Elephants family in Maasai Mara

Elephants are highly sociable and have similar life cycles to humans. The maternity herd is very protective of young, but males are ejected at 12-15 years old, after which they become nomadic males, often associating with other males.

Elephants have strong bonds and even at 9yrs old a calf may spend over half of the time less than 5metres away from it mother.

The Mara elephants have unfortunately been under threat due to poaching and human-elephant conflicts.

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Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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