5120 x 3427 px | 43,3 x 29 cm | 17,1 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
21 gennaio 2014
Ubicazione:
Hoedspruit South Africa
Altre informazioni:
The African elephant is the largest living terrestrial animal. African elephant society is arranged around family units. In each family unit are around ten individuals made up of closely related females and their calves. Each family unit is led by an old female known as the matriarch. When separate family units bond, they form kinship groups or bond groups. After puberty, male elephants tend to form alliances with other males. Elephants are at their most fertile between the ages of 25 and 45. Calves are born after a gestation period of nearly two years. They are cared for by their mother and other young females in the group, known as allomothers.
