The frenzied elephant was in musth. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The word musth is derived from a Persian word meaning drunk. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Experts have attributed the elephant's behaviour to 'musth' - a state of heightened testosterone-fueled aggression in bull elephants. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Experts attribute the behaviour to 'musth' (a state of heightened testosterone-fuelled aggression in bull elephants). From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
'' Unskilled keepers often cannot detect symptoms of 'musth' (heat) when male elephants become aggressive and display behavioural changes, '' she said. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Alpha's behaviour has been blamed on "musth", a surge in the male reproductive hormone testosterone in bull elephants that leads to aggressive behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [ Guardian Online] Reference
Alpha's behaviour has been blamed on "musth," a surge in the male reproductive hormone testosterone in bull elephants that leads to aggressive behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [News]
"musth," a period of aggression caused by a significant rise in testosterone. From Wordnik.com. [News/local from www.dailyamerican.com] Reference
Teh cheze iz nebar thrown honestly, is musth be dishonesht!. From Wordnik.com. [Who throws cheez - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
When a female was in estrus, or a male was in musth, the pitch of their voices lowered. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Only another musth bull would try to face him, and only if he was close to the same size. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Every few years, the lobelias have a musth year when the great majority of plants flower. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Eastern Afromontane] Reference
He was the dominant bull of the population, whether in musth or not, and they knew where he was. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Finally, as long as she stayed near the musth bull, the chestnut female could rest and feed without being chased. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Yet the bull mammoth's musth calls were actually extremely loud, deep-voiced roars; the female estrus call was even louder. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Although a male mammoth reached puberty around twelve, he did not begin musth until he was close to thirty, and then only for a week or so. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Jondalar and Ayla could hear the low rumbles of the estrus female clearly enough, but the male in musth had such quiet-seeming deep tones that they barely heard him. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Bull elephants in musth are confined until it passes. From Wordnik.com. [Maggie's Farm] Reference
That that Commissariat elephant had suddenly gone musth. From Wordnik.com. [Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads] Reference
George Orwell wrote a short story about an elephant in musth. From Wordnik.com. [Maggie's Farm] Reference
He goes through musth, acting agitated and forgetting to eat. From Wordnik.com. [NewsOK.com RSS - home] Reference
Mature musth males are known to inhibit musth in younger males. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
He is said to be 'in musth', a phase that lasts for month or two life every year. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Young females are thus frequently chased and mounted by a succession of young - and non-musth males. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
As females mature, their behaviour changes to avoiding young males, and accepting the large musth-males. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
According to Venkitachalam, 56 elephants, displaying clear signs of being in musth, were counted at work this season. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
The authorities said they were attacked by a bull elephant that was exceptionally aggressive because it was in musth. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
This can be busy if you are in a herd or with a bull in musth since there are forms to fill out for both of these items. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
We should have said it was in "musth". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
And the presence of a guarding musth male deters younger males from harassing inexperienced females. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Loxodonta africana): defining musth and non-musth using endocrinology, physical signals, and behavior. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
(2002) Mellifluous matures to malodorous in musth. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
2 = 2.77, df = 2, p = 0.25; musth males only: A = 1, 0-4 males; B = 0, 0-2; C = 1. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Male humans always in musth. From Wordnik.com. [Maggie's Farm] Reference
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