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~ When I spotted a row of fungi on a fallen dead tree trunk, I requested a brief stop to photograph them. I've read comments in student homework assignments suggesting that fungi are exclusively a humid climate phenomenon, thus wanted to illustrate an example of them in a somewhat dry environment. Without any fanfare, an elephant stepped out and approached us. No hostility. No sound. Yet evident interest and closer than typically occurs in Meru. She posed long enough for these images before rejoining others, including a baby intently watching us. We drove away, leaving them to consider what we might represent.