Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

[aat]

]Flutterby,
Thanks to your dad another picture of Phelwane has been discovered !!
There are just a few of him and for some I am not allowed to put on my website, but I could ID him by using these.

the other one is not Mandhevhu, even taking into account that the picture was made in the 80-ties.... tusks (thickness) do not match en left earmark on picture not with mandhevhu.
Please ask your dad to send them to me by mail, or you .... with right name for credits...love to add phelwane's picture to the website .

I will have a look at the other one to see if I can do someting with Id ing

My dad was going through old pics and found these two. They were taken in the early 80s.

This one was in the Phelwana Spruit on the H7, and my dad said someone told him it was Phelwane. Unfortunately his tusk is hidden behind the reeds.


I'm not sure where this one was seen. Looks a bit like Mandhevhu?

[BluTuna]

Hi Aat,

We are in the KNP at the moment (my live TR - Three Weeks in Paradise). Yesterday we met up with Machachule on the S50 a short distance from Shingwedzi and I managed to get these pictures of him.

[aat]

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... great sighting with one of the biggest tuskers at the moment. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Well done and mmmm live from Kruger.... my thoughts are with you.... wish I was there
Will get the pics later from you I hope ...have a wonderful time

Hi Aat,

We are in the KNP at the moment (my live TR - Three Weeks in Paradise). Yesterday we met up with Machachule on the S50 a short distance from Shingwedzi and I managed to get these pictures of him.

[aat]

@ ALL

In general:

I updated my tuskersite recently with new (recent) pictures of Machachule, Nkombo, Mac , Nwambu and Nshawani

News about MAC... Mac just started his musth cycle and is moving slowly towards timbavati area to find the ladies.... Mac is estimated to be in his early 50-ties
I received the monthly tracking report from STE organization so nice to share this with you
So you can probably find Mac between Mopani and Phaloborwa / Letaba coming weeks...

MAC is one of the real big tuskers at the moment because of lenght and thickness of his tusks

I received recently pictures of several other named tuskers like Ngodzi , Hlamvu and some others...will update the site soon with these new pictures..

regards
Aat


Message: Many of them seen recently and in good condition.... Pictures of Mac shows he is a bit thinner (reason old age or musth) I don't know.

[Flutterby]

Seen by Pooky near Shingwedzi

[Penga Ndlovu]

At first I thought it was Boyala, but discarded that thought afterwards as something is different in your pics and it is quite far from his usual home range, but not impossible.

[Sprocky]

When was this pic taken?

[PRWIN]

Sprocky

Here is a colour ver and it was taken in July 2009

[iNdlovu]

Excuse my ignorance but in the B&W pic it's the right tusk that's damaged and in the colour pic it's the left, or are you guys just screwing around with your pics. So which one is the genuine one, and which one is the fake.

[Sprocky]

I would also like to know which shot is the right way around.