Serengeti Elephants

Serengeti Elephants

Serengeti, Tanzania 2017 18 photos

A single unhurried encounter with a Serengeti breeding herd — matriarchs, mothers, and calves moving across the dry-season plains. Photographed at eye level as the family fed, greeted, and drifted past: trunks curled to mouths, a calf reaching for its mother's tail, ears fanned against the heat.

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Elephant herd advancing through dry grassland beneath a flat-topped mesa Young elephant curling trunk to mouth, feeding in tall golden grass Tightly bunched elephants grazing shoulder to shoulder, ears fanned Small calf trailing ahead of its tusked mother across open plain Three adult elephants walking staggered line, tiny calf at far left Herd spread in a long walking line across the open Serengeti plain Three elephants and a tiny calf walking in line across dry savanna Elephant calf reaching its trunk to its mother's tail Elephant herd with two calves crossing a dirt track Five elephants facing the camera, young leader with ears spread Young elephant striding forward, trunk curled toward its foot Mud-caked elephant in close profile, ear and tusk filling frame Close profile of young elephant mid-stride, front leg raised Five elephants of mixed ages facing camera across dry savanna Three elephants walking abreast toward camera through tall grass Elephant herd marching in line while feeding, large tusker leading Calf striding between two adult elephants, mouth open mid-call Lone elephant mid-stride feeding on open golden grassland plain