Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

[Dindingwe]

Thanks to all

Aat, I know your site and visited it to try and identify him but couldn't find him...

I have also seen this one, from the Letaba bridge. Could please identify him ?

[Flutterby]

Welcome Dindingwe...you found some lovely tuskers!

[Lisbeth]

Another beauty! How lucky

[nan]

superb hit

welcome dindingwe ... another Cheetah lover

[aat]

Hi Dindingwe,
I posted a comment / reply before but it got lost I see and yesterday I could not get in the site.

Good to hear you know my site

The tusker you have seen is Mahlahini. I know this bull very well, was with him almost whole afternoon during my last trip.
A beauty and very friendly / relaxed tusker. Roughly he "travels" from Letaba up to Shingwedzi

Q: when did you see him ?

[quote="Dindingwe"]Thanks to all

Aat, I know your site and visited it to try and identify him but couldn't find him...

I have also seen this one, from the Letaba bridge. Could please identify him ?

[Dindingwe]

Thanks Aat
I saw him on the 23rd October 2017.
The other one, Nkombo,that I saw 2 days later, was also very calm and gentle, slowly walking towards my car. Of course I went backwards but I am sure he would have gone round the car without any sign of aggresiveness.

[aat]

Thanks !

He is a real traveller , I saw him in Mopani region , coming through Nshawu from Letaba. Second day I saw him he was heading to Shingwedzi region. He was near Tihongonyeni and moving towards the Old Main road. He has been seen near Shingwedzi camp in previous years.

Another fact (just between you and me) : SP named one of "their" tusker Hahlwa last year and saying he is almost a copy of Masasana except a small notch in his right ear. Well, this is another error of them. Both are the same tusker and at my site known as Mahlahini.
I did some detailed research for this and checked almost every part of their bodies , tusks, ears, legs and finally the trunk (which is a real fingerprint of a Tusker) and all is exactly identical.
Also this : Mahlahini got a small notch in his right ear and since April 2014 this tusker has only been seen and photographed with this small notch, no photos are available of Masasana after December 2013 without this small notch.
SP thinks they have two tuskers ..... but it's only Mahlahini.

Thanks Aat
I saw him on the 23rd October 2017.
The other one, Nkombo,that I saw 2 days later, was also very calm and gentle, slowly walking towards my car. Of course I went backwards but I am sure he would have gone round the car without any sign of aggresiveness.

[Richprins]

Well done, Clouseau!

[Dindingwe]

Well done indeed.

But does it mean, Aat, that the Elephants in the Kruger have different names according to whom named them : Sanparks or yourself ? Or is it the case only for this one because of Sanparks error ?

[Richprins]

Whoooh...big drama, Dingwe...

Aat was fired by SANParks as they thought the elephants are their property now...so have made their own names. Very childish indeed.

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