Tossing the head and tusks back and forth through bushes or other vegetation creating noise and visual commotion. In an Escalated-Contest, between musth males, and in an Attacking & Mobbing context Bush-Bashing is likely a demonstration of strength; an expression of “look what I can do with you!" In a Social Play context elephants may run back and forth through bushes or long grass beating up and lifting up vegetation creating a ruskus that appears to be contagious.
Two one year old calves play together chasing one another at a Floppy-Run crashing in and out of the Croton bushes (Bush-Bashing) and Standing-Tall and making Pulsated-Play-Trumpets. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)
