Maybe this shot reminds you of that scene in "The Jungle Book" where a regiment of elephants thunders through India"s dense brush. We"re actually looking down at the wetlands of Botswana, a country that boasts a pachyderm population of 130,000—more elephants than any other nation. Unfortunately, herds here in the Okavango Delta have been hit hard recently: Mysterious die-offs in 2020 claimed about 350 local African bush elephants—and the deaths have continued, albeit at a lesser rate. Though the problem is still being studied, it"s theorized that high water temps gave rise to poisonous algae blooms in the animals" watering holes.
Haven t you herd? It s World Elephant Day!
Today in History
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Poppies in bloom
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Rainbow Mountain
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International Mountain Day
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Autumn in the Prosecco Hills
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National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Bioluminescence at Trwyn Du Lighthouse in Wales
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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Make your way up a picturesque passageway of Chefchaouen
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Grand Teton National Park
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Tour de France
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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Happy Presidents Day
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Merry and bright
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Womens History Month
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Maybe we should be looking up
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Nomads of the Gobi
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International Zebra Day
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Perfect timing
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The moth wonderful time of the year
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New Year s Day
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Life in the slow lane
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Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
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Nazar amulets, Goreme National Park, Cappadocia, Turkey
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Alaska Day
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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A memorial in Germany
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You ve never seen anything like this
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Tiny fliers head south
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Bay Marker Lookout, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia