This is the astonishing moment a herd of wild elephants stop traffic so they can cross the road.<br /><br />The jumbos ambled out of the forest and ventured onto the highway in Chachoengsao, eastern Thailand, last Monday (March 9) evening.<br /><br />Drivers had to wait anxiously while the animals stomped past to reach woodland on the opposite side.<br /><br />Incredibly, it took more than 40 minutes for them to clear the road, with many milling around. <br /><br />The older elephants appeared to be overseeing the migration and helping the usher the younger creatures across.<br /><br />Motorist Krom Prompiban recorded the scene while she was travelling to the local market.<br /><br />She said: "I have never met a big herd of elephants like this before. It took more than 40 minutes for them all to get across.<br /><br />''It was worth waiting, because it was a very special sight. Everybody had to stay quiet so they didn't scare the elephants.''<br /><br />Thailand has between 3,000 and 4,000 elephants. Around half live in the wild in national parks, like the animal seen in the video, while the others are domesticated.
