Ha! Mazing Photos: First 'twas the snail facial massage & now it's the elephant massage

The snail facial massage, I can deal but this elephant one, I PASS!!!

What if the elephant mistakenly uses all its strength when massaging someone's stomach or back with one of it's legs? Hian!!! Mi o le wa lo pa ra mi (in my language), when translated in English says: I can't come and go and kill myself!!! lol

Being trampled on by a three-tonne elephant is not usually the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about ways to relieve stress.

But tourists are flocking to a jungle camp in Thailand for just that.

The spa treatment is being offered in Chang Mai province, where a number of Asian elephants - that weigh anywhere from 2.25 to 5.5 tonnes - administer the massage using their trunks and feet.

But the unusual massage certainly isn't for the faint-hearted - with a wrong move having potentially deadly results.

Ian Maclean, from Hawaii, USA, captured two foreign tourists - one male and another female - lying on the ground with a towel over their midriff.

The giant Asian elephant is then led up to the tourists by a mahout, before 'gently' patting them to replicate the techniques used by masseurs.

Ian said: 'During my travels around Asia I have seen many unusual animal massages including one with four Burmese pythons.

'In places like Thailand entrepreneurial safari park owners see it as a way of making some extra money.

'But this elephant one is a little more challenging purely thanks to the animals sheer size and power. 

It looked quite dangerous and I saw many years ago the perils when an elephant stepped on a tourist's leg. You can imagine what happened and the pain that person was in.

'But if you are brave enough, it is one for the bucket list.'

Maybe the next masseur or masseuse will be A SNAKE!!! I' m out.....cheers.