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Subject: [Leica] Bullfight - from the back end of the jeep
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 23:38:18 -0400
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wow, you guys are something!

ric


On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:30 PM, 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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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Bullfight)
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