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Elephants
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" This is why I love working in the bush.... you never know what’s around the next corner!!! "
Shaaz Jung: " From the Archives | In my early days of guiding safaris, big bull elephants in ‘musth’ weren’t my favourite animals to encounter on the track. The number of times I’ve had to put the pedal on the medal, with the jeep in reverse, is far more than I’d have liked. There’s no bigger rush than taking a blind turn on a beaten track and coming face to face with a giant, but as a guide, you’re responsible for everyone in the jeep. Not many understand the dangers of an angry bull and I think most guides would agree that it can sometimes be nerve wracking when you’re leading a Safari with clients. I absolutely love elephants but the jungle has taught me to respect them most. .
Musth’ is a condition in bulls that makes them highly aggressive due to high levels of testosterone. These levels can be 50 times greater than an elephant that isn’t in musth. These bulls often discharge a thick secretion called ‘temporin’ from their temporal ducts on the side of their heads. . I photographed this elephant with my Nikon D3000 and 70-300mm in 2010 and it was the only image I took before I quickly realised what was happening. "
" Portrait of a shy forest elephant. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of the Congo © Lynn Gindorff (Photographer of the Year 2020 is officially closed. Winners to be announced in June 2020) "
Matt Yardley: " Never lost.... Mixed Art! A picture I’ve been dying to try for a long time. This particular elephant and I go way back! I’ll hopefully share the story with you soon. "
Marlon du Toit: " Wait for it...wait for it... "
When something absolutely delicious is at first located, then caught...
Paultje_nl: "Tembo !" *
* Tembo meaning "elephant" in the African language... 
"Forest elephants are exceptionally abundant at the forest edge. The forest edge is an important part of the forest elephant’s range, providing both fruit and browse resources to them. Forest elephants forage relatively non-destructively compared to their savanna relatives. Thus, the maintenance and creation of open-canopied landscapes in Central Africa remains primarily the role of fire. However, forest elephants’ heavily used paths along the edge act as firebreaks and prevent fire from reaching the forest interior. Forest elephants thus provide a valuable ecosystem service by reinforcing the fire-related feedbacks that allow forest and savanna to coexist, and have likely stabilised mosaicked landscapes through time."
From: The Role of Forest Elephants in Shaping Tropical Forest–Savanna Coexistence   *This image is copyright of its original author Amazing size comparison. More details can be found here https://elephantconservation.org/portfolio-items/community-based-anti-poaching-units-cbapus-for-asian-elephant-conservation/  *This image is copyright of its original author
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