Africa Wild

Kaleka, 07 October 2014, near the Confluence and Mopanie

MACHACHULE

This bull has been named by SANParks in 2008 for the Emerging Tuskers competition.

Characteristics
Large uneven v-shaped tear in the right ear. Left ear has a medium sized square shaped notch towards the middle of the lobe, small flap of skin directly below this.

Range
Shingwedzi

Tuskers of Africa - Machachule

oct 2012

somewhere near joao water hole

i beheld this grand old tusker




who.. i think is machachule
(have not checked with aat as yet)



some people reckon that he is in the top 5 biggest in the park......

oct 2012

i saw that machachule had come to bid me farewell

as he had been there, to greet me on arrival
.
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30 April 2012

This afternoon we went down one of the best roads in the park, the S50 past Kanniedood Dam.

Down one of the loops we met Machachule the Elephant - what a magnificent sight.

Machachule: 3 April 2012

around Babalala 19.10.2009 - 13h18

MADZOPFURINI

Characteristics
Almost clean ears, only at the left ear, at the top there is a small notch with a small piece of loose skin. Both tusks are curving inwards. Some thickened skin growth at the trunk.

Range
Mopani - Shingwedzi

Tuskers of Africa - Madzopfurini

MADZOPFURINI

A tusker, not seen that often and special for me since I first saw him in 2008 and it was great to see him again in November 2014 in the Mopani area.

MANDZEMBA

Characteristics
Small notches in both ears. Both tusks are almost equal in lenght, thick and almost straight.

Range Shingwedzi

Tuskers of Africa - Mandzemba