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Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread
      #181023 - 08/05/11 03:50 AM


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"Big Tusker Elephants" - eMagazine photo thread


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Re: Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread [Re: NitroX]
      #181047 - 08/05/11 07:32 AM

Thanks for sharing these, John. I didn't know there were so many big ones with names.

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Re: Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread [Re: NitroX]
      #181048 - 08/05/11 07:33 AM

Alas...only in my dreams.

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Re: Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #181050 - 08/05/11 07:41 AM

Great photo.
It may take a decade or so but I will hunt an Elephant bull !!.

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      #181054 - 08/05/11 07:51 AM


On the other thread thatthe link takes you to, does anyone know why the elephant called "Mafunyane" has a clearly defined dent / hole in the top of his forehead ?

Is it because he was shot at some point ?


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      #181064 - 08/05/11 09:29 AM

It may have been from a drop spear.

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      #181065 - 08/05/11 09:41 AM


It's OK, I did a search and found he had a hole in his skull
that went to the nasal cavity and he breathed through it.

No mention of being shot or anything.


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Re: Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread [Re: Ben]
      #181099 - 08/05/11 07:51 PM

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Thanks for sharing these, John. I didn't know there were so many big ones with names.




A lot are dead. Certainly the ones with ivory weights, but also many of the others too.


I like looking through the photo thread, and imagining elephants like that in the wild. What a wonderful sight. With a bit of imagination one can hear the trumpeting, feel the earth shake, and smell the dust as well.



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Re: Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread [Re: NitroX]
      #181180 - 10/05/11 01:51 AM



Massunguine

Length Left 272 cm Right 258 cm
Weight Left 52.75 kg Right 53.25 kg
Circumference at lip Left 47 cm Right 48 cm

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