Musth or must (from Persian, lit. 'intoxicated') is a periodic condition in bull (male) elephants characterized by aggressive behavior and accompanied...

musth bulls win the majority of the time, even when the non-musth bull is larger. A male may stop showing signs of musth when he encounters a musth male...

bulls in musth. When old and high-ranking bulls in musth threaten and chase young musth bulls, either the latter leave the group or their musth ceases....

experience musth, a physical and behavioral condition that is characterized by elevated testosterone, aggression and more sexual activity. Musth also serves...

annual phenomenon known as "musth". This is a period where the testosterone level is up to 100 times greater than non-musth periods, and they become aggressive...

Madha Gaja Raja (/məðəˈɡədʒəˈrɑːdʒɑː/ transl. King of Musth Elephants) is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Sundar...

: 101  In male elephants, temporin is secreted more during the period of musth, a period of heightened sexual arousal and dominance behavior. Of note,...

"Physiological Correlates of Musth". Physiology & Behavior. 67 (4): 539–49. doi:10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00114-6. PMID 10549891. S2CID 21368454. Musth in elephants. Deepa...

erectile tissue structure called the accessory corpus cavernosum. During musth, a male elephant may urinate with the penis still in the sheath, which causes...

1962. He and two co-workers attempted to investigate the phenomenon of musth in elephants by dosing Tusko, a bull elephant at the Lincoln Park Zoo in...

secretion examination showed the presence of phenol and p-cresol during musth in male elephants. It is one of the very few compounds to attract the orchid...

testosterone levels in tusks indicating that adult males experienced periods of musth like modern elephants, where they entered a state of heightened aggression...

largely solitary lives plus entering phases of aggression similar to the musth exhibited by modern elephants. Mammut achieved maximum species diversity...

dissertation on the sexual and aggressive phenomenon of musth in male elephants, entitled, Musth and male-male competition in the African elephant. In the...

similar to musth found in living elephants. These traits are suggested to be inherited from the last common ancestor of elephantimorphs, with musth-like behaviour...

is observed in both African and Asian elephants and it is referred to as musth. Its meaning is derived from the Urdu word mast meaning intoxication. The...

Younger bulls often experience musth for a shorter period of time, while older bulls do for a longer time. When in musth, bulls have a more erect walk...

that it is time to move to another spot. Musth rumble – distinctive, low-frequency pulsated rumble emitted by musth males (nicknamed the "motorcycle"). Female...

13 to 31 days (average 23) Elephant: 16 weeks Wolf: 9 days Mating system Musth Neutering Progesterone-releasing intravaginal device Reproductive cycle...

Palace and Bannimantap, by 45 minutes, despite going through periods of musth at the time. His choice as the carrier was confirmed by the organizers in...

needed] m-Cresol is a component found in temporal glands secretions during musth in male African elephants (Loxodonta africana). m-Cresol is a constituent...

animal trainers had little understanding of or experience with elephant musth, a period of late adolescence when juvenile bull elephants begin to transition...

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his word!": 225  Burmese Days Chunee A Hanging George Orwell bibliography Musth Such, Such Were the Joys Runciman, David. Political Hypocrisy: The Mask...

experiences a period of heightened sexual and aggressive activity called musth, which is caused by the production of large quantities of testosterone....

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subsequently an increase in the hormones LH and FSH, which stimulate cyclicity. Musth – Condition in male elephants Rut (mammalian reproduction) – Mating season...

molar. Jumbo's nightly rages were probably caused by toothache, rather than musth, as his keeper thought at the time. A post mortem photograph of Jumbo shows...

feature indicates that, like bull elephants, male woolly mammoths entered "musth", a period of heightened aggressiveness. The glands are used especially...

years of age. Adult males likely engaged in combat with each other during musth similar to living elephants. Some straight-tusked elephant specimens appear...