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Published: 2017-02-07 01:59:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1439; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 0
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A pair of African Elephant cows cross a dirt road in Namibia, southwestern Africa.They are clearly not pleased with the situation and shows this through posture (ears out, facing threat, tail up). It is not yet a full charge (in a full charge, elephants will normally protect their most valuable asset - their trunk - by curling it up and hiding it under the head / mouth). Still, because they had small calves (at this stage already crossed the road and hiding under sister cows), these cows did not like the feeling of being exposed.
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Wonderful capture! I really like how elephants protect their young at all costs. What a privilege to photograph them
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now its the time to put in the reverse gear and check if the place behind the car is clear ..
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we had a somewhat similar, but much less scary situation in Kruger, when one of the trailing aunties in a herd crossing the road gave us the stinky eye ("i see you") - but nowhere this severe as shown here ... no place to turn around, so i put in the reverse gear and told my mother in law in the backseat she might have to duck quickly, if i stomped on the gas
how far away were you when this happened?
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