Julius Eduard Kerkhoven stroking an elephant (Elephas indicus) at the tea company Sinagar, Preanger, Java in 1900 This elephant sure seems small for having tusks, while not much in the girth, are quite long in length. Or this Julius chap is a giant.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Tea Company Elephant--1900
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Wade G. Burck
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Javan and Bornean subspecies are much smaller than mainland and Ceylon elephants, and for some reason seem to have faster tusk growth rate, and often proportionally larger tusks. This bull may have been around his mid-teens when photographed.
Leo.
Leo,
Welcome and thank you for the information. Who are you?
Wade
Wade,
First i want to thank you and Adam for this great, very informative blog. I am an elephant/circus buff from Russia, collecting elephant books, pictures, films and general information. Sadly, we have wery small (and dwindling) captive elephant population here, in fact, i had the pleasure of seeing performing elephants only twice in the last 18 years, that was Mstislav Zapashny "elephants and tigers" act with two Asian females working alongside about 8 tigers. Both elephants have since passed, living into their mid 30s.
Leo.
I would put money on it that he is a Sumatran.I saw some in the mid 1990's and they looked similar.As far as I understand Java hasn't had elephants since the 1800's.Cheers ay.
Glenn
Sorry, i messed up, meant Sumatran, not Javan.
Leo.
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