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he's always following her around
holding her tail like a man in love
she looks at him like she's feeling his love
and as their eyes meet again, you can see they only see their love
it's just them two soulmates following each other forever
(asian elephants)
Jaimie Wylie Photography
Amboseli you've been terrific! One of the elephants that crossed our path called out to a fellow elephant on the other side of our vehicle's path! The call was resounding! I wonder what he was trying to say!
Éléphant est un nom vernaculaire ambigu désignant en français certains grands mammifères, pour la plupart éteints qui font partie, tout comme les mammouths et d'autres espèces disparues, de la famille des Elephantidae, répartis dans divers genres biologiques de cette famille.
Les animaux encore en vie au xxie siècle sont l'éléphant de savane, l'éléphant de forêt, autrefois regroupés sous l’expression « éléphant d'Afrique », et l'éléphant d'Asie, parfois anciennement appelé « éléphant indien ». Ils se différencient par certaines caractéristiques anatomiques, les éléphants d'Asie étant en général plus petits avec des oreilles plus petites, ou encore une différence du bout de la trompe. Ces espèces survivantes font localement l'objet de programmes ou de projets de réintroduction et de protection.
Le mot français « éléphant » vient du mot latin elephantus1 qui tire son origine du grec ἐλέφας signifiant « ivoire » ou « éléphant ».
L'éléphant apparaît dans de nombreuses cultures. Il est symbole de sagesse dans la culture asiatique, connu pour sa mémoire et son intelligence, qui est comparée à celle des cétacés2 et hominidés3. Aristote avait dit que l'éléphant est « la bête qui dépasse toutes les autres par l'intelligence et l'esprit »4
Source : Wikipédia
This lone elephant was photographed from a boat in the water at Kariba. The lower angle attracted me as it emphasized the animals size. The feeding activity was a bonus.
This selection of a baby, a "teen-ager" and a few adult females was part of a family of about a dozen animals in the 1640 square km Addo Elephant Park. What an experience!
Happy New Year! :)
As I was driving west towards the junction of N'wanetse Road and the Tshockwane Road, we spotted this elephant with her new-born calf largely obscured by the long grass. It can't have been more than a few hours old, and was still getting to grips with walking, and fell over at least a couple of times before having to be righted by its mum. Turning on to the Tshockwane Road towards Satara, she decided to cross the road giving a clear view of her baby.
We took a long ride through a teak forest area to arrive at one part of the elephant camp. One section is for the "teak workers", another for "retirees" and the third ( that we visited ) is the maternity area. There were 6 babies and youngsters allowed free rein, but never out of sight of their mothers. This is a government sponsored camp...but as the need for elephants as teak workers dies , what happens then????
Elephant bull grazing in the mid-day heat in the open grass plains of Masai Mara
Camera Model : Canon EOS 30D
Exposure : 0.004 seconds
Aperture : f/8.0
ISO Speed : 160
Lens: Canon EF-S 70-300mm