Musth bulls leave bull areas and move after female herds seeking out receptive females in oestrous. Receptive females are fought for, enter into consort and guarded by musth bulls. A fight sometimes is imminent when two musth bulls encounter each other having the same characteristics.

On my usual field work, I encountered Ramon, a 27 years male in musth, splashing himself with water just close to the road on a causeway. I recorded him and drove past him, then stopped a couple meters away to get a better view of a female group – the UA's, feeding close by. Moments later I saw Ramon through my rear view mirror approaching from behind in a beautiful musth walk. He came very close, walking on the edge of the road by the swamp, then stopped next to me, towering the vehicle. He smelled the car then decided to move on, passing a meter away from me, as the road is narrow with the swamp on both sides. I thought he was trying not to disturb or bother me. After spotting the UA's, he walked into the swamp in his pursuit for a receptive estrous female.

On the other side of the road, Ulona's calves, a 2004 male and Username – a 2000 female – were feeding inside the swamp. The young 4 years old calf was keeping an eye on Ramon the whole time, he was walking along the road as if in awe of the musth bull. Then a funny thing happened, as a tour vehicle was just about to pass the two calves the young male calf hurried out from the swamp and blocked the road intentionally. The tour driver had no option but to switch the engine off and wait. The young calf relaxed and was just about to go into the swamp, when the driver cranked the engine again, and the calf leaped back to the middle of the road, blocking the vehicle once again. Then it occurred to me, was the young calf emulating the typical behavior of a musth bull expressing the aggressiveness or was it just playing? Either way, older Elephants play a very vital role in the development of younger calves and teenagers as well. I found it very cool and intelligent and I just love observing Elephants' behavior in the wild.