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Lisbeth wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:03 pm Those tusks are thick :shock: If they continue to grow.....
They grow all the time especially at the end of theit lives when the nerve shrinks and is replaced by Ivory material


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Thank you for the information, Peter.....- O**


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Must be dead years ago.


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Hi there Aat 0/*

Could you please help, is this a known tusker, I saw him in December 2012 in the Shingwedzi area -O-
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Hi harrys,
I checked the tuskers and the files I have about the "not named" ones, but could not find this bull.
harrys wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:13 pm Hi there Aat 0/*

Could you please help, is this a known tusker, I saw him in December 2012 in the Shingwedzi area -O-

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aat wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:34 pm Hi harrys,
I checked the tuskers and the files I have about the "not named" ones, but could not find this bull.
harrys wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2020 2:13 pm Hi there Aat 0/*

Could you please help, is this a known tusker, I saw him in December 2012 in the Shingwedzi area -O-

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There are no real big tuskers in Kruger anymore :no:


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