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© Jeremy Williamson

Ref:  00089_Elephants Elephants move all four legs to swim and are able to move quite fast like that. Elephants mostly swim with their face above and their mouth below the water surface. Their big body provides enough floatation while the trunk acts like a snorkel.These strong animals can swim long distances without a problem and experts believe that elephants once swam from Southern India to Sri Lanka where they settled.

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Ref:  00088_Elephant Bringing their ears forward and extending them out from the head and spraying water or dirt can all be signs of aggression. The extended ears increase the profile and help to create a threatening presence. The ears, with blood vessels running close to the surface, act like a radiator and help the elephant maintain a cool, comfortable body temperature. Slowly flapping ears usually indicate that the animal is trying to cool down.

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© Paul Juby

Ref:  00014_Elephant-bull-Hluhluwe Elephant bull on a grassy plain at Hluhluwe Game Reserve. The African elephant can attain 5,500kg and differs from the much smaller Asian elephant in having larger ears and tusks, a sloping forehead, and two ''fingers'' at the tip of its trunk, compared to only one in the Asian species.

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© Glenda Caine

Ref:  00033_Elephants-herd-Amboseli Elephants are the world's largest land mammal and have been brought to the brink of extinction by reduced range and human predation for ivory and trophies. This herd of young females was photographed in the early morning at Amboseli, Kenya.

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