Because we were dealing with an elephant in heat, we needed to act quickly in order to reduce danger to both the volunteers and the villagers.' Elephant musth ... causing the animal to smash ...

Elephants are massive, 12-foot-tall herbivores, while bears are smaller, 5-foot-tall carnivores. They differ in diet, behavior, and size, despite overlapping habitats.

But as people throng the streets of Kandy, to gasp over the magnificence of these caparisoned animals, how many think of their comfort. Invariably, during such pageants, some of the bull elephants ...

Leela was trampled by one of the elephants while the other two fell under the building rubble. More than 30 people were injured as well. Firecrackers were continuously burst on the temple premises ...

Besides, the elephant is "known for his temperament of attacking other elephants," it said ... commands even after its return. If the animal was in musth, it would not do so.

According to Munnar Range Officer Biju S., the tusker’s sudden aggression is due the animal in musth, a natural phase in which male elephants experience heightened testosterone levels ...

1994 - only since this year have we been able to see their natural migration routes 22 months - gestation period of the African Elephant "Musth" is the testosterone-fuelled frenzy that prompts ...

There will be behavioural changes during the musth period ... and had attacked other elephants at past festivals, Guruvayur Devaswom Board chairman V K Vijayan said the animal has a very calm ...