African Elephant - Trunks for All
A herd of African Elephants visit a watering hole in the wilds of Namibia. In Black and White (Monochrome).
The trunk is an Elephant's most used, most valued tool without doubt. It is agile, filled with thousands upon thousands of muscles and used daily for basically everything. It is versatile enough to pick up a single leaf off the ground, yet tough enough not to be pricked by thorns or breaking branches. With this image I am trying to convey this fantastic creation through the vein of life ... water. Elephant can drink daily, but in dryer conditions, have adapted to drinking once every 3 or 4 days. Adapt or die trying.
The African bush elephant is the larger of the two species of African elephant. Both it and the African forest elephant have usually been classified as a single species, known simply as the African elephant, but recent evidence has seen the forest elephant classified as a distinct species . Some authorities still consider the currently available evidence as insufficient for splitting African elephants into two species.
