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joekin

Post subject: Duke

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:17 pm

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Hey All

Anybody know what the status of duke is, since he broke his second tusk nobody seems to care anymore.

we saw him the day before he was seen with both tusks broken

poor old guy, no tusks no attention.

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petrosmith

Post subject: What happened to Duke?

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:45 am

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Location: Roodekrans

Is Duke forgotten now that he lost his tusks?
To me his is still the most amazing elephant ever and I hope to see him again during my visit in May/June 2009.

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RosemaryH

Post subject: Re: What happened to Duke?

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:50 am

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Hi petrosmith, welcome to the forum :dance:

I don't think Duke will EVER be forgotten. I hope you get to see him on your planned trip and get to take lots of photo's to share with us here on the forum :lol:

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weesy

Post subject: Re: What happened to Duke?

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:10 pm

Joined: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:51 pm
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Location: Gosford NSW Australia

Was there last month staying Lower Sabie for a week. Visited Dukes waterhole lovely area. But sadly did not get to see the Old man.

Maybe next time!! :pray:

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Bush Baptist

Post subject: Re: What happened to Duke?

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:46 pm

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wacktazz wrote:

his tusks will have a special place at the Letaba Ele hall.

When, I am not sure

Any idea why the delay? It is a while since the second one was recovered.

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DuQues

Post subject: Re: What happened to Duke?

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:08 pm

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Dakka wrote:

he obviously lost his tusks. Anyone know if they were recovered, and if so how?

From the SanParks Website Annual Report:

I wrote:

Another almost annual event is Duke, probably the best known tusker ever. Last year forumites were (almost) witness to Duke breaking of his tusk, as regaled in The tale of the tusk, this year saw him break off his second tusk! Amazingly both broken off tusks were recovered, and again the forum was very quickly informed about the event, read about it from here.

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DotDan

Post subject: Re: Duke

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:40 pm

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Hi all, just to let you know Duke is in the Tshokwane area at the moment

Saw him 5km's north of Tshokwane on the tar road towards Satara on Thursday the 12th of March

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alf

Post subject: Re: Duke

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:14 pm

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Location: Centurion

Here is the pic i got of him

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droopy

Post subject: Re: Duke

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:30 pm

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Great pics and news. He still looks very healthy?

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Pjw

Post subject: Re: Duke

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:58 pm

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Welcome to the forum Hans :lol:

I agree Duke is huge but there are some bigger ellies up north. I find then very intimidating. Duke, however is a legend in his own right. I was lucky enough to see him just before he broke his 2nd tusk

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DinkyBird

Post subject: Re: What happened to Duke?

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:13 pm

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Bush Baptist wrote:

Any idea why the delay? It is a while since the second one was recovered.

To qualify for tusks to be considered part of the great tuskers, the tusk needs to meet certain weights for eg. And as he is carrying part of his tusks on him still, it will take a while before they can determine the full weight of his complete tusks.

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Bush Baptist

Post subject: Re: What happened to Duke?

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:29 pm

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It would still be nice to see the tusk pieces at Letaba and know that the rest are still on the living Duke.

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vlakvarksegat

Post subject: Re: Duke

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:26 pm

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Hi all,

I was privileged to see Duke at Tshokwane on Sunday 15 March 09 around 13h00 strolling towards the H10

Also posted this under the "Elephant" topic, sorry for the duplication

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Elsa

Post subject: Re: Duke

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:00 pm

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I can't believe that, :roll:

we were actually at Tshokwane the morning of the 15th, left, driving down the H10 but around 9.30/10am.

I have seen Duke before but Jock is desperate to see him.

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HansJuergen

Post subject: Re: What happened to Duke?

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:38 pm

Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:31 pm
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Bush Baptist wrote:

It would still be nice to see the tusk pieces at Letaba and know that the rest are still on the living Duke.

Hi everybody !
Again for you I am a German , and my English is not good. But i like to have more iformation about Duke . On the 25.04. , 26.04. and on the 27.04. my wife and me will be at Tambouti and Letaba . On the way in and out we will try to see Duke on the S 28 , and around . 2 x we were happy to see Duke - on the 28.12.2008 and on the 29.12.2008 . Even without his Task - he is very speciell and unbeliveble gentle.
Hi was 2 metre from ouer car and so relaxed . I was able to take a Video for 3 Minuts - only Duke my wife and my self. This moments are unbelivelble and you never will vergeded .
Sory again for my english but i like to be part of your Forums .
Ich werde es sehr begruessen ,wen jemand mir im April sagen kann , wo sich Duke aufhaelt .
Kind Regards to all of you.
Hans Juergen

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