African elephants, mother and son , drinking at sunset
by Patricia Hofmeester
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African elephants, mother and son , drinking at sunset
Artist
Patricia Hofmeester
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Mother and son elephant. African elephants, Loxodonta africana, drinking water at sunset in Addo national park, South Africa. The baby drinking water must be about 1 year old as he has mastered the difficult art of trunk drinking.
Elephants are intelligent and graceful animals, but much like humans, they need some time to outgrow the awkwardness of youth.
Although it only takes newborn elephants a few hours to master standing and walking β vital skills for nursing β they need much more time to figure out how to use their trunks. The long appendages on their faces are valuable multipurpose tools, but without an instruction manual, it can be almost a year before baby elephants really understand how to use them.
Elephants usually figure out the trunk-drinking method by the time they're 1 year old. Once they reach adulthood, their trunks can siphon up to 10 gallons of water per minute and hold as much as two gallons at a time.
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Antonis Meintanis 1 Day Ago
Wonderful ...so..lovely capture and timing !! π πBest Wishes !πfavπ
Karen Adams 1 Day Ago
Nominating this for a feature on the 1000 Views group home page . . . beautiful! . . .f/l