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Almost having my red color back….

 

It's a little stamp of an elephant and a photo from my archives……

 

Trying to get it organized again and to catch up with you all.

Happy to be back!

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead ;-))

 

Baby Elephant protected by mom

Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Elephant, (family Elephantidae), largest living land animal, characterized by its long trunk (elongated upper lip and nose), columnar legs, and huge head with temporal glands and wide, flat ears. Elephants are grayish to brown in colour, and their body hair is sparse and coarse. They are found most often in savannas, grasslands, and forests but occupy a wide range of habitats, including deserts, swamps, and highlands in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia.

 

The African savanna, or bush, elephant (Loxodonta africana) weighs up to 8,000 kg (9 tons) and stands 3 to 4 metres (10 to 13 feet) at the shoulder. The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), which lives in rainforests, was recognized as a separate species in 2000 and is smaller than the savanna elephant. It has slender, downward-pointing tusks. The common belief that there existed “pygmy” and “water” elephants has no basis; they are probably varieties of the African forest elephants.

Trying a different edit on animals and wildlife. This is a resident of West Midlands Safari Park, which is well worth a visit.

"The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?"

 

David Attenborough

 

Let's hope not.

Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Rookery, north of San Simeon California. Conservation status: Least Concern

Young male elephants, in the same herd, will interact with each other at a relatively early age. As they get older they will play-fight with other young males of a similar age from other families.

They learn their own strength, build knowledge and develop the skills which they will need as mature males. When they reach about 12 to 15 years of age, they will leave the family and drift alone or join other families and later form groups. (Shingwedzi, Kruger National Park, RSA)

 

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Photo taken with Nikon D810 camera. Location: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa.

 

"It's nice to have an elephant in the room. There's nothing more helpful than something everybody's thinking about."

 

Quote - Seth Meyers

   

Elephant Seal, South Georgia.

Canon EOS 6D - f/9 - 1/640 sec - 100mm - ISO 200

Kruger National Park

no crop

 

At first, baby elephants don't really know what to do with their trunks. They swing them to and fro and sometimes even step on them. They will suck their trunk just as a human baby might suck its thumb.

 

By about 6 to 8 months, calves begin learning to use their trunks to eat and drink. By the time they are a year old, they can control their trunks pretty well and, like adult elephants, use their trunks for grasping, eating, drinking, bathing.

 

Wikipedia

An elephant having a dust bath (also called sand bathing), with the purpose of cleaning skin, and removing parasites.

Hope you will enjoy this shot.

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Indian Elephant

Elephas maximus indicus

 

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The spectacular interior of the former Elephant House at the Bronx Zoo, Guastavino tiles too.

很帥的亞洲象...

動物園裡哪種動物數量最多? 是的,是人。初二去動物園,大概見到了半個台北市的人吧....

Elephant Seal Pup at Sea Lion Island

Captured at Minneriya National Park

 

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Elephants Play-fighting.

 

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Mala Mala Game Reserve

South Africa

 

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With the water being low in the Sand River, elephants feed on the grasses in the middle of the river and then cross over to the other side to continue on their journey.

Elephant at Sunset.

 

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A small elephant herd on their way to somewhere :-)! This photo was taken in the Masai Mara in Kenya, Africa!

View of Elephant Mountain taken from the Isle of Anglesey side of the afon Menai Strait,and part of Caernarfon Town.

Chobe National Park, Botswana, 2015.

 

Day 2 it took us 4 hours to reach the Safari Park Reserve - Sri Lanka

Africa Kenya Samburu Wildlife Elephant Animal Wild Face Tusk Ear Outdoors Head Ear Sunny Shadow Eye

The elephants ramp up into the auditorium of the London Hippodrome. Underneath the stalls is a complete circuit of the theatre which allowed entrances and exits from all sides of the circus ring.

 

London Hippodrome - Circus and Theatre

March 2010

Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany

 

Asiatischer Elefant***Asian elephant***Elephas maximus

 

Anjuli born 2015-07-13

Elephant at Pilanesberg, South Africa.

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