I was watching a documentary on this that Saeed gave me and having never seen one butchered before, I didn't realise how much muscle and meat is over the rib cage. Then the lungs are in a sack as well. Now I appreciate what a bullet has to go through to get to the vital areas. Very interesting.

how about sharing with us? Keen to see it as well.

Only seen this one.
http://outdooroverload.com/wha...elephant-after-hunt/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgq2FGYBy1E

Watched the one on a Giraffe yesterday. That was very interesting as well.

Agree - a very interesting program - but not without some incorrect facts. Please realize that was an Indian elephant cow. A big bull African elephant can easily be almost twice that size! To produce my elephant anatomy diagrams I took three elephants apart in in similar fashion. To do so in 40 degree Zambezi Valley heat was not fun. Here in the Kruger National Park the game rangers now use a ballistic combination that has the potential to give full body length penetration on the biggest bodied bulls. (a 600 grain .458 Dzombo monolithic solid at 2150 fps from a .450 Rigby has the penetration to do this.) On one frontal brain shot the bullet was recovered in the tail!

Damn, Kevin, that's crapload of penetration.

And I can almost imagine just how "wonderful" the aroma was - not to mention trying to keep the local pops from noshing down on your scientific samples.

I have been in on the recovery of close to 30 elephants. It is a wonderful way to learn the elephant anatomy. Seeing where the vital organs are located will greatly increase you ability to place your bullets better. I have also had the recovery crew saw in half the skull of bulls and cows to see exactly where the brain is located. I now seldom miss place a brain shot.