trunk comes down where he had been sitting. <br /><br />Only finding plastic bottles and tissue paper the peckish creature brings the items to his mouth to taste before deciding they are inedible and spitting them out.<br /><br />After the animal retracts its trunk from the windows the rangers quickly speed on, while another jeep reverses from the scene to avoid the beast. <br />Filmed on April 21 last year the looting is said to be just one of many carried out by the now famous Gemunu.<br /><br />Due to his naughty behaviour the elephant has become notorious within his home at the Yala National Park where he has spent years terrorising the tourists.<br /><br />According to reports, Gemunu used to have both his tusks, but lost one after a brawl with another elephant. <br />The average Indian elephant male is nine foot tall and weighs as much as five tons, but do not usually pose a threat to humans.<br />
