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Bull elephants' musth state drives mating competition and aggression

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Bull elephants enter a state called musth, characterized by elevated male sex hormones and visible physical changes, which drives intense competition for mating opportunities. This condition, metabolically expensive and difficult to fake, signals a bull's willingness to escalate conflicts, even to the point of fatal aggression towards rivals or other animals and humans. The musth state is crucial for reproduction, as most calves are fathered by bulls in this condition. AI

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Bull elephants' musth state drives mating competition and aggression

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Scott Travers, Contributor ·

    Why Bull Elephants Kill During Mating Season — A Biologist Explains ‘Musth’

    Musth is the hormonal state behind elephant attacks on rhinos, vehicles and people. A biologist explains what it does to a bull and why older males contain it.

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