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Subject: [Leica] Bullfight
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:55:07 -0500 (EST)
References: <CAH1UNJ1Du9qw_dc9Ay0eRtPUZs_cNiP0iOPkutM=kGPmiuH_wA@mail.gmail.com>

Great series, I shall post a couple I took with my next post. It was one of 
the
best experiences I've had "in the wild" and equaled the day we saw the Orcas
taking the seals in Antarctica


> On March 24, 2014 at 2:40 PM Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>
> One of the rare and unusual sights that we were privileged to see on
> the trip to Ndutu was a serious dominance/territorial fight between
> two bull elephants. The whole episode took place around 1.00 pm, so
> the light was pretty hard. It took its time, with the two elephants,
> the older one with half a tusk, and the younger one with two long
> pristine tusks, facing each other, moving back and forth - I never
> knew elephants could move backwards before this, and with such
> complete surety at that! Suddenly, from time to time, one of them
> would turn to a tree close by and rip off and break a trunk on the
> tree:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1523.jpg.html
>
> At some point after a lot of posturing, the younger one gave himself a
> dust bath:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1536.jpg.html
>
> This seemed to infuriate the elder, who wasted no time in joining battle:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1540.jpg.html
>
> The fight was well and truly on, with the elder one using superior
> strategy, power and strength:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1546.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1549.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1554.jpg.html
>
> After a short and brutal fight, they disengaged:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140309_1566.jpg.html
>
> It was obvious that the elder had carried the day. After some more
> posturing around a pond, the younger one lost his nerve and galloped
> away, chased by the elder till he thought that the lesson had been
> served. We were hoping that the winner would mount the loser, which is
> the way bull elephants exhibit dominance, but no such luck!
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, most welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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