Window to the Elephant's Soul

by Gary Hall

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Window to the Elephant's Soul

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Gary Hall

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Photograph - Photography

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The African elephant (loxodonta africana) is the largest land animal on earth weighing in at 6000 kg ( 13,200 lbs) and measuring up to 3.3 metres (10 feet) at the shoulder. Both males and females grow tusks which grow throughout their lifetime. Elephants are extremely social and regularly show a high degree of compassion. They regularly display affection for each other by caressing each other with their trunks when they meet. Females and their young travel together in herds, led by the matriarch of the group. The bulls are more solitary travelling alone or in small groups.
Elephants possess a pair of temporal glands on the side of their face midway between the eye and the ear. In male elephants, during times of stress such as during musth, these glands become particularly active, secreting dark streaks of liquid down the sides of the face. It's best to give them a wide berth during these stressful times since they can be unpredictable and suddenly charge anything in their path.
This bull elephant in musth was photographed in Tanzania's Tarangire National Park. Tarangire, which is famous for its huge number of elephants, is located about 75miles (118 km.) southwest of Arusha. The park derives its name from the Tarangire River that flows through it. Tarangire National Park experiences distinctive wet and dry seasons, but its mobs of elephants can be easily observed during both seasons.

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November 28th, 2015

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