Makhna in musth…
MUSTH…
” excitement , swiftness, odour, love, passion,
complete florescence of the body, wrath , prowess ,
and fearlessness are declared
to the eight excellences of musth ”
~~~ matangalila
Nilakantha
Makhnas…..are
tuskless male elephants….
During musth the temporal gland
of the male swells and secretes a fluid….
During this period the males seek out and mate with cows.
Musth is sometimes described as
” an instinctive desire in the male elephants to fight and even kill, before mating ”
They are generally
big fellows with powerful trunks….
A big makhna is generally feared
by the members of any herd….
They seem to make up in size
of body & trunk for the lack of tusks &
are generally enormously powerful elephants….
It has been recorded that in the case
of a fight between a good sized tusker & a makhna…
the makhna snapped off one of the tusks of its
opponent with its trunk…
many males in musth also have a continual discharge or
dribble of urine , with damp patches on their hind legs…..
Living with a damaged skull 
With respect – what powerful images accompany your info. Lesley
June 15, 2012 at 10:17 pm
thank you…
June 16, 2012 at 7:01 am
Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
June 16, 2012 at 5:32 pm
Beautiful. 🙂
June 19, 2012 at 11:45 pm
superb
January 25, 2013 at 12:14 am
thank you :-)…
January 25, 2013 at 9:21 am
Beautiful..where was this handsome lad?
September 20, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Thank you..
This was in Corbett national park..India
September 22, 2013 at 10:00 am