An Elephant Smack Down | Animal Fight Night
When some of the biggest animals on land get hopped up on hormones, watch out! ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe ➡ Get More Animal Fight Night: http://bit.ly/AnimalFightNight...
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NARRATOR: A swelling behind the eye that's discharging liquid. This is called the temporal gland. It swells when his testosterone levels rocket by 50 times, a condition called musth. The gland creates pressure behind the elephants eyes, potentially causing intense headaches. Bulls in musth can push trees over and attack other animals. Tempers rest on a hair trigger. This raging bull in musth is gigantic, eleven feet tall at the shoulder and weighing in at over 12,000 pounds, the weight of an RV. His urge to mate is in overdrive. And he'll crush anything that gets in his way, especially other males. But one of them won't budge, because he's also in musth. This is nature's ultimate test of strength. They try to fend each other off ...
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NARRATOR: A swelling behind the eye that's discharging liquid. This is called the temporal gland. It swells when his testosterone levels rocket by 50 times, a condition called musth. The gland creates pressure behind the elephants eyes, potentially causing intense headaches. Bulls in musth can push trees over and attack other animals. Tempers rest on a hair trigger. This raging bull in musth is gigantic, eleven feet tall at the shoulder and weighing in at over 12,000 pounds, the weight of an RV. His urge to mate is in overdrive. And he'll crush anything that gets in his way, especially other males. But one of them won't budge, because he's also in musth. This is nature's ultimate test of strength. They try to fend each other off ...
