Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

[Richprins]

Is it in Greater Kruger?

[100ponder]

Mr. Google says they do daytrips into KNP via Phabeni Gate.

[Alf]

Mr. Google says they do daytrips into KNP via Phabeni Gate.

Then it can’t be the same tusker that we have seen

[Pumbaa]

We saw this tusker at the one of the Nshawu’s on the S50 an elephant bull with one extreme thick tusk plus friend on 23.02.18 - Maybe someone can help in identifying same

[aat]

Hi Pumba,
To you and all others a healthy and wonderful 2019

I checked your photos and it was not easy to ID but I am almost sure it is one of the future tuskers Letaba_07.
He must have lost his left tusk but scull, left ear with the small notch, shape and size of the right tusk and also specially the tip of his trunk , a bit "pink" convinced me it's him

We saw this tusker at the one of the Nshawu’s on the S50 an elephant bull with one extreme thick tusk plus friend on 23.02.18 - Maybe someone can help in identifying same

[Pumbaa]

Thanks so much, Aat,

always amazing to still find so many different tuskers in the park

[okie]

Interesting : http://www.msn.com/en-za/news/world/ele ... &ocid=iehp

One of these days you will no long see any tuckers

[Lisbeth]

This is to be taken with a pinch of salt IMO. There might be a certain logic, but too few factors are being considered and the time lap is too short. Moreover the study has only taken into count the females

[Richprins]

[okie]

in simple language :
All mammals have X and Y Chromosomes . Males have XY chromosomes and females XX Chromosomes .
Inheritance of size could be carried in both X as well as Y chromosomes , and it can be either dominant , or recessive , or both it could be both dominant as well as recessive .

Because both genes have to be dominant origin , it stands to reason that it is the female that eventually determines actual size , because she is the one that contributes the X chromosome .
If the Chromosome is recessive , or DOUBLerecessive , indicating small tusks , or no tusks , then certainly , a female bearing such traits may very well pass it on to her offspring .