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DinkyBird

Post subject: Hlanganini

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:17 pm

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This happened recently.

Pic taken on Monday 16 March 2009 in the Letaba river bed just outside the camp:

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:21 pm

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That's a pity.

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:37 pm

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i agree!!!

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:16 pm

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What's wrong with these guys?!?!? Don't they realise those tusks are sacred and that they, as members of the New Emerging Tusker Association have been chosen to carry and display these tusks, but above all to protect them? SHEESH :mrgreen:

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Scipio

Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:32 am

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This was before the incident, early Jan, also saw Alexander that day. :cry:

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:33 pm

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Ah no what a shame :cry:

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:52 am

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Luckily not the whole tusk, but still sad. Thanks for the photo DB

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:14 am

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We were also lucky enough to see him on Tuesday 17 March out on the road between the camp and the bridge not far from camp. We were very excited in spite of the broken tusk! Took lots of photos but must still work out how to post them. Have his tusks always been that colour or had he been digging in the mud?

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:36 pm

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Ag no man

Is he still the biggest tusker in the park at present?

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Scipio

Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:48 pm

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Rated as the biggest at the moment but, in myy opinion there are one or two bigger. :whistle:

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:19 pm

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Come now Scipio.... can't just say there are bigger ele's and not give us names!! Leave us guessing like that!!! :hmz:

I saw Tsotsi around Letaba in June 2008 and Hlanganini in the Oliphants river bed about the same time. Was my first meeting and he definatly made an impression on me!! WOW he is really special. I never got to see Duke so I'll never be able to compare the two but Hlanganini is impresive!!! (even with a chip in his image!)

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Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:44 pm

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It is a shame

, but he is still Magnificent :thumbs_up:

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DinkyBird

Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:02 pm

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These pics also taken on 16 March 2009:

Scipio - this is an unsharp pic, but such a similar stance to the one you posted, I thought to post it to show the difference in Hlanganini's tusk.

And in this one, he is facing the opposite direction, showing his right tusk

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Scipio

Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:06 pm

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Hiya DB Saw 3 Majorly Big boys this weekend, trying to ID them now. I would like to see those two pics side by side if your powers allow. Very interesting.

(also got pics of White lion hee-hee)

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DinkyBird

Post subject: Re: Hlanganini breaks piece off tusk

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:17 pm

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You wish is my command! Side by side is not that easy to obtain tho ...

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