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[Jimmy]

about Asian elephants, Although Srilankan ones are thought to be the biggest form of Modern Asian elephant- Elephas Maximus. Some Indian elephant predominantly Northern India and Nepal are thought to be the largest race of any Asian elephants, One of them In Nepal's Bardia national park was thought to be the biggest form of Asian elephant in existance!  His name was Raja Gaj meaning the king elephant, until at the age of around 70 he disappeared presumably in a great flood in 2007. Prior to that, numerous expeditions was made not only because of it's size but it resembled some prehistoric stagodon like features, with very high domed forehead, sloping back and robust features. Not only that, there were other rival bulls of "the king elephant" like Conja or Kancha meaning the younger one and still there are some that are as huge if not bigger even to this day (biologist Niall MacCann had come in search of "Bhim Gaj" meaning Hercules elephant in his documentary Biggest and Baddest). it has been seen that in Bardia and it's corridors including Dudhwa reserve in India may contain some of the remaining largest forms of Asian elephant. here are some of Raja Gaj pics:

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.. and his rival Kancha meaning the younger one

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i could not find a better video from the series Biggest and baddest but here is some crappy clips check at 0:30, explaining the difference between normal Asian Elephant and Bardia elephant- explaining the large domes on the head and one Thula Hati- Huge Elephant was estimated at 8 tons-18000 lbs!! at 14:00 searching one of the bull elephants.

...and thw whole documentary but it's not good quality, check at around 29:00, then at 37:00 and Bhim Gaj- Hercules at 42:00

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