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African bush elephant

Loxodonta africana

Description:

This elephant's orange color comes from bathing in a local mud pool. (See my spotting of the black rhino.)

Habitat:

Scrub forest surrounding extinct volcanos in the Ngulia rhino sanctuary.

Notes:

. This photo was taken using a Fujifilm FinePix S5100.

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4 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I think its largest mammal living on land.

mattsilvia7
mattsilvia7 12 years ago

Thanks! It was a real pleasure to see in the wild.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Impressive Tusker.

Gina9210
Gina9210 12 years ago

very beautiful!

mattsilvia7
Spotted by
mattsilvia7

Kenya

Spotted on Dec 7, 2005
Submitted on Apr 13, 2011

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