Home»All Albums & Groups»Kenya — January, 2015»Samburu — Elephants Beside the Ewaso Nyiro River

~ One of the extended family groups of elephants crossed the nearly dry bed of the Ewaso Nyiro River from the Samburu side to the Buffalo Springs side. Adults were primarily focussed on browsing, with a couple in the river seeking water. Small juveniles and a baby were predictably more interested in play. Laying down in the dust, stepping together, stroking each other with sensitive trunk tips, their actions developed solidarity which would later undergird their cooperation as adults. The filtered light under trees along the river sharpened the contrast of shadows from overhead and in the complex matte of wrinkles draped over their skins.