tusker

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"Just a tusker with a tusked friend," he captioned one clip posted on Instagram, which was later deleted from his account after a backlash from Kenyans in the comments.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

After a large tusker was electrocuted by low-hanging power lines in December, the herd returned the following day to trample the crops where he’d been buried.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2020

Satao II was believed to be around fifty years old; he was named after Kenya’s greatest tusker, Satao, who was killed by poachers in 2014.

From The New Yorker • May 2, 2017

It was certainly a giant tusker, but it was hard to tell if this was Satao, as the face was mutilated face and the tusks gone.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2014

If you can tell me the approximate height of this elephant and if a single or double tusker and any distinguishing peculiarities, I will write to the deputy commissioner and get it proclaimed.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon