Standing or moving with head held well above shoulders, chin tucked in (Chin-In), so that the elephant looks squarely at its adversary with ears and tusks held more perpendicular to the ground. Typically, the ears are maximally forward (Ear-Spreading). This posture is used primarily to threaten other elephants, particularly by males in musth.
The young male has just tested (Trunk-to-Genitals) a female. Then, as this clip begins he turns and threatens another female and Supplants her at a tree she was feeding on. He (right) starts his threat with slight Ear-Flap-Slide, Advancing-Toward her Ear-Folding at her while he Reaches-High and touches her tusk. The female (left), likewise Advances-Toward him with Head-High and Ears-Folded. She Forward-Trunk-Swings at him. After the clip ends she Backs-Away and then Orients-Away and Retreat-From. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)
