Google honours Ahmed the elephant Ahmed the elephant was the most highly guarded elephant to ever graze on earth. 'The King Of Marsabit', as he was popularly known by many in 1960s when he shot into the limelight, was today, celebrated all over the world and in his honor Google Doodle was decorated with his image. Ahmed was recognized for his enormous tusks and appeared on major screens all over the world.his tusks were the biggest in Africa, weighing 68.03 kilograms each, and he became the first elephant in history to be protected by a presidential order in Kenya. The King of Marsabit was one of a kind such that he could only climb slopes by walking backwards. He was born in 1919 in the woodlands of the Marsabit National Reserve on a mountain in northern Kenya, and he was frequently accompanied by two smaller bull elephants who stood behind him. Ahmed was famed for his long tusk and was ever seen with the two bull elephants guarding him and his loot, Due to Ahmed's w