Favourite elephant bull

dragon(ele)nerd

dragon(ele)nerd

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Hey guys, this is kinda a randomn thread but I personally would like to know some of the members favourite bulls elephants around the world. In zoo's of course. :D

My personal favourites are : Radza-emmen, Bong su-Melbourne, Chawang-singapore, Thai-houston, Hussein- Hamburg, Mekong- Leipzig, Ankhor- Berlin TP, Alexander- Amersfoort.

There are heaps more in Kerala but I'd love to hear everyone's personal favourite
 
Mine is definatley Bong-Su...out of the four that I've seen he is biggest I think.
 
What four bulls have you seen?

I personally have only seen two adult elephant bulls in my life Bong Su and Awang Something at Taiping zoo.
 
I've seen Bong-su at Melbourne, Gung and the old taronga bull at Taronga and the bull at Perth. :)
 
My favourite will always be Chieng Mai from Copenhagen. He has a very impressive and productive breeding bull turning 50 this year. But Radza from Emmen is also very impressive indeed...
 
Howlett's Jums and the male at Port Lympne (maybe Kruger?). Both very big and very impressive, shame they don't have very big tusks.
 
Toddy said:
My favourite will always be Chieng Mai from Copenhagen. He has a very impressive and productive breeding bull turning 50 this year. But Radza from Emmen is also very impressive indeed...
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Chieng Mai is a great looking elephant, the appearance of him looks so beautiful and masculine.

PAT said:
I've seen Bong-su at Melbourne, Gung and the old taronga bull at Taronga and the bull at Perth. :)
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Neat yeah your probably right compared with He-man ( adult bull died in 2006) Bong Su probably is a bit bigger compared to him.

Hey Toddy if you could.. would you be able to send me a message about the elephants at Copenhagen some pics and some info would be great. I've read a bit about them but I haven't seen very many pictures.
 
Male asian at San Diego Wild Animal Park (soon to be moved to San Diego Zoo). He has tusks that reach to the ground - see my photo in Wild Animal Park gallery.
 
Both Dahlip and Ranchipur are very impressive bulls. And Billy's body sturcture is nice and stocky.

Maybe we could put together a magnificent seven of Asian Bulls in zoos?
 
Coco at Columbus, Jackson at Pittsburgh Zoo and Mabulahne at San Diego Wild Animal Park
 
Obviously Coco and Bodhi are my main boys, but Ranchipur @ SDWAP is also a favorite. Personally I dont really like Packy @ Oregon (no me gusta tushes) or the male @ St. Louis.

African-wise, Khosi is my favorite but MacClean is my favorite adult.
 
Ali at Kronberg, unfortunately dead

Jackson at Pittsburgh Zoo

Calimero at Beekse Bergen Zoo

Tembo at Hannover Zoo, altough I've never seen him by myself

Tembo at Berlin Animal Park

Max at Munich Zoo, unfortunately dead

Graucho at Fort Worth Zoo
 
Max and Groucho from what I've seen are fantastic looking bulls, unfortunately I haven't seen Max in many photos.
They both have a good feature that Indian's look for in show elephants, a good size head.
 
My favourites are:

1. Radza, for looks and behaviour. Just look at the elephant diary of Emmen where he's performing weight lifting exersizes with Myo Set Kaung (who enjoyed this) : Dierenpark Emmen - De dierverzorgers

2. Nikolai, for baby sitting duties he performed in Artis and the overwhelming impression he made in Hannover.

3. Alexander, but I'm biased on him - being a Rotterdam fan.

I guess I just like the "soft" touch in a man, and in an elephant.
 
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