Question

The Cross Tusker
On hearing the elephant fall, the wildlife warden stopped. When the tusker did not get up, he
blew his whistle. Dr Ramesh and the guard heard it and came running. The elephant lay
stretched out. It was a frightening sight. They watched it and listened to its deep, heavy
breathing - a sign that the elephant was under the influence of the tranquilizer. The forest
guards approached it cautiously.
The doctor carried out some tests to make sure that the elephant's sleep was deep enough to
allow him to perform an operation. Fortunately for the forest guards, the elephant had fallen in
such a way that its wound was exposed. It was a deep wound. When Dr Ramesh opened it,
blood and pus spurted out and spattered his clothes. "The poor fellow must have been in
agony," the doctor said.
"No wonder he turned killer." muttered the warden. The doctor probed deep into the wound and
dug out three pieces of lead, obviously fired from some ancient muzzle-loading gun. He gave
them to the warden. "It is the work of some cultivator whose crop the tusker had become too
fond of." Chandran said in a low, angry voice.
Dr Ramesh cleaned the wound, poured in a good quantity of antibiotics that would help it heal
quickly, dressed it and stitched it up. As the elephant showed no signs of waking up, Dr Ramesh
gave it an antidote for the tranquilizer.
The group then retreated to a safe distance and watched.
After some time the fallen tusker stirred. Then very slowly it stood up. When it turned towards
them they noticed that its right tusk had broken off in the heavy fall at the point where it crossed
the other. The bull elephant was no longer the cross tusker in more sense than one! The pain
the elephant once suffered from had vanished and it was free to swing its trunk in any direction
it pleased. It was as if an oppressive load had been lifted. It did not need to depend on
man-grown crops any more.
The tusker saw the two men, but made no attempt to attack. When it lifted its trunk high in the
air and waved it, the men wondered if the elephant was trying to say Thank you!
now say . How do we know that the elephant was a male?

Answer 1

Answer:

When the tusker did not get up ,he blew his whistle. ... it ,the men wondered if the elephant was trying to say 'Thank you'! i