African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Herd matriarch with a floppy ear

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Description

A herd matriarch leads her family out into the forests for a nights feeding after they drank at the Kazinga Channel. The cartilage of her right ear was damaged, probably fighting, and the ear flops as a result

Photographer: Nick Greaves