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Monday, November 28, 2011

Richard Reynolds said...: This is a male forest elephant. Note the tusks are pointed almost straight down, which is typical. Too bad we cannot see the ear from the side to tell if it is rounded, characteristic for the species.

This may be the same huge bull with whom Howard Y. Bary was photographed on one of his expeditions to the former Belgian Congo. That animal was domesticated or as close as that was possible.

The colonial government ran an elephant training center at Gangala-na-Bodio, and then sent the animals to work in agriculture.; 28 November, 2011 10:55
Chic Silber said...: I thought these straight tusks

are characteristic of the cyclotis

which are described as smaller

than the savannah elephants we

more commonly see in captivity

Have these been used in circuses

Buckles or maybe just in zoos; 28 November, 2011 21:20
Chic Silber said...: Looks like it would be tough for

this fellow to bend his head down

or for him to kneel down as well; 28 November, 2011 21:24

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