Bull Elephant
This picture was taken in the Jao concession of the Okavango delta in the green season as is obvious from the vegetation. I was looking through my elephant photos this week to post one for Elephant day on Tuesday celebrating matriarchs. However I just realized that this photo was of a male, one in musth (pronounced must), a testosterone-driven state of increased sexual activity. Such animals can be aggressive towards just about every animal but I was on a high bank across the river so no immediate threat. Characteristic of musth is a secretion from the temporal gland located behind the eye.
Bull Elephant
This picture was taken in the Jao concession of the Okavango delta in the green season as is obvious from the vegetation. I was looking through my elephant photos this week to post one for Elephant day on Tuesday celebrating matriarchs. However I just realized that this photo was of a male, one in musth (pronounced must), a testosterone-driven state of increased sexual activity. Such animals can be aggressive towards just about every animal but I was on a high bank across the river so no immediate threat. Characteristic of musth is a secretion from the temporal gland located behind the eye.