Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

[aat]

RP can't see details well with these pics, could be potential tusker Shingwedzi_02 , but not sure

Great, aat!


Shing riverbed Oct 2011



Maybe an emerging one?



viewtopic.php?f=46&t=4629&start=220

[aat]

Cliff hanger on cliff hanger

Tomorrow.... it's about more then 6 meters long, more then 140 kg in weight...... many have looked for him in the past..... even a search on the forums..... has been on TV..... and why tomorrow ?

Yes it is a cliff hanger

[aat]

Today October 1st 2014 it’s exactly 3 years ago a famous Tusker died.

Born in Kruger NP in 1956 or 1957 and like all elephant babies close to his mother

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Many years later he became famous. Many visitors were on the search for him.
On the good old tusker thread a general search started because our big friend did not show himself for some time. Where is Duke ?

He lost a tusk and it was news ! His tusk was found….. later on he lost his second tusk and this one was found too and…. It was news again.

He was and is a Legend.

1st of October 2011 he died of old age. He was found close to Crocodile Bridge

Just a week ago I received pictures of Duke with his two tusks. Sent to me by Dawie Fourie. Dawie made the replica’s of Duke’s tusks

I think it is a good moment to share these pictures of Duke with you knowing so many have seen him and many searched but have never seen him

Here he is again in all beauty with his impressive tusks.

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Duke the gentleman came closer to the road to show himself with all his beautiful ivory

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And walking slowly to get an even better look

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and last….. with 3 tusks ?

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About Duke:


Range: From Crocodile Bridge area (S28) up to Tshokwane


Tusks
Broken Piece Length (cm)
175
160

From skull Length (cm)
146
133

Total length (cm)
321
293

Circumference round lip
(cm/ inches)
50 19.69
50 19.69

Broken Piece Weight
(kg/ lbs)
37.05 81.68
38.25 84.33

From Skull Weight
(kg/ lbs)
33.2 73.19
31.9 70.33

Total Weight
(kg/ lbs)
70.25 154.87
70.15 154.65


If you like to see more of Duke
http://www.tuskersofafrica.com/tuskersn/duke.htm

[Flutterby]

Thanks for sharing Aat! Sadly we never got to see him.

[Sprocky]

Hi aat, any idea on this one. It was on the H9 about 10Km from Letaba...

[Flutterby]

Wow...that's a handsome boy!

[aat]

Sprocky,
Great sighting !! It;s MCULU an officially named tusker.
This is an easy to ID tusker if you can see the left ear on a photo , with the large W shaped notches and his tusks.

Love to receive these pictures Sprocky
tuskers@zeelandnet.nl


[quote="Sprocky"]Hi aat, any idea on this one. It was on the H9 about 10Km from Letaba...

[Richprins]

Gracious!

A huge one, Sprocks!


A nice Duke story, aat!

I actually saw him as a youngster in 1994/5....standing patiently next to the road just south of LS waiting to cross...unfortunately I had no idea of what I was looking at!

[aat]

@ ALL

I updated all tusker ID documents.

Today October 5th: Added new ID document for all Potential Tuskers

If you like to download the documents, use this link. Documents are in PDF format, you can also download them to your Tablet / iPad

http://www.tuskersofafrica.com/info/info.htm

[Richprins]

Very nice, aat!




Will go and look for some more this week with the Dimwits!