Chimp & See Talk

Injured elephant, maybe Gabela

  • AnLand by AnLand moderator

    I am not sure here, so I open a new thread: in ACP000d23f (found by @Corcaroli) and ACP000d23g (found by @lauraklynn) we see a big male elephant and I think he has a trunk injury like Gabela. It looks strange, because he also tries to wrap his trunk around something, but there seems to be a gap. The left trunk seem to have a hole on the tip. Any idea? (The big cut in the right ear is not seen - wrong body side.)

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  • NuriaM by NuriaM scientist, moderator

    Gabela´s tusks are longer and straighter. Also, remember that Gabela has a whole in the tip of his right tusk?

    Gabela in ACP000cr5l

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    and the guy in ACP000d23f :

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  • AnLand by AnLand moderator in response to NuriaM's comment.

    Right! So, this might be the other guy in ACP000czzk / ACP000czzn with a similar injury and smaller tusks? Even better, then we have a new match. What do you think?

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  • AnLand by AnLand moderator

    I tried on Saturday to look (unsuccessful) into the tuskless elephants ... Maybe, we can tag with #tuskless? Makes it easier to sort the videos.

    Anyway, today I've seen that the other adult in ACP000czm4 has also an injured trunk. I totally missed that on the weekend. The tusks are smaller than Gabela's, so it's not him. But in ACP000czm5, he moves forward and one can see some bumps (or blisters?) on the forefront of his left leg and the one in ACP000czzk / ACP000czzn has this as well. I can't say how much definitive of a trait this is. But both have, and the injury, and smaller tusks than Gabela. The one in ACP000d23f has only the injury and smaller tusks. What do you think?

    The bumbs are better seen in ACP000czm5

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  • NuriaM by NuriaM scientist, moderator in response to AnLand's comment.

    Absolutely!!

    also, apart from the tusks, injury and bumps that you mention, note that the wrinkles in his left front leg reach up to his knee, opposite to the right one, where the wrinkles go down his knee in all three cases:

    1. from ACP000d23f / g :

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    1. from ACP000czm5 (better seen in the video, sec. 2)

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    1. from ACP000czzk (right knee best seen in the video):

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    congratulations, you have matched another elephant!!! well done 😃

    name? 😃

    (note: #tuskless sounds good to me)

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  • AnLand by AnLand moderator

    Very cool! So, let's name him Ulam.

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  • NuriaM by NuriaM scientist, moderator in response to AnLand's comment.

    LOVELY 😃

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