Loxodonta (Greek for “oblique sided” teeth) Africana…
The world’s largest terrestrial land mammal
Not a sight you want to see while walking through the bush!
The largest male ever recorded weighed in at 10 tons and measured 4 m at the shoulder
Mud baths are the elephant equivalent of a spa treatment
owning the road…
Elephant in a wind tunnel…
Elephants eat up to 450 kg of vegetation per day.
Only about 40% is processed.
Photo-bombed by an Impala!
Play time…
Up close and very personal. Not even Botox could help…
eye spy.
Thorns are not a deterrent.
Elephants cannot trot, gallop or JUMP.
But they can carry water in their “noses”.
“Wait for me”…
Slip sliding away…eventually the youngster made it out safely
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