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Pardamat finally has two tiny tusks! While most elephants start growing tusks around the age of two, Pardamat's are only appearing now, at the age of four. His partner-in-crime, Olomunyak, was an early bloomer, and his small-but-substantial tusks have given him plenty of confidence to take on his older... show more

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Only One Safaris2 days ago

Late tusks, zero hesitation. Pardamat turned up to the sparring match like he’d been sharpening them in secret.

Pepper 🇨🇦2 days ago

Pardamat is the one that stopped for a snack mid-play. ‘Playing, playing, playing, stop for a snack, playing, playing’. Cutie Patooties! ❤️

misty2 days ago

Worth the wait, Pardamat, those little tusks are a proud milestone after such a hard start.

Endrina Pavlić2 days ago

Adorable 🥰

Vianne Max. 🐉🦊🐝2 days ago

Of course Pardamat would do things his own way.🤭

Andrea Königsmann 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️2 days ago

They can be so proud of their tusks 🥰❤️.

Mad Granny (formerly Mary(lots of #s)2 days ago

💨💨💨💨💨💨🐘🐘😌

luckycat_232 days ago

Tiny tusks! How cute ❤️🐘🐘

Marianne Valentine 🇿🇦 🐘🇺🇦🇵🇸2 days ago

😍🐘❤️

David Perez Fernandez2 days ago

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