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British Columbia Sport & Outdoor Lounge => Outdoor Photography => Topic started by: DragonSpeed on June 19, 2016, 02:04:51 PM

Title: Elephants of Tarangire National Park
Post by: DragonSpeed on June 19, 2016, 02:04:51 PM
Magnificent animals.  So powerful and yet at times they walk like they are floating on air.  Not a sound, not even a rumble.  Hard to believe people would kill them for their tusks. 

1.  Head-on!
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7138/27165311883_8b13e4ccff_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HovjNg)
African Bush Elephants (Loxodonta africana) (https://flic.kr/p/HovjNg) by Brian Hampson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

2. Single Tusked
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7286/27165323073_59ba690b75_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Hovo8c)
One Tusked Elephant (https://flic.kr/p/Hovo8c) by Brian Hampson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

3. Those big trunks get heavy sometimes!
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7039/27165322163_8b4c6e3793_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HovnRv)
African Bush Elephants (Loxodonta africana) (https://flic.kr/p/HovnRv) by Brian Hampson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

4. Nothing here but us wildflowers ;)
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7189/27165318523_eeae081dc8_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HovmLK)
African Bush Elephants (Loxodonta africana) (https://flic.kr/p/HovmLK) by Brian Hampson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

5. Looking after the little one
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7096/27498374740_2bbc41c70e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HTWmMj)
Looking after the little one (https://flic.kr/p/HTWmMj) by Brian Hampson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

6. Elephants get the right-of-way EVERYWHERE
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7613/27498368720_577481a9fa_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HTWjZw)
OK - he gets the right-of-way (https://flic.kr/p/HTWjZw) by Brian Hampson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/), on Flickr

Hope you enjoyed them.  More from our first Safari day are at https://flic.kr/s/aHskBQKhKA

Safari Njema!