Kruger National Park

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All the answers to this quiz can be found somewhere on the Letaba Elephant Hall website. Explore the site to see if you can find them!

1. How heavy was the biggest elephant in the world?
2. Which was the only one of the Magnificent Seven to be killed by poachers?
3. How long are elephant cows normally pregnant for?
4. What is Kruger's only female tusker called?
5. How often do scientists count Kruger's elephant populations?
6. How fast can an elephant run?
7. What does 'Ndlovu' mean in Tsonga?
8. Which is the only one of the Magnificent Seven whose tusks are not on display in Letaba Elephant Hall?
9. In which National Park did the scientist, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, do his famous research on elephants?
10. True or false: Tusks are elongated canine teeth?
11. Which of the Magnificent Seven shares its name with a rest camp in Kruger National Park?
12. Which tusker is known for trampling a photographer?
13. What does 'Mabarule' mean?
14. Whose tusks are the longest on record in Southern Africa?
15. In what year did Mandleve die?
16. Which tusker shares its name with the former ranger, Ben Pretorius?
17. How many sets of molars does an elephant have throughout its lifetime?
18. True or false: Most of the Magnificent Seven were normally seen in the north of Kruger National Park?
19. Whose tusks are the heaviest on display in Letaba Elephant Hall?
20. Is Letaba Elephant Hall open on Sundays?

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Answers:

1. 12 tonnes or 12000 kg.
2. Dzombo
3. 22 months
4. Mamerle
5. Every year
6. Up to 40 km/h
7. Elephant
8. João
9. Manyara in Tanzania
10. False, they are elongated incisor teeth
11. Shingwedzi
12. Tshokwane
13. Big feet
14. Shawu
15. 1993
16. Masbambela
17. Six
18. True
19. Phelwane
20. Yes