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Pic from Paul Meek/ Magnus News. Pic shows the moment a pair of young bull elephants became Muhammad ELLIES battling it out in a playful sparring contest in these images taken by British amateur photographer Paul Meek.
NOW THIS IS A HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT, EARTH-RUMBLING MOMENT TWO SPARRING YOUNG BULL ELEPHANTS WENT TUSK TO TUSK
By Magnus News Agency
Move over Tyson Fury, these sparring young bull elephants are the real heavyweight contenders.
Like safari Muhammad Ellies the two playful pugilist pachyderms began fighting after their herds refreshed themselves at a waterhole.
The jumbo encounter between the larger male with wide tusks and his smaller adversary was watched at some moments by an older female acting almost like a referee.
After a few rounds the larger bull backed down and ran back to the group when the smaller opponent landed some blows with his tusks on the mouth and head.
You could say he won by tusk-nical knock out.
British amateur wildlife photographer Paul Meek took these ringside snaps at the at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
Yorkshireman Paul, 47, who works in financial technology in London, said the battle began after two herds of elephants met at a waterhole and the youngsters excitedly greeted one another.
He said: âAfter quenching their thirst, the matriarchâs led each herd off. However, two of the younger bulls seemed excitable, a sparring session was agreed between them with the raising of trunks and battle commenced.
ââWide boyâ as I nicknamed him because of his very wide tusks, confronted the smaller bull âPretty boyâ and started pushing him around.
âThe younger bull was forced backwards at some pace as the older, bigger and more dominant bull pushed him towards our vehicle, at which point we needed to get out of their way.
âThe sparring session continued, and one of the sisters appeared to keep an eye on things.
âSlowly the bulls repositioned themselves so that they were facing e
2023-10-13
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