Identified Tuskers of Kruger National Park

[nan]

a small waterhole before Mopani
15.10.2009 - 12h38

[Katja]

August 2011

We were on our way to Orpen and wanted to look, if the lions were still at the kill. As we got a detailed description where to find them it was not difficult, well there were several cars at the kill anyway so we just couldn’t drive past. Before we stopped at the Nsemani Dam and watched hippos lazily laying around and this lovely Ellie, Girivana.

[aat]

HLAHLENI

Characteristics
Both ears are clean. Left (mastertusk) more bowed and curved then right (slave tusk), very classic shaped tusks, almost equal in length.


Note the two bumps!

Range
Letaba

Tuskers of Africa - Hlahleni

[aat]

24 November 2012.

Near Letaba, main road along the Letaba riverbed I found this nice tusker HLAHLENI
A beautiful tusker with classic shaped tusks and also a potential Big Tusker



Coming out of the bush and ready to go to the riverbed he was posing nicely on the road in front of me… could it be better ?

[Toko]

Hlahleni, 16 August 2013, H1-6, near Letaba bridge

[Toko]

Hlahleni near Letaba on the H1-6, 25 August 2014

[pooky]

Hlahleni near Letaba, 19 September 2014

[aat]

INTWANDAMELA

This tusker has been named by STE.

Characteristics
Left ear: notch and loose piece of skin near center of the ear. Tusks: Both tusks almost equal in length and shaped in classical way.
Collared by STE (Save the Elephants)

Range
Letaba - Phalaborwa

Tuskers of Africa - Intwandamela

[aat]

MAHLAHINI

Characteristics
Clean right ear, in the left ear (near the center) a small notch with a small piece of loose skin. Both tusks are curved, slow tusk curviture, narrow spread of tusks, sharp LH tusk tip and slightly blunt RH tusk tip.

Range
Letaba

Tuskers of Africa - Mahlahini

ID Features by 100ponder:

[Pumbaa]

Mahlahini on the H1-6 between Letaba camp and the S95 turn off on 20.02.2014 - Unfortunately due to the heat and the distance the best shots we could get from him.