Elephant Sanctuary in South Africa

Both are icons of Africa, easily identifiable from a distance by their distinctive shape. Both can reach considerable sizes and ideally reach very old age. They even share a similar color spectrum. It is therefore not surprising that Baobabs are sometimes referred to as “elephants” in the kingdom of plants.

Bush-bash is a actually a threat behaviour Tossing the head and tusks back and forth through bushes or other vegetation, creating noise and commotion and demonstrating strength. is probably an expression of ‘look what I can do with you’= or just an invite to come and play

Elephants normally stand or move about with eyes cast down. With eye wide open the elephant means: I’ve got you in my sights, so watch it!

Ahhh, co cute.... When Baby elephants suck the ends of their trunks just like babies suck their thumbs

"The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?" - David Attenborough

African Elephants can be either right or left tusked, just as a human is right or left-handed.

In the wild, baby #elephants shelter under their mothers for shade,

To the delight of the children, the elephants sniffed out the snacks in their hands.

Under poaching pressure, elephants are evolving to lose their tusks-- so sad

Elephants are huge and therefore they have to eat a lot every day. But how do they pick up and eat things like grain or even flour with only a trunk as cutlery?

Baby elephants play together in the sand and it is one of the most adorable things we've ever seen!

Baby elephants play together in the sand and it is one of the most adorable things we've ever seen!

Elephants wear down 6 sets of molars in a lifetime. Their jaws can crack open the thickest and hardest shells of fruits, releasing the seed kernels inside.

Elephants paint themselves in terra-cotta-colored mud—a refreshing ritual that keeps the bugs away and protects them from the scorching African sun.

Elephants paint themselves in terra-cotta-colored mud—a refreshing ritual that keeps the bugs away and protects them from the scorching African sun.

It’s a classic David and Goliath story, except there are 90,000 Davids and they all have stings. On the African plains, the whistling-thorn acacia tree protects itself against the mightiest of savannah animals – elephants – by recruiting some of the tiniest – ants.