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African Bush Elephant(Africana Loxodonta
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, one of the most impressive animals on earth.
Of all its specialized features, the muscular trunk is the most remarkable it serves as a nose, a hand, an extra foot, a signaling device and a tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, digging and a variety of other functions. Not only does the long trunk permit the elephant to reach as high as 23 feet, but it can also perform movements as delicate as picking berries or caressing a companion. It is capable, too, of powerful twisting and coiling movements used for tearing down trees or fighting. The trunk of the African elephant has two finger-like structures at its tip, as opposed to just one on the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus).
The tusks, another remarkable feature, are greatly elongated incisors (elephants have no canine teeth); about one-third of their total length lies hidden inside the skull. The largest tusk ever recorded weighed 214 pounds and was 138 inches long. Tusks of this size are not found on elephants in Africa today, as over the years hunters and poachers have taken animals with the largest tusks. Because tusk size is an inherited characteristic, it is rare to find one now that would weigh more than 100 pounds.
Facts from the African Wildlife Foundation http://www.awf.org |
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Dan,
This is indeed a very great register.
Extremely well focused.
A bit TOO much of the bush. The close up of your cats
are so very beautiful. In fact ALL your captures are
OUTSTANDING. Your notes are EXCELLENT on its "trunk".
933 views & no comment.Am going to remove all that bush
& lets see what happens. Hope you like it.
Best regards,
Mario.
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