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2017 Wildlife Photo Contest

African elephant, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Strength & Vitality

Species: African elephant | Location: Okavango Delta, Botswana

Traveling by flat-bottom boat in Botswana's Okavango Delta, we turned a blind corner and came upon this solitary African elephant bull peacefully eating reedlike grass that grows plentiful in the delta. Our guide immediately cut the engine. Awestruck, we floated wordlessly past, his eyes on us, ours on him.

About The Photographer

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Writer, journalist, co-creator. While I prefer to simply observe nature, there are rare occasions that demand preservation on film.
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