Tuskers of Kruger Discussions & Identification

[aat]

@ All,
If you look at the different tuskers you can see some real differences regarding the shape of the tusks:
May be a nice moment to show you some examples of these different shapes by showing pictures of tuskers from today and from the past.

1: Classically shaped, with pictures of two tuskers, Masthulele (currently biggest one in kruger) and a well known one from the past Hlanganini.

Hlanganini


Masthulele




2: Both tusks mainly straight curved inwards, with pictures of Nkombo and past tusker Shilowa

Nkombo (one of the tuskers in the shingwedzi region)


Shilowa (died in 1998 and his range was mainly the Mopani region)



Hope you like subjects like this , if so I will show some other shapes later on

[Flutterby]

Thanks Aat.

[Lisbeth]

The tusks of Hlanganini and Masthulele look very much alike. It would be easy to make a mistake...........if one was not from the past

Ready for the next lesson

[ubhejane]

Thanks Aat; always enjoy and benefit from the tusker discussions you post.

[Richprins]

Very good, aat!

Hello, ubhejane!

[Amoli]

Very interesting to see what to look for

[okie]

The tusks of Hlanganini and Masthulele look very much alike. It would be easy to make a mistake...........if one was not from the past

Ready for the next lesson

It also helps knowing where these guys hang out .
Hlanganini died near Mopani , and Masthulele is more seen further south , like Letaba area . And he is also a big guy . Impressive

[Lisbeth]

Okie!

I have only seen two biggies, as far as I know, and one of them was in Addo

[okie]

Hi Liz And I am sure it made you smile all day long

[Lisbeth]

It did I just love the big grey ones