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May 06
2011
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bull elephants fight over femalePosted by: ranger in MBT - Conservancy Diary on May 6, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report
Reporting date: 06.05.2011
The scouts team while on patrol sighted a family of elephants running as if they were in danger. On a closer look they noticed three bull trailing them at a distance. Two of the bulls were much larger. The younger bull led the two other larger male in pursuit of the oestrus female. Onn noticing that the younger bull was a head the other two bull increased their paces out running the young bull. The two large bulls joined together then chased away him away. They ensured that he was kept at bay from the females.
Bull elephants spend much a lot of time fighting for dominance with each other. Only the most dominant males will be permitted to breed with cycling females. The less dominant ones must wait their turns. It is usually the older bulls, forty to fifty years old, that do most of the breeding. The dominance battles between males can look very fierce, but typically they inflict very little injury. Most of the bouts are in the form of aggressive displays and bluffs. Ordinarily, the smaller, younger, and less confident animal will back off before any real damage can be done. Moreover, during the breeding season, the battles can get extremely aggressive, and the occasional elephant is injured. During this season, known as musth, a bull will fight with almost any other male it encounters, and it will spend most of its time hovering around the female herds, trying to find a receptive mate.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty | |
| Daniel, Shuel, Siito, John, Salau, Tony, Lenkiroro | Setek |
Benson | ||
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1: Oriatu, Kirok Loirien, Oloropa, Osinoni, Ntulele, BT, Milimani, Safaricom, Chemichemi,
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Bravo 2: Osinoni, Olgenchemi, Oldonyowuas, Oyerata, Milimani, BT, Saltlick, Osinoni
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
One herd of cattle belonging to Patet Gilisho intruded into Bushtops plot. | |||
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Condition of wild animals |
Good | |||
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Condition of cattle |
Good | |||
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Condition of vegetation |
Good | |||
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Weather condition |
Sunny, hot morning and rainy afternoon | |||
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Water Supply |
Sufficient | |||
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen | |||
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
7 | |||
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
21 | |||
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
4 | |||
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
180 | |||
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
2 | |||
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
5 | |||
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
40 | |||
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
5 | |||
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
18 | |||
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
22 | |||
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
6 | |||
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
500 | |||
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
42 | |||
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
1 | |||
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
21 | |||
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
35 | |||
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
5 | |||
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
2 | |||
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
8 | |||
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
42 | |||
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
90 | |||
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
31 | |||
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
50 | |||
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