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Photo Gallery: Elephants

Bull Elephant Stands His Ground
Photograph by Chris Johns
Male African elephants usually travel alone and are significantly larger than females.
Forest Elephant at Sunset
Photograph by Michael Nichols
Forest elephants are a second species of elephant found only in Africa.
Elephant Covered in Mud
Photograph by Chris Johns
Elephants, like this crusty specimen, will frequently shower themselves with water then spray their skin with a protective coating of dust.
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Baby Asian Elephant in Tall Grass
Photograph by William Albert Allard
Baby elephants are born big, standing approximately three feet (one meter) tall and weighing 200 pounds (91 kilograms) at birth. They nurse for two to three years, and are fully mature at 9 (females) to 15 (males) years of age.
African Forest Elephant
Photograph by Michael Nichols
Forest elephants were reclassified as an entirely different species of elephant from their African savanna counterparts.
African Elephant With Her Calf
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
A female elephant walks with her calf on the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. Females and their young live in herds, while males tend to be solitary.
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Asian Elephant Eating
Photograph by Tim Laman
Asian elephants, smaller than their African cousins, are highly endangered. The subspecies shown here is found only on Borneo and faces threats from the conversion of their forest habitat to agricultural use.
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African Elephant
Photograph by Beverly Joubert
African elephants are the largest of Earth's land mammals. Their enormous ears help them to keep cool in the hot African climate.

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