Charge! by wysiwig
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Elephants are a matriarchal species. Elephant herds consist of females and their children. When a male elephant reaches maturity he leaves the herd and spends most of his time alone except for mating season.
Elephants also have notoriously poor eyesight so when this big fellow saw a large object moving across the plain he may have thought it was another bull elephant and charged forward to challenge him. At the last minute he saw we had no trunk and probably realized his mistake. As he turned away, that body part that identifies him as a male was fully, though briefly, exposed. It looked to be between two and three feet in length. My tent mate John saw what I saw and laughed. "I don't know why we bother, Mark," he said as he shook his head.
Comments (13)
Faemike55
LOL!! yep! a bit of a humility lesson in that Great captures Mark and wonderful story
Amarillis
Being a former elephant keeper... i am too, too familiar with what you are talking about, lol. Great to see a pictures of these guys, they're beautiful and amazing and I can't get enough of them. How fantastic that you got to be there :) Also, lucky you that he changed his mind about charging you.
hipps13
lol wonderful capture thank you too warm hugs smile, Linda
0rest4wicked
Great presentation Mark!
jocko500
wonderful action shots
durleybeachbum
Exciting moments!
alanwilliams
these are awesome beasts and no mistake
JuliSonne
YOU seem to be a real bull .... LOL ...from a distance wink
jendellas
Superb capture, my all time fav animal in the world :o) thanks for sharing.
sandra46
GREAT SEQUENCE AND STORY
MrsLubner
Your story is almost as great as your candid shots. I have a big affection for African Elephants and a larger respect for them. Indian Elephants aren't too shabby either with their desire to please us and work with us.
Fidelity2
It is very cool by you. 5+! Thanks.
auntietk
He seems to be saying, "Ah well, never mind, then." I bet that was exciting!