Re: What is organ that descends when female elephant urinates?

Hello Gayle,
In response to your question I have asked a number of veterinarians
just what it could be that you are looking at while viewing the african 
elephant urinating.The unanimous and general consensus seems to point to 
the fact that you must be observing a male elephant relieving himself.
My only other solution to your dilemna is to approach one of the elephant 
handlers and have him/her observe the part of the anatomy that seems to be 
drawing your attention and see if he could identify what organ it is.

If your ineterested take a look at some  elephant-related sites...

  http://elephant.elehost.com/
  
http://straylight.tamu.edu/bene/esa/raesg/elephant.html

Lots of information on African elephants, with links to other pages
  
http://ils.unc.edu/nczoo/eleph.html

More information and links on African elephants. 
http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/zoo/homepage/zooview/crc/elephant/elecon

Fascinating telemetry project to track elephants by satellite in Malaysia.

http://www.cs.nps.navy.mil/people/support/akin/Funny/ElephantHunting.html

I hope this answers your question concerning the african elephant.

June Wingert