An elephant drinks from a hole it has dug in the sand river bed to ensure clean water rather than the stagnant scum in the fast disappering pools

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An elephant drinks from a hole it has dug in the sand river bed to ensure clean water rather than the stagnant scum in the fast disappering pools remianing in the Katuma channel.

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Size: 5000px × 3334px
Location: Katavi National Park, B 8, Sitalike, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves; Agfa Awards Winner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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