Somewhere Under the Rainbow
by Gary Hall
Title
Somewhere Under the Rainbow
Artist
Gary Hall
Medium
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.
One of the best places to observe elephants up close is in Kenya's Amboseli National Park which has an abundant water supply fed from Mount Kilimanjaro's melting ice-cap. In 2011 the population of elephants in Amboseli was about 1200., representing 58 families and approximately 300 independent males. These numbers are proving difficult to maintain because of poaching which started to increase in 2009.
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November 23rd, 2015
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