Mom & Baby Elephant

Elephants, also known as the African Bush Elephant or the African Forest Elephant, are so named because the shape of their ears resembles the shape of the continent of Africa. An elephant's lifespan is typically between 50 and 70 years!

This was a mother and baby elephant we spotted on the second day of our game drives at S Luangwa NP. The elephants were standing less than 15 feet from our Safari Jeep. At first the baby elephant was timid, as you see here, hiding behind his mother. Then, as the elephant became more comfortable with our jeep, he began to frolick and "play" with us. He kept charging forward and back between his mother and our jeep, as if to let us know that this was his mother and his territory. He was absolutely adorable!