Poking another elephant with the tip of the tusks. This is a ‘less polite’ form of Pushing another elephant. In Aggressive contexts Tusking can be used with the intention to cause bodily harm, as during Dueling, or to show displeasure or encourage another to move. In a Playful context Tusking is more gentle. All age/sex group use Tusking except infants and young calves, who do not have tusks, or, likewise, tuskless individuals.
As the clip starts, an adolescent female Advances-Toward and Ear-Folds at another adolescent female who Retreats-From. An adolescent male appears to start to follow them, but he is disturbed by the intrusion of a second adolescent male. The first male Orients-Toward the second, tries Tusking him and then lunges at him in a second failed attempt to Tusk him. The second male Orients-Away and Retreats-From. (Maasai Mara, Kenya)
