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Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:21 pm
by aat
AMAZING !!

In 2009 and 2011 Richard Brett and I photographed a tusker... I added him to the tusker site with the name HLAMVU (after a small "river" between Mopani and Shingwedzi)

Never seen a picture of him again till... today Richard photographed him two weeks ago again in same area ... only change , he broke the tips of both tusks (probably grass notches causing this)

I just could say wowwwwww... amazing ...after almost 5 years he showed up again. O/\

HLAMVU today:
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Another tusker KALEKA, also two weeks ago

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you wanna see more of them:

HLAMVU
http://www.tuskersofafrica.com/tuskersnw/hlamvu.htm

KALEKA
http://www.tuskersofafrica.com/tuskersnw/kaleka.htm

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:48 am
by nan
indeed great news ^Q^

and again an "old" friend of mine (Kaleka) \O

well done ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:17 am
by Alf
I will be searching for them in 3 weeks time \O

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:25 am
by Richprins
Very interesting that time lapse! X#X

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:11 am
by Flutterby
Great that he's doing well! \O

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:34 am
by Lisbeth
O/\ O/\

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:07 pm
by 100ponder
Great stuff !

Kaleka showing regularly on FB.

Hlamvu seems youngish and tusks not quite in growth spurt - imagine how they can grow !

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:26 pm
by okie
Alf wrote:I will be searching for them in 3 weeks time \O
Alf , you will certainly enjoy . The north of the park is literally teeming with elephants at present , and there are big ones around 0*\ Not necessarily all of them with big tusks , but the size of those guys 0*\ And , it appears that the bulls outnumber the cows and youngsters at least two to one :-)
They congregate wherever there is water , especially in the hot afternoons , in herds 50 - 60 strong .

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:33 pm
by Lisbeth
Must be great to see \O Is there enough water in the north? O-/

Re: Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:27 pm
by aat
Okie,
we will be in the north for 3 weeks starting October 21st. Hope te see a number of big boys.
Over the last couple of months I received pics of Kaleka, Ngodzi, Mavatsani, Shipene, Nkombo, Mandzemba,Hlamvu and Mashikiri all in the regions north of Letaba \O


Alf , you will certainly enjoy . The north of the park is literally teeming with elephants at present , and there are big ones around 0*\ Not necessarily all of them with big tusks , but the size of those guys 0*\ And , it appears that the bulls outnumber the cows and youngsters at least two to one :-)
They congregate wherever there is water , especially in the hot afternoons , in herds 50 - 60 strong .[/quote]