Home»All Albums & Groups»Kenya — January, 2015»Samburu — Elephant Baby Intense Interaction

~ For more than six months I've thought about these images, which show in still photos what we saw in live action. Being old-fashioned and having been raised to avoid overly awkward scenes, I was unsettled by what we observed. With an adult female elephant standing nearby, one of the young male baby elephants appeared to force the other male baby into submission and all evidence and action suggested direct rather than simulated sexual interaction. This shocked me, considering the baby's age. Hoping not to offend, these images depict what we observed. I hope that they won't be distasteful to anyone. Nature is what it is, with raw action of all sorts.