Forget hungry hippos! Huge elephant terrifies tourists after forcing its head into their safari truck in a hunt for food (and spears the seat with his tusk in the process)

Clip begins with the enormous bull elephant charging towards the truck

The hungry creature begins searching through the open truck with its trunk

Tour guide can be heard warning the tourists' not to touch the animal

By Georgia Diebelius For Mailonline

Published: 08:59 EST, 27 April 2016 | Updated: 14:11 EST, 27 April 2016

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The heart-stopping moment that an elephant charged towards a safari truck and began rummaging through the vehicle for food was caught on camera.

Met by screaming holidaymakers, the enormous bull elephant's tusk even spears through a seat as he frantically raids the van. 

During the three-minute-long clip, shot in Sri Lanka the hungry creature searches the open truck with his trunk.

The elephant was caught on camera rummaging through a truck of petrified tourists in a search for food

The three-minute-long clip begins with the enormous bull elephant charging towards the safari vehicle in Sri Lanka

The video, which was filmed by a spectator inside the car, shows how close the several-ton mammal came to tourists with its tusks. 

At one point, one of the tusks even appears to pierce through a chair in the vehicle.

Women at the back of the truck can be heard begging the guide to drive, with one tourists screaming: 'Drive, please drive, please, please'.

At one point, one of the tusks even appears to pierce through a chair in the vehicle, much to the tourists' shock

The clip, which was filmed by a spectator inside the car, shows how close the several-ton mammal came to tourists with its tusks

During its search for food, the elephant grabs on to the cameraman's rucksack before it smashes its tusks against the bars on the outside of the truck. 

It later re-enters the vehicle with its head and uses its trunk to feel around near three women.

The tour guide can be heard warning the trio n ot to touch the animal.

As the elephant backs away from the truck, the tourists scream at the driver to move as he starts up the engine.

Met by screaming holidaymakers, the hungry creature begins searching through the open truck with its trunk

As the elephant backs away from the truck, the tourists scream at the driver to move as he starts up the engine

One hysterical woman shouts: 'It's coming, it's coming. Go, oh my god, go!'

The video concludes with the elephant chasing the vehicle before giving up and grazing on nearby bushes.

Since being uploaded to LiveLeak, the footage has been viewed more than 1,000 times. 

One hysterical woman shouts: 'It's coming, it's coming. Go, oh my god, go' as the guide begins driving away

The video concludes with the elephant chasing the vehicle before giving up and grazing on nearby bushes

Source: Forget hungry hippos! Huge elephant terrifies tourists after forcing its head into their safari truck in a hunt for food (and spears the seat with his tusk in the process)