A hungry elephant has been caught on camera teetering up on its hind
legs and stretching to reach food - just like its fellow safari animal the
GIRAFFE.
The confused
elephant can be seen reaching up into the branches of the trees to try to
reach some food.
Giovanni Casini, 35, from Pisa, Italy took these stunning pictures in
Mana Pools Park, in the north of Zimbabwe.
Giovanni, who is currently living in South Africa, started taking
pictures as a hobby four years ago but he was amazed to catch this hungry
elephant on camera, acting just like a giraffe.
Giovanni said: “It was dawn, the forest was silent, the air full of
dust and my three friends and I were alone. All of a sudden we saw the bull elephant and we
followed him for a while.
Suddenly, he was up on his hind legs and it was quite a show to see a
creature as massive as this standing on the back legs and pulling away an
entire brance with his trunk like it was nothing.
“It is very rare for elephants to stand on their back legs because of
their weight.
“I think it is really amusing and quite impressive to see have seen the
elephant standing on its back legs and reaching up like a giraffe.
“The elephant was straining for food because it is the dry season and
low vegetation is scarce.”
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