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With dreams of Africa again next year,
my Details post comes from where else…Africa. 🙂
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Our first 2013 elephant sighting in
South Africa’s
Kruger National Park…
….did not provide any more detail
than we would note at a zoo.
Even this tusk while showing more detail
is still a cropped effort from a fair distance,
therefore not really good.
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However, upon our arrival at Elephant Whispers,
Tembo, a 6 ton male, helped us out.
Note the eye and lashes.
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Not to mentioned the size of
the nail clippers required
to keep his feet manicured. 🙂
By now you have realised he is
on the ground for inspection.
MGW found a warm spot under her hand.
She blushed a bit when told it was
the heat from his testicles.
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Although no-one in our group wore one
many local females (from memory)
were wearing a wrist bracelet
made from elephant tail hair.
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Not a cabbage leaf, rather the rear side Tembo’s ear.
Apparently the flapping of ears
helps with air conditioning the body.
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Note the wear and tear of life on the tusk.
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While in the area of tusks, this is a sight
I have never before seen, or am likely to see again.
A work colleague of 2013 did not recognise
this view of Tembo’s trunk.
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Want to know how tall an elephant is?
Step 1. Ask it to lie-down on the ground.
Step 2. Measure circumference of its front foot.
Multiply circumference by 2.0 and you have
the height of its shoulder from the ground.
Therefore, a 1.5 metre foot circumference is
equal to 3.0 metres tall at the shoulder.
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Elephants have four toes on their front feet,
and only three toes on their rear feet which
are also a very different shape.
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Lots of living showing on the tusks.
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However…
…there were other things to think of
rather than look at all those details
while we were under Tembo’s trunk.
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