Elephant musth - The complete guide - Fascinating Africa

Video of the Week: Miles, a male elephant in his 50s, is in musth, a hormonal condition that occurs periodically in male elephants. During musth, Miles’ sole focus is to find an estrous (in heat) female. He will spend a couple of days with the female, mate once or twice, then go off to search for another. The high level of testosterone during musth can make even gentle bulls irritable and aggressive, and other elephants know to get out of the way of a musth bull. Otherwise, an angry push (or wor