#shorts #short #elephantvideos #elephant #wildlife #animals #knp Elephant Bull in must out of control in Kruger National Park #krugersightings #krugernationalpark
What would a 'second trunk' BE if not a 'thing'?! 🤔 EveryTHING is a 'thing'. 🤪🤪🤣🤣 Especially for today's poorly educated and barely literate Americans who possess a vocabulary so meagre that it would embarrass a 5 year old from any other country.
@@XipandzaMananga Evolution didn't like the hanging balls, rubbing on brush. With this solution, their balls are safely inside. Evolution is ingenious.
Great video. I love visiting the Kruger. Something has caught my eye. I discovered that this bull elephant is a young adult not a fully grown bull tusker. The easiest way to tell an elephant's age is by looking at the tusks. The longer the tusks , the older the elephant. I've seen some elephants in the Kruger which are EXTREMELY LARGER but they have shorter tusks. THEY'RE EXTREMELY HUGE but they're actually young adults . Such bulls are usually kicked out of the maternal herd at the age of 2 to 6 years. At the age of 9 to 16 years , they form very tiny bachelor herds or even walk alone .
Hi Daniel, Thank you for sharing your insights! I'm glad you enjoy visiting Kruger. It's fascinating to learn about the age and size of elephants based on their tusks. The differences in tusk length among young adult elephants are quite intriguing. Your observations about their behavior and social structures are spot on. Thanks for contributing such valuable information!
@@XipandzaMananga Anytime. Oh , I almost forgot. Another thing I've observed about elephants especially the bulls is that at the age of 14 , they usually developing tusks . At this age, he's not fully grown and has not established his own territories. But he's yet to do so. As for young adult aged 17 to 19 years , the tusks are slightly longer. They are almost the same size as the adult female but smaller than a prime alpha bull tusker. The bull elephant you're seen in this video is a young adult. He's a lot bigger but he's not fully matured. He's probably 19 years old. The Largest juvenile elephant that I saw in Kruger was around 5,392kgs(10,784lbs) . It was so HUGE but still half the size of an adult. Bull tuskers and prime alpha bulls at the age of 70 ,have very long tusks. Such individuals have very few predators. That's why even largest lion prides of 56+ avoid them. They simply cannot the match the strength , size and weight and even health of these behemoths. The same incident applies to the breeding herd . The matriarch is the dominant female of the herd . She's the one that often decides where the herd goes. Matriarch elephants also have very long tusks & lions also tend to avoid them just like prime alpha bulls. The difference between an adult female and a matriarch elephant is the length of the tusks . Matriarch elephants have very long tusks whereas adult females have short to mid sized tusks. When lions hunt elephants, they usually avoid very large or the biggest specimens ( prime alpha bulls , bull tuskers and matriarchs) that are too difficult to annihilate or bring down. They also tend to avoid small elephant calves that are barely an appetizer for the entire pride. They usually target elephants of an appropriate size at the age of 9 to 18 years with the average of 10 to 12 years. A pair of lionesses could bring down an elephant cow of 12 years old. Whereas a pride of 44 to 66 could bring down a single adult female elephant. Young adult bulls, young adult females, sub adult bulls and sub adult females as well as adult females are likely to be targeted . You know telling the age of an elephant can be very complicated as someone can mistake an adult elephant for a juvenile. For example the elephants found in the ETOSHA national park , the bull elephants are VERY HUGE yes , but they have shorter tusks. Anyone can mistake them for a juvenile, but the reality is that they actually young adults . Even most of the breeding herds of elephants have shorter tusks and yet they're adults . Only a few bulls in the reserve have slightly longer tusks.
A lil bit of banter and crack would hurt, i know for sure he’s in pain and this video is not intended to make animals a joke rather an awareness of what the animals go through. Someone people find it funny due to lack of knowledge etc. The situation here was serious as this bull actually tried to push a vehicle and almost damaged the bonet
@@XipandzaMananga Oh dear. Please check your spelling - and the meaning of 'disparate'. Unless you mean he needs a female of a different species?! 🤔 Relying on 'spell checkers' will get you into a LOT of trouble.
I appreciate your feedback. Documenting all aspects of wildlife behavior is part of capturing the natural world as it is. However, I'll keep your perspective in mind for future content. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
At first past years when i started watching this kind of videos i thought there is a baby elephant below big elephant and that long thing is baby elephant's trunk but finally i understand after seeing closeups omg that is actually a male elephants thing, it's fking long 😌😌, and i heard when male elephant got exited that thing can reach 6 feet in length 🤣😂😅
I'm glad you learned something new about elephant anatomy! It's always fascinating to discover more about the natural world around us. And yes, male elephants certainly have an impressive appendage - it can weigh up to 60 pounds! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Yes, it's very interesting, but elephants can be quite dangerous in this state. There have been many unfortunate incidents involving ambushes by elephants in both Kruger and Pilanesberg.
You're right, African elephants do have their unique advantages. It's important to raise awareness about the challenges faced by Asian elephants as well. Thank you for highlighting this!
I understand your concern. It's crucial to respect wildlife and maintain a safe distance, especially in situations like this. Safety for both the animals and people is paramount. Thank you for bringing this to attention. 🐘
@@martineinfrance I feel the same way. It really upsets me to see wildlife welfare and safety jeopardized by humans. However, I can assure you that this particular elephant was just standing on the road for over 45 minutes, blocking traffic. He also pushed his tusks against an SUV during this sighting, and later there were two more incidents reported in the area.
@@XipandzaMananga No problem! This elephant was investigating, no mean intention. Nowadays wildlife is used to people. They adapted so well to cars but mass tourism disturb wildlife when people invade animals' space, harrass them or take risks for selfies and so on, crowding a lion pride or approaching elephants or buffalo too close. This is the same in all national parks worldwide. Tourism is necessary not only for economy but for conservation. Filming wild animals rather than shooting them! Let aside poaching and traffic of endanged species which is another subject of major concern. I keep fond memories of the African bush when myself was a tourist!! 😃
