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BushFairy,
Interesting pics of this bull, I can't ID him.
Please feel free to send your tusker pics to me by mail so I can add them to my database so I can see if I have more entries to compare and see what I can do.
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[quote="BushFairy"]Thanks Gerrie

Yes it does, the big bulls are my absolute favourite and there is still so much to learn about them. I'm sure that with Aat's comprehensive site and everyone posting their big tusker pics on here we are going to find that their ranges are much bigger than previously thought and we'll all realise how complex the reasons for their movement are.

Here is a (possible?) tusker seen on the same day on the S25 (crocodile river road). Anyone know anything about him?

100ponder,
About Riceho.
It's is a small "river" north of shingwedzi.
pronunciation of Riceho... name is portuguese so it sounds almost like Rifejo
I think the name is based on the fact that this "rivers" spruit / source was in the Mozambique area.

Here now our pictures of a tusker we met on 24.02.2012 directly at Moiplaas waterhole.













Hopefully our tusker whisperer might know him

Pumbaa,
Great shots of this tusker
Whisper ...whisper.... it is Masasana
Looking forward for a nice email

[quote="Pumbaa"]Here now our pictures of a tusker we met on 24.02.2012 directly at Moiplaas waterhole.


Hopefully our tusker whisperer might know him

WoW Aat,

not only a tusker whisperer but also a fast one

Thanks so much for your help in identifying him

Email will for sure come in due course

Thanks for sending

Hi Aat!

I'm glad you got back safely from your trip here! Was good to meet you & Elly!

Here are the first of the big guys that I would like to get ID'd or confirmed.

No 1. Not sure if this one is big enough to be a tusker. taken in the vicinity of Mopani camp.


No 2. Taken at Mooiplaas Water hole, I didn't realise that the one at the back had such long tusks until I was processing these pictures when I got home.


No 3. On the S50 near Shingwedzi, I think this is Shisha. I remember being impressed by the size of this elephant!

I see Mooiplaas waterhole is still open - can anyone give a report on which holes have been closed in Mopani area . Will be there next week but would appreciate report . I read that my favourite - Tihongonyeni has been closed since I was last there in July , but not sure which others . Would also apprecaite any comment on the sightings on capricorn loop since the closures . Suppose the roan , hartebeest and eland sightings are not as frequent now ?

Have a look Here Highbury.

Hi

Seen this afternoon on the H1-5




Thanks for the help, not sure what's it's name.

Thanks

ossendryver,
Without doubt this tusker is NGODZI
I guess you have seen him somewhere between Letaba and Mopani

BuTuna,
Idd, it was great meeting you in C B with a.o. some nice talking about the tuskers...

I wish I could make you happy with some names but can't ID any so far.
I understand you thought about Shisha but it is not him.
Many differences at his ear marks...Shisha had many small notche, better to say a ragged left ear. Also another notch at the bottom of his left ear...


[quote="BluTuna"]Hi Aat!

I'm glad you got back safely from your trip here! Was good to meet you & Elly!

Here are the first of the big guys that I would like to get ID'd or confirmed.

No 1. Not sure if this one is big enough to be a tusker. taken in the vicinity of Mopani camp.

No 2. Taken at Mooiplaas Water hole, I didn't realise that the one at the back had such long tusks until I was processing these pictures when I got home.
No 3. On the S50 near Shingwedzi, I think this is Shisha. I remember being impressed by the size of this elephant!

Thanks so much!!

Hi Aat,

Thanks for trying, Here are the others I got during my trip :-

Babalala? at Babalala waterhole.


This one was between Shingwedzi and Mopani, not sure if he's big enough to be a tusker.


I think this one may be Matrix but I'm really not sure.


Unfortunately, this was the best picture I got of this big guy - he really has an enormous left tusk but I didn't get to see the right one. Taken on the S90 north of Satara.


This one was a few Kms north of Orpen Dam on the S35.


And lastly, on the S122 north of Lower Sabie.

BluTuna
I really tried to ID the ones you showed, but besides of MaTrix the other ones are not named tuskers so far.
The positive thing about it is, also looking at pictures I received from others ... there is a nice number of promising tuskers.

I will tell a bit more about it in my post about MAC.

Sorry BluTuna... I really wanted to make you happy with some names but I follow my own rules with ...being 100% sure about a name or being convinced about the name even when I am wrong after all...
I also see some bulls with almost similar marks (like one of your bulls shown...with loose piece of skin in left ear but it is not one of the named ones with such a loose piece of skin, other marks are just different.