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Canon AE-1 Program Camera.
Canon FD 35-70mm F/3.5-4.5 Zoom Lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 35mm Film.
Polaroid UV Filter.
Knoxville Zoo.
Knoxville, Tennessee.
From my first roll of Kodak Ektar 100!
African elephants are the species of elephants in the genus Loxodonta (Greek for 'oblique-sided tooth'), one of the two existing genera in Elephantidae. Although it is commonly believed that the genus was named by Georges Cuvier in 1825, Cuvier spelled it Loxodonte. An anonymous author romanized the spelling to Loxodonta and the ICZN recognizes this as the proper authority.
Fossil Loxodonta have only been found in Africa, where they developed in the middle Pliocene.
American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY.
Elephants, the largest land animals alive today, two species are recognised - the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), although some evidence suggests that African bush elephants and African forest elephants are separate species (L. africana and L. cyclotis respectively).
Location: Kappukadu, Kottoor(Kottur), Kuttichal, Kattakada, Thriuvananthapuram District, Kerala State, India.
Elephants get very protective around their children, as you can see this one was trying to protect the younger one walking behind
An elephant seen on the Kilimanjaro Safari at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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We visited the elephant orphanage in Pinnawela, it was so amazing! There are over 100 elephants at this orphanage.
I fell in love with them straight away!
African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
The herd seemed quite protective of this little elephant.
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.
African Elephants
Pittsburgh Zoo
October 2006
Tenuous Link: Chummy animals (plus another butt just for fun)