Wild life
By sofs
@sofssu (23662)
August 30, 2016 1:23am CST
This is one of my pictures from my journeys across the wild. I love visiting forests, seeing and photographing wildlife is a early ritual for me. We spotted this elephant as we driving through a forest. It so much fun spotting a wild elephant.. but then they can be dangerous.. especially those tuskers that are alone by themselves. The could turn wild and cause a rampage.
I was lucky to have spotted this one and got a decent picture of him though it was from a distance. Hope you like the picture.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
30 Aug 16
do both male and female elephants have tusks?
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@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
@hereandthere The female Asiatic elephants do not have tusks. The male or the tuskers as we call them usually have one a very tiny one even as babies. While that is not true of African elephants.. both male and females have tusks.
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@crossbones27 (49721)
• Mojave, California
30 Aug 16
That is pretty neat. I have never even seen one at the zoo, maybe the zoo, but was to little to remember. The male elephants seem worse than the female ones because of their testosterone rage thing that happens to them. Sorry cannot remember what it is called and I suppose female ones can be bad also if you get in the way of their children.
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@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
@crossbones27 You are spot on with your observation.. A female elephant with a young calf is equally dangerous as a lone tusker. On one occasion we had saw a car trampled by a male tusker.. I was told that the people in the car escaped before the elephant attacked the car.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
30 Aug 16
Wow! that's an awesome photo .. Looks like just a young elephant .. is it?..
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@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
@epiffanie Yes she is a young mother.. these too can be dangerous as they see humans as a threat to their babies.
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@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
@Jackalyn The color of the Asiatic Elephant is a dark hue between black and brown.. but elephants do give themselves a mud bath when the weather gets too hot.. The color of the mud often gives them a different color.. This picture was taken early in the day.. the lighting was perfect for the picture. You can actually see her back and stomach region brushed with reddish mud.
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@celticeagle (168570)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Aug 16
I would love to get that close to a elephant in the wild. Nice picture.
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@celticeagle (168570)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Aug 16
@sofssu .....I do love elephants.
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@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
@celticeagle I had goose flesh seeing that one.. Thank you.. I am glad you like it.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Aug 16
@sofssu,What a pic!! It's really great.I am interested in wildlife.Almost every evening I go to the small jungle at the outskirts of my hometown.I have many times spotted jackals,hyenas and wolves there,but never an elephant. However wild elephants keep straying into villages every year in winter.These villages are located barely 7-10 kms from our town.But I don't have a good camera.I'll buy one very soon.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Aug 16
they could cause damage when calm just because of size, I always loved them though
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@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt They are generally peace loving animals unless provoked. They are dangerous only when they perceive a threat to the herd or young member of the herd.
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@sofssu (23662)
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31 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt The do often where people have usurped their territory .
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Aug 16
@sofssu I wondered about them accidentally stepping on something, maybe not something alive, but I bet they could easily ruin a field of crops
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
31 Aug 16
beautiful photo... I love photographing animals and everything really ...., and I'm glad he was running away from you.... lol, animals can be a little temperamental.... 
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@sofssu (23662)
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31 Aug 16
@sueznewz2 She was really far away.. I was using a long telephoto lens. This is a female elephant. Thank you .. I do know that you take lovely pictures yourself 
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@sofssu (23662)
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31 Aug 16
@sueznewz2 Yes, it is.. It heavy having to carry it around too.. But worth the effort.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
31 Aug 16
@sofssu thanks ... Ahh I see a tele photo lens.... it must have been a bit of a job keeping the lens and camera steady...
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Aug 16
this is a beautiful wildlife picture of the elephant, but surprisingly, there are no tusks.
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@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
@ridingbet The female Asian elephant does not have tusks. I am glad you like the picture.
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@sofssu (23662)
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31 Aug 16
@ridingbet No I barely edit my pictures Maybe I just crop them and adjust lighting.. otherwsie I like to keep my photos looking natural.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
31 Aug 16
@sofssu oh, i see. yes, that picture is reality, and no photoshops done.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
31 Aug 16
Wow I never see any elephants in our forests lol great picture.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
31 Aug 16
@sofssu Well that is what I thought, was it an animal park? lol
@sofssu (23662)
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31 Aug 16
@BelleStarr They don't belong there they call Asia and Africa their home. 
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
30 Aug 16
what a treat to've seen such'n person :) lovely photo 'n yer correct, sometimes those elephants can get a big unruly.
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@sofssu (23662)
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31 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx It was certainly a treat.. some of our trips are futile we come back without sighting any animals. This was one lucky trip.. we got to see a whole bunch of bisons too.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Aug 16
That's a good capture. You got a good view of him.
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@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
@JohnRoberts Yes, we were really lucky to get such a good view of her. However I only spotted her calf after she moved into the thicket.
@sosapanla (55)
• Bangalore, India
30 Aug 16
elephants are always known for their majesty. lovely photo. where was this taken?
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@sofssu (23662)
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31 Aug 16
@sosapanla Agreed, the elephant is one majestic animal.. while you can find a lot of tame elephants in the whole of Asia finding one in the Jungle is the adventure.
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