† Slit Trunk is a dead Male ♂ African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), , who died 1976 at Amboseli National Park, in Kenya, . Official death reason described as killed?.
Slit Trunk was born wild 1959? at Amboseli National Park.
" The young male was given the code number M31, but was usually referred to as Slit Trunk. He had an open eight-inch slit in his Trunk that went right through to the inner nasal passage. However, it had healed well and did not seem to cause him any problem." "Sometime in the first half of 1976, Slit Trunk became independent, striking out on his own as young bulls do. Unfortunately, he was one of the ones who failed to make it through the drought. There were a lot of Maasai spearings that year because the Maasai, their cattle, and the wildlife were packed into a small area and competing for the same resources. I suspect Slit Trunk was killed because he lacked experience of how to keep out of the Maasai's way. "
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