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Posted: September 13, 2012
Asian Elephant
Stiff Upper Lip, Trunk Up
by eileen0204
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Asian elephants, smaller than their African cousins, are highly endangered. The elephant is Earth's largest land animal, although the Asian elephant is slightly smaller than its African cousin. Asian elephants can be identified by their smaller, rounded ears. (An African elephant's ears resemble the continent of Africa.)
Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes that isn't enough. Elephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves.
An elephant's trunk is actually a long nose with many functions. It is used for smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking, and also for grabbing thingsâ??especially a potential meal. The trunk alone contains about 100,000 different muscles. Asian elephants have a fingerlike feature on the end of their trunk that they can use to grab small items. (African elephants have two.)
This was taken at Miami's Metro Zoo (so named when the photo was taken). He was having a blast blowing dust onto his back. I think cuteness is just eminating off this guy.
Fujifilm finepix; 1/85s; f/4.8; ISO 100
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Mixed Media: Some | Added vignette only
Stiff Upper Lip, Trunk Up
by eileen0204
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