Caught in Act 1 - Masturbating Musth Elephant

[Debasis Bose]

Good day to all the Indiawilds members. I am back from my two weeks sojourn from CTR, this time had some lovely experiences and will share with all as and when I find time.

Let me start with the rare and the best behavior of a musth bull caught on camera, if you ever get to see an elephant doing this you would at least know what he is up to. We were waiting about 50 m away as this musth bull elephant slowly walked towards our gypsy, flapping his ears and swinging his head. we were waiting for the bull to display unpredictable, dominant, and excitable behavior, but was amazed to see when he started pushing this huge tree and then walked few steps and stood across the road. Then his penis protruded out and he started to rub the tip of his penis under his own belly vigorously for about 20 to 30 seconds. And then automatically underwent in motion and postured as if he has climbed on top of a female and ejaculated. Will post 5 or 6 sequel of this rare behavior.

Nikon D700, Nikor 24-120 F4, F20 @ 120, ISO 6400, Exposure 1/1600s

[Vipin Sharma]

Lovely behaviour captured , Mast bull can sometimes be very dangerous and can charge without any warning. Nice picture , need some more sharpness. TFS.

[Mrudul Godbole]

You could witness quite rare behaviour. Had not heard about this before. Thanks for sharing.