Elephant Catalog

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Elephant Catalog

The intention here is to build a catalog of elephants we see, with pictures, and as much identifying information as possible. Contributions are requested and encouraged!! Let's see how many we can accumulate. Elephants must have names!! I'm starting it off with a young fella who was at the watering hole just before and after dark tonight.

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Name - Fonzie Young male, cocky, just looks like a Fonzie! An expert estimate of his age would be appreciated. He has distinct notches on the back side of his right ear, and a very smooth left ear as shown in the photo's below. In this first pic of his right ear, note the large notch and a smaller one further back.

This picture shows his left ear which is almost a perfect straight line.

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Big Tusker at TE today (4/21) Big slit in right ear, I am pretty sure it's a bull.

Couldn't find him in the catalogue here...

 

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NK DEC 11

Elephant ( Loxodonta africana )

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I found this tusker visiting NK in the logs, dated 26 Oct 2007.

 

sept 04 2010  DIFFERENT   ANIMAL

EAR   DIFFERNET

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SEPT 26

Elephant ( Loxodonta africana )

CAM PIC OF THE DAY  BY HANNEKE

click here

VIDEO  0F ELEPHANT   POSSIBLY THE SAME ANIMAL

CLICK HERE

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS ANIMAL HADT ITS TRUNCK CAUGHT

IN A SNARE

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE  OF OBSERVATION AT A PAN

Mapungubwe National Park when he noticed a young elephant that had part of its trunk missing. And then he noticed another. And another.

"Out of the herd of 67 animals no fewer than four were missing part of their trunk, most likely as a result of injuries caused by wire snares," says Van Aarde, who is the director of the Conservation Ecology Research Unit at the University of Pretoria.

"A short while later a second herd of 84 came in and I counted at least three more missing parts of trunks."

The wire snares, set by poachers

SEPT 09  2009

half to 1/3  trunk missing

MORE CAM PICS TAKEN ON NOV 16 2010

AT E.P. PAN

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Do we know this ellie?

It has a hole in it's ear

The ears are quite tattered

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I found this tusker visiting NK in the logs, dated 26 Oct 2007.

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Africam

PLEASE POST CAM YOU ARE CHATTING ABOUT

NKORHO   -  ELEPHANT PLAINS

Elephant ~ Loxodonta africana ~

Monday 18th May 2009 | 06:21:26 pm

africa.gif image by krukab

At Nk we have 2 electrified wires about 5 feet high around the camp to keep the Elephants out. Nkorho is one of the properties in the Sabi sands that border right on to the Kruger park, +/-800m from our Lodge, and there is no fence between us and the Kruger park.

Have a great day

Ernst

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SKEWY - PHOTOS BY  PENNY (2)

kru-kab bowser b.c. wrote:

HOWZIT - TO  NKORHO RANGERS

CAN YOU GIVE US ANY NEW( OR OLD INFO)

ON  SKEWY -

AGE :50- 55 yr more or less

up-date - vet said he was over  63 years old

and leg was deformed since birth (march 24-2009)

edit -update

AREA   HE   ROAMS: Guest has seen him at Skukuza and we have seen him at EP area aswell

 

IS HE A LONER OR TRAVELS WITH OTHER BULLS : He travels a lone these days he use to have a youngh bull with him

 

I READ HE HAD  CRIPPLED BACK LEG

TRUE-      If I remember correctly the left back side

 

CAUSE OF DEFORMED TUSK  -  IF KNOWN : Deformed from birth that could explain the deformed back leg  as welll

 

THANK YOU   BARRY

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ELEPHANT  KNOWN AS  ** SKEWY  **

he has a skewed/deformed right tusk and a crippled left hind leg.


Good Evening

At Nk we have 2 electrified wires about 5 feet high around the camp to keep the Elephants out. Nkorho is one of the properties in the Sabi sands that border right on to the Kruger park, +/-800m from our Lodge, and there is no fence between us and the Kruger park.

Have a great day

Ernst

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Elephant ~ Loxodonta africana ~

tembe  -  test cam

Sunday 17th May 2009 | 08:17:57 am

wow   thats a tusker

 

TEMBE  CAM  LOCATION - google earth

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