Elephant Puppet meets an African elephant 🐘
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Facts about musth in bull elephants
Musth typically lasts between 2-3 months and occurs in three stages – a 3-4 week pre-musth condition, a 4-5 week peak musth, and a 4-5 week post-musth condition.
The elephant's aggression may be partially caused by a reaction to the temporin, which naturally trickles down into the elephant's mouth. Another contributing factor may be the accompanying swelling of the temporal glands, which presses on the elephant's eyes and causes acute pain comparable to severe toothache.
A musth elephant, whether in the wild or in zoos are extremely dangerous to both humans and other elephants.
Male Elephants in musth have been known to attack rhinos like in Pilanesberg National Park where they killed a lot of adult black rhinos
Physical symptoms of the musth are:
.swollen temple or temporal glands
.swollen trunk base
.an oily liquid comes out of the temple glands, leaving a black trace across the cheeks to the corners of the mouth
.penetrating smell of sweat and urine
.permanent dripping of urine in the hind legs,
Males in musth are more likely to make females interested in a musth male than a non musth male would and males fight for females
Mental symptoms of the musth are:
Impaired social interaction, impaired communication, and repetitive, stereotyped behaviours such as “weaving.”
aggressive outbursts when the bull feels enraged
does not tolerate any noise and sudden movements
does in everyday contact hardly react to familiar commands of the keeper
tries to attack even familiar elephants and humans
Facts About elephants
The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two extant African elephant species and one of three extant elephant species. It is the largest living terrestrial animal, with bulls reaching a shoulder height of up to 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in) and a body mass of up to 10.4 t (11.5 short tons).
It is a social mammal, travelling in herds composed of cows and their offspring. Adult bulls usually live alone or in small bachelor groups. It is a herbivore, feeding on grasses, creepers, herbs, leaves, and bark. females are pregnant for 22 months, the longest gestation period of any mammal.[4]
The Largest African Elephant Bull was In Angola in 1959 With A Height From ground to withers, 13 feet 2 inches
And Weighed 24,000 lb Or 11 Tons.
While feeding, the African elephant uses its trunk to pluck leaves and its tusk to tear at branches, which can cause enormous damage to foliage.
male elephants or bulls are larger than female elephants in height and males are double the weight of females; however, both sexes continue to grow throughout their lives.
African bush elephants are one of the most powerful land animals by far, just for being able to lift their own body weight: 6,000 kg or 13,228 lbs
The description Of The Habitat And More Facts
Elephant Kingdom is another one of Colchester Zoo’s most impressive enclosures. We have a unique concept which allows all of our elephant’s maximum sight, sound and physical contact and has specially designed night stalls, a roped off “safe area” and spacious indoor bull elephant quarters. there is a male called Tembo and 3 females and their names are Opal Tanya and Zola.
Here at Colchester Zoo they have four elephants, we have one male and three females. All of our elephants can be viewed in their large outdoor paddock area, which has a pool area and a waterfall, which they tend to enjoy in the warmer months. Our Bull and other female have their own outside paddock.
Tanya
Born approx. November 1981 – November 1982
Tanya is the matriarch of the group and leader of the herd. She likes to keep everyone in line and often bosses the other Elephants around. Not only does she keep the other Elephants in check, but she also likes to make sure that the Animal Care Team are also working hard and attending to her needs.
Opal
Born approx. 1986 – 1987
Opal is a very sweet natured Elephant who is very calm. However, once she has learned a new training exercise, she is fantastic at it! Opal can be found in our cow paddock along with Tanya. She is quite slow-paced and likes to take her time with enrichment activities.
Tembo
Born approx. 1981 – 1985
Tembo is the only bull Elephant here at Colchester Zoo. Weighing around 5.5 tonnes, Tembo is our largest Elephant here at the Zoo. Tembo can be found in our bull paddock along with one of our females, Zola. Tembo really enjoys his keeper interactions and loves taking part in different training exercises, Tembo has sired 2 calves, Kito in 2002 & Jambo in 2004.
Zola
Born approx. June 1981 – June 1983
Zola is the smallest Elephant here at Colchester Zoo, weighing around 4 tonnes. She is easy to tell apart from the others in the group, as she has very short tusks. Due to her small size Zola can be very shy but loves taking part in her training exercises with the care team.