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Bullet (Senadi)

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Bullet (Senadi)
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A photo of a Sri Lankan Elephant — not this animal

Bullet, also called Senadi, is a young tusker released into Udawalawe National Park by the Elephant Transit Home; in 2013 he was described as 10–12 years old. He has unusually long tusks and by 2019 was hanging around the fence near the reservoir causeway, where passers-by had started feeding him.

Sources

  1. In search of a king — Daily FT (Cheranka Mendis), 13 Jul 2013
  2. Another elephantine disaster waiting to happen? — Daily Mirror (via PressReader), 14 Jan 2019
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