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Desert Elephants in a dry river bed in the Damaraland, Namibia
November 2015
Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
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Etosha NP, Namibia, 2015
Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2015
... to reach the weekend - TGIF!
or at least to get a drink of the remaining water in Tarangire River.
Small family of African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
Tarangire River, Tarangire N.P., Tanzania
... towards the weekend - TGIF!
African Elephant / Afrikanischer Elefant (Loxodonta africana)
Moru Kopjes, Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa
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... of about 40 African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
in the wide and bright plains of Serengeti N.P., Tanzania, Africa
It's only the beginning of a new week ... Happy Monday!
African Elephant / Afrikanischer Elefant (Loxodonta africana)
Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa
... hurrying towards the weekend - TGIF!
Baby Elephant / Afrikanischer Elefant (Loxodonta africana)
Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
... for a Peaceful Travel Tuesday!
Two African Elephants / Afrikanischer Elefanten (Loxodonta africana), enjoying the fresh green
in the swamps of Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa
African Elephant / Afrikanischer Elefant (Loxodonta africana)
in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa
... here I come - TGIF!
African Elephant / Afrikanischer Elefant (Loxodonta africana)
South Luangwa N.P., Zambia.
... towards the weekend - TGIF!
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
in Serengeti N.P., Tanzania, Africa
Elephant sunset in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2016
... towards a new week!
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
roaming through the lush green of Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
for a little more wildlife in my photo stream ;-))
... towards the weekend - TGIF!
Family of African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana) at Tarangire River, Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
Spent a morning photographing this huge guy at Bayete Zulu, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. His name is Rambo. Total sweetie.
... the weekend - TGIF!
Family of African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana) in Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
A female elephant encouraging her two offspring to cross the waterway.
Photographed late one afternoon at Sable Dam, Kruger National Park.
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
at Ewaso Ng'iro River, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa
for 'Travel Tuesday'!
... ready for the weekend - TGIF!
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
after enjoying a mud bath in the remains of Tarangire River
Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
Chobe, Botswana 2018
Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2018
Desert elephants in the dry Huab river, Damaraland, Namibia
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2015
... of the matriarch!
'The elephant’s trunk, which is called a proboscis, contains 16 muscles. It’s very similar to that of their ancient ancestors, the mammoth and mastodon, with a large muscle on the top and sides of the trunk allowing elephants to raise it. There are also thousands of smaller muscle fascicles, or bundles of muscle fibers, that allow for finer movements of the trunk."
(from 55 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ELEPHANTS)
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
in Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa
Part IV of my personal "Elephant Week" to raise awareness of these fantastic animals!
... towards the long weekend - TGIF !
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
with Cattle Egrets / Kuhreiher (Bubulcus ibis) in morning light
in Amboseli Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana) crossing a sand road
in Tarangire N.P., Tanzania
I'm hoping that the sun will continue to shine for this and all the other endangered species on our little planet and that mankind finally understands that it must rethink and cannot continue as before!
Happy Sunday!
African Elephant / Afrikanischer Elefant (Loxodonta africana)
South Luangwa N.P., Zambia.
Last part of my personal "Elephant Week" to raise awareness of these fantastic animals!
-Previous uploads of this series in first comments-
... in the protected wilderness of Tarangire N.P.
"Because they migrate for food according to the seasons, elephants need quite a lot of room to move around and find their food. Not having enough space is detrimental to elephants."
Family of African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana) just before crossing Tarangire River, Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
Part III of my personal "Elephant Week" to raise awareness of these fantastic animals!
The same bull as the previous post in the Laikipia area in northern Kenya
Taken at 70mm and f/4.5
Musth is a completely natural phenomenon seen in mature bull elephants.
Generally characterised by the secretion of a hormone rich substance called temporin from the temporal gland (on either side of the elephant’s head) and a steady trickle of urine down the back legs of the elephant, musth involves a rise in the reproductive hormones in the elephant’s body. This causes the animal to feel more restless, energetic, aggressive or unpredictable – and generally irritable and oversensitive to sounds and movements. Musth is seen in healthy adult bull elephants.
African Bush Elephant
loxodonta africana
Afrikaanse olifant
Eléphant d'Afrique
Afrikanischer Elefant
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... than just one day a year,
I have decided to make it a personal "Elephant Week 2019"
Elephants take such good care of each other,
so why couldn't we care for them
while we are the only reason for their declining numbers?
African Elephants / Afrikanische Elefanten (Loxodonta africana)
Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
Laikipia area in northern Kenya
the calf made it to the other side .......
African Bush Elephant
loxodonta africana
Afrikaanse olifant
Eléphant d'Afrique
Afrikanischer Elefant
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A group of Elephants quenching their thirst on the bank of Chobe River.
Chobe National Park, Botswana
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This is just how I wished to come across an African Elephant. Certainly unlike many seen in zoos it wasn't pretty but seemingly happy in its natural environment. That being said lone bull elephants are almost certainly outcasts from the herd. They will have failed to maintain that position of seniority within the breeding herd and a a result tend to live their lives alone.