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

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin)]

too right it was. I think every one of us had a bit of Tachycardia.

> On March 24, 2014 at 8:37 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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> Spectacular action, Alastair!
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "afirkin" <afirkin at afirkin.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 1:30 AM
> Subject: [Leica] Bullfight - from the back end of the jeep
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>
> > 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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