Elephant

When on safari in the Kruger National Park, you’re likely to experience some close encounters with the wildlife. Photo: Latest Sightings YouTube

Animal sighting: Elephant in musth chases Kruger National Park tourists – WATCH

When on safari in the Kruger National Park, you’re likely to experience some close encounters with the wildlife.

Elephant

When on safari in the Kruger National Park, you’re likely to experience some close encounters with the wildlife. Photo: Latest Sightings YouTube

When on safari in the Kruger National Park, you’re likely to experience some close encounters with the wildlife.

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In this animal sighting, an elephant in musth chases tourists who are forced to hurriedly reverse and head in the opposite direction.

Musth is a periodic condition in bull (male) elephants characterised by highly aggressive behaviour and accompanied by a large rise in reproductive hormones.

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Testosterone levels in an elephant in musth can be on average 60 times greater than in the same elephant at other times (in specific individuals these testosterone levels can even reach as much as 140 times the normal).

However, whether this hormonal surge is the sole cause of musth, or merely a contributing factor, is unknown.

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