African elephant

CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH GIANT TUSKER ELEPHANT – Lerai Forest in the world famous Ngorongoro Crater is home to some of the largest bull tusker elephants in Africa. The elephants in the Crater are unique in that they are predominantly old bulls flaunting giant ivory tusks. They survived the pre-ivory ban days in the 1980s when many large tuskers outside the relative safety of the Crater were poached. #tanzaniaunforgettable #serengeti #africansafari #wildlifeonearth

African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, with males weighing up to 7 tons and standing as tall as 13 feet at the shoulder. This impressive size allows them to dominate their environment, but it also makes them vulnerable to poaching for their valuable ivory tusks, which both males and females possess #elephant🐘 #elephantlove #elephantlovers #nature #elephantart #elephantartwork #elephantartist #conservation #animals

Elephants are being poached to the brink of extinction. That’s from a recent story on National Public Radio. In Central Africa, a main elephant habitat, almost two-thirds of the elephants the…