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Elephant Features

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Elephants at Risk

They are among the most recognizable creatures on Earth, but elephants are under threat in most of their range from poaching, habitat loss, and human encroachment.

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Photo of the Day: Lone Elephant

Travel to Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to see an African elephant attended by cattle egrets.

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Get fun facts on African elephants, plus video, audio, photos, and more at National Geographic's Kids site.

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See an elephant matriarch drive off an intruder on Botswana's Chobe River.

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