Using the tip of the trunk, or its fingers, to feel the individual’s own tusk. Typically employed by adult males after a clash of tusks during an Escalated-Contest or Sparring match and appears to check to ensure the tusk is not damaged.
Two young males are Sparring. They pause to consider one another and then go head to head. Immediately after both males check to see if the tips of their tusks are damaged or to sniff the scent of the other male? The male on the left checks both tips, the male on the right only one. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)
