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

Alexander

"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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Re: Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread [Re: FATBOY404]
#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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Re: Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread [Re: 500Nitro]
#181064 - 08/05/11 09:29 AM

It may have been from a drop spear.

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Re: Big Tusker Elephants - Discussion thread [Re: ozhunter]
#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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