Part 4
40 white Rhino were to be mortally wounded before 6 mature elephant bulls were introduced into the Park. Immediately all destruction ceased, no longer were tourists at threat and neither were the Rhinos. Something that both the Rangers and Scientists noticed was that while there were no mature bulls, the onset of "musth", the testosterone induced, aggressive state that elephant bulls go into when ready to mate, came on much earlier in the young bulls then should have and it was an ongoing state, hence the continual aggression. When the mature bulls were introduced this continual state of "musth" immediately stopped and they only entered "musth" at the normal appointed time!
In our young teenagers we often find that when mature males are not part of the human family structure, then the onset of sexual activity occurs much earlier and aggression becomes more of a norm.... to be continued!!!