Mahasen is a giant cross-tusked wild tusker, reported in 2017 to be about 12 feet tall with tusks about six feet long; he is sometimes called “Kathira Dala Etha”. He roams Minneriya, Kaudulla, Somawathiya and Maduru Oya, and wildlife officials said he usually visits Minneriya around April for about two months. He has survived several gunshot wounds. Photographer Rajiv Welikala wrote in 2020 that he carried the largest tusks of any known wild tusker on the island, and that he is shy and rarely seen.