Elephants and baobab,Loxodonta africana


The baobab is often one of the first trees to produce leaves at the end of the dry season, though the bat-pollinated flowers only appear after the commencement of the rains. Here a matriarch leads her family through the parched bush in search of easier to obtain vegetation.


Size: 5300px × 3544px
Location: Zambezi National Park Zimbabwe.
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves; Agfa Awards Winner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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