Africa vignette #8

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Lots of elephants in Amboseli -- there''s a herd there that's been studied for the past 30 years or so -- and it's interesting to see large groups of them spread out across the marsh, in all sizes and ages, including an adult female followed at a short distance by an adolescent. with a baby between them. Baby elephants viewed in company with adults look really tiny; it takes strong intellectual effort to remember that they weigh 100 kg at birth.

Edit: See the first photo in this post.