Elephant with skeleton,Loxodonta africana


A bull stops to inspect the remains of a bull elephant that had died some months earlier. Research has shown us that elephants will go out of their way to visit the remains of family and friends, and act as if mourning a former aquaintance.


Size: 5300px × 3533px
Location: Moremi Game Reserve Botswana.
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves; Agfa Awards Winner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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