[Leica] Bullfight - from the back end of the jeep

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin)]

Vivid and a bit violent ;-)

> On March 24, 2014 at 8:33 PM Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>
> Great! Brings back vivid memories!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:00 AM, afirkin <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> > Further to Jay's great story and shots, these are from the other end of 
> > the
> > jeep:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/kksv58c
> >
> > First touch: just a minor joust
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/lm6kp9l
> >
> >
> > the younger bull would 'hide' behind trees (and later a pond) trying to
> > minimize
> > the 'impact' with the older larger elephant. Here we can see how the 
> > older
> > and
> > more experienced bull would lower his trunk, slightly twist his head and
> > 'ram'
> > his 'blunt' tusk in between the eyes of the younger male. The younger 
> > male
> > had
> > magnificent tusks. Long sharp and undamaged, but this proves size is not
> > always
> > important ;-)
> >
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/l4nfnzk
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/ky6asha
> >
> > Locking horns. After the first 'thump' between the eyes, the older male
> > would
> > lock into position and push his younger competitor backwards
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/ln3u3ue
> >
> >
> > the last joust: here the older one again thrusts his tusk into the upper
> > trunk
> > of the younger. What follows is a close up of that. You can see the
> > 'indentation' and the dust thrown off the beta male as the contact 
> > impacts.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/mgp7qq2
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/lqt4lh6
> >
> >
> > More shoving and the smaller one was almost 'out of it'. Make sure you 
> > look
> > at
> > the next one large
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/n6bypj7
> >
> > Here the dust is really flying as the younger male is forced back.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/n4hqrl6
> >
> > finally in the distance the older male catches up to the fleeing 
> > challenger.
> > He
> > whacks him with his truck and sends the pretender on his way
> >
> > It was FANTASTIC to see this unfold.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Alastair
> >
> >
> >
> >
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