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Updated: 04-12-2010 Pictures by Anthony Webb, Geoff Miles and Andrew Aveley
XIPEMBANE
NAME
XIPEMBANE
Xipembane is named after a little river south of Olifants, where this bull has been seen and photographed first.
(Xipembane is a temporary name for this emerging tusker just for identification purposes)
CHARACTERISTICS
Left ear: Notch with loose piece of skin and a hole in the lower part. Right ear: Mainly clean.
Tusks: Left tusk more straight, right tusk curved. Left tusk a bit longer then right one. Promising tusker
AREA
Olifants
Photographed by: Anthony Webb
Location: West of Olifants along the S39 near Timbavati
Date: November 11th 2010.
Tuskers of Africa
Tshokwane
Photographed by: Geoff Miles
Location: Near Olifants
Date: April 2009
Photographed by: Andrew Aveley
Location: South of Olifants, near Ngotso North waterhole
Date: September 2008