Africa's Giant Tuskers

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Just looked again at the video above of Tim - actually an un-imaginable tusker !


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Tsavo Trusts photo of a tusker named BU1 :-

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O:V


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He has just had a nice red mudbath \O
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Botswana elephant generally don't have big tusks but here is one in the Okovango with quite sizable tusks :-
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There is no photo. :-?


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Tim has died. . . .
(From Amboseli Trust's FB page.)
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Sad news


Next trip to the bush??

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:no:

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