Following Mamma's Footsteps! - a photo on Flickriver

            Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, and they're one of the most unique-looking animals, too. With their characteristic long noses, or trunks; large, floppy ears; and wide, thick legs, there is no other animal with a similar physique.
A baby elephant is called a calf. It weighs about 250 pounds at birth and stands about three feet tall. Calves can't see very well at first, but they can recognize their mothers by touch, scent, and sound.
Baby elephants stay very close to their mothers for the first couple of months. The calves drink their mother's milk for about two years, sometimes longer. They drink up to 3 gallons of milk a day! At about four months old, they also begin eating some plants, like adult elephants, but they continue to need as much milk from their mother. They keep drinking milk for up to ten years!

This very cute looking baby Elephant, was captured on a  photography safari during a game drive, following its mother in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. 
   

Taken in: Kenya / Narok / Ol Kiombo (show map)

Taken on: October 21, 2017

Tags:

Following Mamma's Footsteps

Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Animal

Mammal

Wildlife

African Wildlife

Wild Africa

Wild Animal

Wildlife Photography

Outdoors

Out of Africa

Nature

Nature Photography

Safari

Game Drive

Savannah Plains

Endangered Species

Critically Endangered

Endangered

Poaching

Illegal Hunting

Ivory

Tusks

Elephant Calf

Calf

Mother & Baby

Mamma & her Baby

Biggest Mammal

Big Five

Gentle Giants

Photography Safari

Masai Mara

Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Kenya

MAC's Wild Pixels

Wild Pixel Safaris

Munib A. Chaudry

Nature Through The Lens

ABigFave

COTH

ALittleBeauty

coth5

Fantastic Nature

NGC

100+ comment group

NPC

BORN to be WILD « less

Sets appears in: • BORN to be WILD • Maasai Mara Game Reserve more » • Wildlife Set « less

Groups appears in: • **A Big Fave (INVITE ONLY PLEASE) • SJohnson's Fauna PLEASE READ: surgery complete doing well more » • The Worlds Best Nature, Wildlife, And Macro Photography • BORN to be WILD • Damn! I Wish I'd Taken That!!! (Invite Only) Post 1-Award2 . • Photos sans Frontières (NO PEOPLE) - P.1 / C.2 • Nature Through The Lens / Invited Photos Only. • "World Nature & Wildlife Closeup" Post 1/C3 • A Little Beauty - with invitation Only (post 1 comment 2) • 100+ COMMENT GROUP **(P1/A2) • **HARMONY**(Post 1-Award 3) • National Geographic | World Wide • Colors Of The Heart! *Invited Images Only*! • Nature's Garden (P1 / A3) • Fauna, Flora&Landscapes - Post 1 Comment 3 • La Petite Galerie *** (No people) *** (P.1 / C.2) • Keep your eyes open - Ayez l'oeil - NO PEOPLE - P1A3 - Sweeper • NATURE'S PRIME (P1/A4) • Wildlife Award - Post 1, Award 2 • Nature's Carousel - Closed! • Nature's Golden Carousel ~ Closed! • *Specialist Nature & Wildlife Photographers* (P1 - A2) • ! * Fantastic Nature Group *Moderated* » Post 1 and Award 1 « • Nature's Gallery (Post 1 / Award 3) • Living Jewels of Nature • #3 PALLADIUM WILDLIFE/ Post 1 - Award 5 (P2-A10) with CODE • Prestige Nature P1 C2 • Precious Living Jewels of Nature • Real B u tee ♣ post 1 award 2 ♣JOIN US • Eblouissante Nature / Brilliant Nature - P1/C2 - No People • World Nature and Wildlife Group P1/C3 No Zoo/captive/flowers • Best of Nature's Gallery (Invite Only) Award 2 • AMAZING IMPRESSIONS OF NATURE Post 1 / Award 4 • NATURE'S SPIRIT (by invitation) (post 1/award 1) • BAT'S LAIR ( P 1 X A 3 ) SWEEPER IN OPERATION • COLL. par Impatience_1 * La FAUNE * Adm.Inv. • *Nature Capture* • ***NATUREs Harmony (Com 2) - ONLY birds/living creatures • NATURE'S KALEIDOSCOPE P1 X A1 • -- Nature is magic -- • Specialists' Choice Nature & Wildlife (P1 - A2) • Parks and public gardens ... • African Elephant Geography « less

Camera: Canon EOS-1D X Mark II, f/4.0, 1/800 sec, 200mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Lens:	EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	200mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.1 (Macintosh)
Show full info

Stats: 6,500 views / 265 comments

Link to this photo view:
Link to this photo large view: