I was going to name this page “Pachyderms" until I learned that name is now obsolete. Makes one feel old.
(Pictured above: a herd of elephants at Tarangire National Park)
Meet Lefty. We know she’s a lefty because the left tusk is shorter than the right (from being used preferentially)
(Tarangire National Park)
Lefty, resting her trunk on one of her tusks
(Tarangire National Park)
Lefty and calf
(Tarangire National Park)
“I’m walking here!” Dustin Hoffman, Midnight Cowboy (1969)
(Tarangire National Park)
Hippo I. The pink coloration is hippo sunscreen, secreted by skin glands. It turns black after being exposed to the air
(Serengeti National Park)
Perpendicular hippos. The line connecting the snout of the one on the left with the tail of the one on the right is the hippopotenuse (sorry, I can’t help myself)
(Serengeti National Park)