Elephant skin. Close up of the skin on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana). The elephant's thick, hard skin is wrinkled to provide a large surfac

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Elephant skin. Close up of the skin on an African elephant (Loxodonta africana). The elephant's thick, hard skin is wrinkled to provide a large surface area that helps to keep it cool. African elephants are the world's largest land animal, weighing up to 10,000 kilograms and measuring metres in height. Photographed in the Vumbura area of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Size: 5130px × 3413px
Photo credit: © DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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