European elephants

23-05-2008

I agree MARK, Boy seems to be a huge bull, though i can't find many clear of him on the net. Does any here have any? I know this might be stupid to ask but does Boy have any tusks?

23-05-2008

thank you once again,
many sites have different measurments, some sites say that Radza is 3.25. But it is most likely that he is 3.15 meters right?
Radza would be Europe's heavist bull, confirmed. But that depends if Joe's weight is true or not. Your local zoo is Emmen untbwe right? Do you know the height of former emmen bull Naing Thein or his weight? One site ( elephant.se) states that he weighs 5700kgs.

Might visit the zoo this sunday, depending if i can juggle homework and if my parents let me, I'll see if i can ask the keepers if they can confirm Bong Su's measurement.

23-05-2008

I think the 5.700 kg for Naing Thein is correct. He is not that tall. The 3.15 m of Radza could be right, because some of the fences in his (or actually the cows) stables are 3.00 meters when lifted up. And he has to bent a little to walk underneath!

23-05-2008

So from the information we have at this point its looking like the biggest bull in Europe is Radza or Boy

24-05-2008

... amongst the Asian elephants...

I think that in height it is Boy but in weight it is Radza. So maybe we should decide what criteria we should use.

And for the future: I hope Sammy will be a big bull. He's still growing 5 centimeters each year and is now 295 centimeters. He needs some more muscles but that's a matter of time. He is a young bull.

Myo Set Kaung, the first son of Radza, has already long tusks for his age (almost 3) and hopely will have a nice pair in the future. If he will be as big as his father? We can't tell at this moment.

24-05-2008

Unt Bwe, do you have a picture of Myo Set Kaung?

curious to see his long tusks

24-05-2008

Here is Myo Set Kaung on March 2 this year. Behind him Letsongmon, his uncle of the same age. In front of him is Unt Bwe walking.



As you can see Myo Set Kaung has smaller ears then Letsongmon. He has the ears of his father Radza while Letsongmon has the ears of Naing Thein. Letsongmon has hardly any tusks.

24-05-2008

Naing Thein also has hardly any tusks, just like all his male offspring

Pictures taken from both tusks





As you can see, little tusks

24-05-2008

This picture is from Asian elephant.net

It was posted today. This is Boy from Kiev Zoo

He is pretty impressive

24-05-2008

Yes he is pretty impressive, with that much height and mass he could be the top contender, a nice looking bull indeed.

24-05-2008

Yes we should have a criteria for the biggest bull so lets hear your ideas on this, In my mind I would say the tallest bull BUT with the one with the most body MASS/weight.

So lets hear from you guys on this

24-05-2008

We could always start a thread on the Largest "Afican bull" in zoos if there was enough interest?

24-05-2008

ding, ding ,ding lets get ready to rumble!!!!
Radza vs Boy.

24-05-2008

I think as basic as height in centimeters plus weight in kilograms could be the formula.

24-05-2008

Guys are we still counting the bulls in America as well? spot 1 in between Boy and Radza but spot two could be filled by Packy of oregon zoo. He has a height of 3.15-3.20 meters and is 6240kgs. He is the biggest bull in America so that the best the states have to offer.

With Boy we need to find his weight. But i do think that he could very well be king of Europe.