Ziggy (elephant)
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Ziggy was a male Indian elephant who lived at Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago from 1936 to 1975. He weighed about six tons and was over ten feet tall. After attacking and nearly killing his keeper in 1
Ziggy the Elephant
Musth
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Musth or must is a periodic condition in bull elephants characterized by aggressive behavior and accompanied by a large rise in reproductive hormones. It has been known in Asian elephants for 3,000 ye
Ziggy (elephant)
…would remain alone in a stall, attached to a wall with a chain of variable length. Years later, Lewis explained that Ziggy was in the midst of his musth period on the day of the attack. Musth is a time of high testosterone levels in male elephants, leading to aggressive behavior. In March 1969, Michael…
Temporin secretion during musth
A wild Indian elephant in musth
An elephant in musth digging his tusks into the ground
An Asian elephant bull chained during musth, with discharge from the temporal glands.