Staffan Widstrand / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) male tusker walking down road photographed from vehicle, iMfolozi National Park, South Africa

Yashpal Rathore / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) tusker walking on forest track, Jim Corbett National Park, India

Yashpal Rathore / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) herd crossing Ramganga river, as Tusker approaching herd, Jim Corbett National Park, India

Yashpal Rathore / Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) tusker wading through River, Jim Corbett National Park, India

Christophe Courteau / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) big tusker bull profile, Ngorongoro Crater. Tanzania

Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) huge old tusker called One Ton at sunset, OlDonyo Kenya.

Staffan Widstrand / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) male tusker walking down road viewed from vehicle, iMfolozi National Park, South Africa

Anup Shah / Large male African elephant {Loxodonta africana} Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Toby Sinclair / Domestic Tusker Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) kneeling infront of Buddhist temple, Kataragama, Sri Lanka's second most sacred place of pilgrimage

Toby Sinclair / Domestic Tusker Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) presents lotus flowers at Buddhist temple, Kataragama, Sri Lanka's second most sacred place of pilgrimage

Toby Sinclair / Domestic Tusker Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) presents lotus flowers at Buddhist temple, Kataragama, Sri Lanka's second most sacred place of pilgrimage

Mike Wilkes / Male tusker African elephant {Loxodonta africana} Ngorongoro Crater NP, Tanzania, East Africa