Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elephants are large land mammals in two genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta . Three species of elephant are living today: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elepha...
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Most cases of elephants killing their handlers, or reports of a"rogue" wild elephant running wild through villages and attacking people, is during musth, when they get out of control, and their level of agression is high.
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www.elephant.se/musth.php
www.elephant.se/musth.php
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Bull elephants annually cycle between a state of heightened aggressiveness, called musth, and non-musth. A musth elephant is primed to mate, and fights other bull elephants, attacks other animals, and may destroy inanimate objects in its way.
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www.animalbehavioronline.com/musth.html
www.animalbehavioronline.com/musth.html
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information about wild and captive elephants in zoo and circus. Written by a elephant keeper. ... An essential part of the problems of the keeping of elephant bulls is the so-called musth. Musth is a word of Persian origin and is translated in the languages of Northern India by "condition of poisoning".
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www.upali.ch/musth_en.html
www.upali.ch/musth_en.html
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Elephants in musth are dangerous to both their own species and anything else they encounter. When Boon Khum, an elephant at our park, showed signs of this condition we decided to try a new way of care. Read about it in this article ... Elephant Musth - A new kinder way to treat bull elephants and ease their suffering...
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www.thaifocus.com/elephant/news/story_0309b.htm
www.thaifocus.com/elephant/news/story_0309b.htm
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When a male elephant comes into musth, his level of testosterone (a principal male sex hormone) will rise dramatically by a factor of twenty or more. It is physiologically and mentally an uncomfortable time for the male elephant and typically they will display aggressive behavior.
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www.honoluluzoo.org/indian_elephant.htm
www.honoluluzoo.org/indian_elephant.htm
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Gude to African Elephant reproduction, musth, gestation, calving in Southern Africa. ... Reproduction and Musth in natural African Elephant populations:
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www.ecotravel.co.za/Guides/Wildlife/Vertebrates/Mammals...
www.ecotravel.co.za/Guides/Wildlife/Vertebrates/Mammals/Big_5/Elephant/african-elephants-reproduction.htm
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Picture of Elephant Bull in Musth. This bull (who has only one tusk!) is called Skukuza, and was moved from the Kruger National Park to the Addo Elephant National Park to inject new genes into the gene pool. ... # I1120633 Price: $5.00 Purchase options for "Elephant Bull In Musth" Picture...
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Alipurduar, March 25: A tusker in musth (on heat) today chased a pet elephant of the forest department on the highway for a kilometre bringing traffic to a halt for about 30 minutes till the mahout drove the female into a bamboo grove away from the sight of the male.
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beacononline.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/dooars-terai-pet-jumbos-run-amok-on-highway-elephant-in-musth-chases-mate-mahouts-at-a-loss/
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