Male elephants are often portraited as lone bulls, keeping to themselves and only seeking out other elephants when in musth and when lured by females in estrous. This is not true though. Male elephants have associates or companions whose company they prefer above any others. These buddies only split up when one of them go into musth – even timing their musth so they do not overlap and risk having to fight each other.
Here is a great example of such a friendship – Kahle and Mvula at Samara Private Game Reserve.
Photo credit: Ida Hansen
