Musth
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musth-182-6186079
title:
Musth
text:
Musth or must is a periodic condition in bull (male) elephants characterized by aggressive behavior and accompanied by a large rise in reproductive hormones. It has been known in Asian elephants for 3000 years but was only described in African elephants in 1981. There is evidence that similar behaviour occurred in extinct proboscideans like gomphotheres and mastodons. Elephants often discharge a thick, tar-like secretion called temporin from the temporal gland during musth. Behavioral management
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description:
Condition in male elephants
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musth
date created:
2004-05-16T03:36:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T08:20:47Z
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